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Building Unity Farm - The Guinea Fowl are Born 22 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
It's August in New England and although everyone in healthcare IT is consumed by Meaningful Use stage 2, ICD10, ACA, the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, and various compliance initiatives, it's also the time we t...
Building Unity Farm - The Trails 15 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Unity Farm has a rich diversity of natural woodlands, wetlands, meadows, paddocks, and orchards. The house and barn are located on an upland plateau surrounded by white pine, sweet birch, poplar, whi...
The August HIT Council Meeting 10 Aug 2013 | 03:02 am
On Monday, the HIT Council met to review progress on health information exchange in Massachusetts. Here's the presentation we used. You'll see that we've sent 1,349,083 transactions through the Mas...
Building Unity Farm - Followup on Our Breeding Program 8 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
As I mentioned in last week's post, the next step after breeding alpacas (and llamas) is a pregnancy evaluation known as the spit test. A male and a female are placed together and if the female, kick...
Thank You Farzad 7 Aug 2013 | 07:00 am
This morning, National HIT Coordinator Farzad Mostashari resigned. His letter to ONC staff was profound. As I read it, I felt a lump in my throat. He will be missed. How much do I respect him? ...
Building Unity Farm - Our Breeding Program 1 Aug 2013 | 03:53 pm
The small family farm is a physical and financial challenge. We're not quite ready to offer our products commercially but after our first year, we've harvested 240 ounces of honey inoculated 200 O...
Downtime in 2002 verses 2013 31 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
On November 13, 2002, the network core at Beth Israel Deaconess failed due to a complex series of events and the hospital lost access to all applications. Clinicians had no email, no lab results, no...
Building Unity Farm - Scenes of Summer 25 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
Unity Farm is at the peak of Summer. Everything is in bloom, the forest is bursting with wildlife, and all our outdoor activities are in full swing as we finish creation of our growing areas before w...
The Era of Epic 24 Jul 2013 | 05:04 pm
In the Boston marketplace, Partners Healthcare is is replacing 30 years of self developed software with Epic. Boston Medical Center is replacing Eclipsys (Allscripts) with Epic. Lahey Clinic is re...
Image Exchange 23 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm
Last week, the Clinical Operations Workgroup of the HIT Standards Committee held its third hearing on image exchange, seeking testimony from Hamid Tabatabaie, CEO of LifeImage. He made several import...
