This week I am talking to Colin Banas, MD Chief Medical Officer of DrFirst (@DrFirst) a company looking to unite the “Healthiverse” and shatter the silos in our healthcare data. Colin started out as a hospitalist working at VCU but quickly became involved in healthcare technology working alongside others to develop early implementations of electronic medical […]
Previously posted on HITConsultant On a recent flight, I had my headphones on and the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” began to play. It’s a song I have heard hundreds of times over the years, but I was struck by the difference listening to it with headphones made. With no distractions, I noticed the bass line, in […]
The Art of Medicine Panel (part of the Art of Medicine campaign) is hosted this week and I am looking forward to hearing from our panelists: John D. Halamka, MD, MS, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (and Life as healthcare CIO blog and @jhalamka) Steven J. Stack, MD, past chair of the American Medical […]
Consumer reports published a Medical Gripes report What bugs you most about your doctor?We asked 1,000 people about their biggest medical gripes recently It included the chart “Grip-o-Meter” What struck me was the number of elements that could be addressed using Healthcare Technology (HealthIT). While technology may not be a panacea it is a tool to help […]
Like many in the healthcare IT industry, I was saddened by the announcement that Dr Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_ONC) would be retiring. I would suggest as famed football legend Vince Lombardi said “The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders” And, for healthcare technology, Dr. Mostashari has been a great leader. I’ve outlined below some of […]
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — It’s hard work being one of Dr. Damian Folch’s diabetic patients. If a lab test shows high cholesterol, Folch is quick to call or email. No patient can leave the office without scheduling an annual eye exam, a key preventive test. A missed exam or an appointment leads to another call. “We […]
Video interview wiht John Lynne (@Techguy and @EHRandHIT) on topics ranging from EHR Upcoding, Meaningful Use Stage 2, Interoperability, EHR Consolidation, and ACOs (originally posted here): Posted via email from drnic’s posterous
July Voice of the Doctor Guests Jul 13Talking to Don Rosenthal (You can follow him on twitter @DonRosenthal) part of the original team that developed the scheduling system for the Hubble Space Telescope and ran the artificial intelligence group at NASA. HE is also the founder and CTO of Allocade and publishes a blog THITSE […]
Voice of the Doctor – JulyThis month we will be July 6I will be joined by my friend and colleague Reid Coleman who joined Nunace as the CMIO for Evidence Based Medicine. Reid was previously the CMIO for Lifespan. He and I both attended the recent Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems 21st annual […]
Last week I had the privilege of attending and participating held at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda California that took place the same day the Supreme Court announced their decision upholding the Patient Care adn Affordability Act The agenda was filled with a great list of speakers, innovators and visionary thinkers. The early part […]
Ross Martin MD (founder of the American College of Medical Informatimusicology as part of his self-proclamation as the world’s leading singer/songwriter of health information technology standards development organization songs) has written a new song – a Rap this time on Meaningful Use. Driven by a desire to bring the “Pants on the Ground” by General […]
Great post from Dr Halamka laying out the details of what is required to qualify for meaningful use incentives http://mycourses.med.harvard.edu/ec_res/nt/36980CA6-E154-4820-A0ED-8B235138B79F/measures.pdf Posted via email from drnic’s posterous
So a recent survey from the CDC: NCHS Health E-Stat “Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record Systems of Office-based Physicians: United States, 2009 and Preliminary 2010 State Estimates” (pdf version here) and reported on the US Department of Health and Human Services website HHS.gov “Surveys show significant proportions of hospitals and doctors already plan to adopt […]
We are facing significant changes to the world of clinical documentation with the big push encompassed in the Meaningful Use requirements that push provides and healthcare facilities inexorably towards an electronic medical record (EMR) but there remain significant concerns over the potential impact these solutions can and will have on our clinical documentation. In this […]
We are on a path to roll out a large swathe of Electronic Health Records (EHR) but a recent report published on the AISHealth.com Audits of Electronic Health Records Cloning Reveal Documentation Problems That Put Compliance at Risk will give many folks reasons to pause and consider their strategy in rolling out electronic medical records […]
IN a study that holds little surprise to me (declaration I own no Apple stock and am not linked to them in any way aside from being a user): Doctors Choose iPhone over BlackBerry. While there may be much wrong with Apple product they get one very important aspect right – usability. I’ve said it […]
The Meaningful Use and Standards have finally been issued and I had the fortune of sitting down with Janet Dillione, EVP and GM of Nuance Healthcare to get feedback on the final rules and their impact on the healthcare industry bject> These are interesting times with some tremendous emerging technologies that will bring more and […]
