Can you believe it? Fall officially begins this Friday! The football season is underway, the leaves will soon change colors, and before you know it, the College Hoops season will begin! It is hard to … [Read more...]
Connecting Health and Care through HIT: From Meaningful Use to Interoperability
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” —John F. Kennedy Do you like change? If you are a physician or work in a medical … [Read more...]
Did Someone Say the End of Meaningful Use?
My nights lately have consisted of rocking a sweet baby to sleep and binge watching episodes of Lost. WARNING – spoiler alert ahead for those late to the Lost party! I’m currently on the season where … [Read more...]
The Future of EHRs: Back to Basics?
If I had a dime for every time I heard someone in the medical field complain about tedious data entry in their EHR, let’s just say I would have a lot of dimes. This complaint isn’t new, in fact over … [Read more...]
New Year’s Resolutions: The Federal Health IT Strategic Plan and the eHealth Initiative 2020 Roadmap
The ball will drop in Times Square this week, marking the end of 2014 and the calendar flip to 2015. The New Year is the perfect time to let go of old habits and start anew. What are your New Year’s … [Read more...]
EHR Adoption and ROI: An April Fool’s Joke or more March Madness?
March is now behind us and some of us are kicking ourselves for not picking Florida Gulf Coast to go deep in the NCAA Tournament. Who knew? College hoops aside, have you seen the latest … [Read more...]
HIPAA & the HITECH Act: Facing the Teenage Years
It has been almost 3 ½ years since the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). From an economic perspective the Health Information Technology for Economic and … [Read more...]