December 2011

Healthcare Cloud definitions should be based on NIST’s definitions

As most of my regular readers know, I work as a technology strategy advisor for several different government agencies; in that role I get to spend quality time with folks from NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology), what I consider one of the government’s most prominent think tanks. They’re doing yeoman’s work trying [...]

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To make physicians more productive, focus on IT and tools for their supporting staff first

Productivity loss and workflow disruptions are commonplace as our industry gets on the Meaningful Use bandwagon and is starting to adopt EHR systems at a slightly more rapid pace than in previous years (things aren’t really as rosy as many think, but the pace is picking up). The reason we have productivity loss is that [...]

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Video of my debate with Connected Health’s Dr. Kvedar on quality improvement using patient self-management techniques

Earlier this year, when I traveled to Denmark to review some of their Health IT companies, I spent a couple of days with Joe Ternullo of Partners Healthcare and their Center for Connected Health. Joe is a gentleman in the classic sense of the word and one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet; I [...]

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