Lately, healthcare organizations have begun working to give patients more access to their personal health data. They’ve concluded that the more control...
Archive - September 2017
The Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development (SHSMD) recently released the second edition of Bridging Worlds: The Future Role of the Healthcare...
NextGate announces availability of its EMPI as a Service to help providers quickly and accurately match patient data and deliver a longitudinal record at the...
If you haven’t noticed, I love irony. That’s why this cartoon from Pediatrician and Cartoonist Dr. Maypole was perfect for a Fun Friday entry. Be...
One of the big obstacles to the free exchange of health data is obtaining patient consent to share that data. It’s all well and good if we can bring exchange...
Networking is one of the most valuable actions any professional or executive can take for a variety of reasons. Whether you have a job you like or are seeking...
Lately, it looks like Epic has begun to try and demonstrate that it’s not selling a walled garden. Honestly, I doubt it will manage to convince me, but I’m...
Sepsis has been a major challenge in healthcare for a long time. This was highlighted really well on the Wolters Kluwer Nursing Center website: Throughout my...
Integrated Solutions Warn Clinicians of Patients at Risk of Sepsis in Just Seconds September 26, 2017 – Wolters Kluwer Health and Vocera® Communications, Inc...
One of the biggest challenges I see in healthcare IT is that the knowledge on how to get value out of EHR and other health IT is not evenly distributed. One...