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I sense a delay in MU2 23 Aug 2013 | 10:55 am
I have no evidence to back this up, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the feds are giving serious thought to delaying some of the timelines in Stage 2 of Meaningful Use. The pushback has been buil...
Things change pretty fast in health IT, don’t they? 17 Aug 2013 | 02:47 am
Yes, things do change pretty fast in health IT. I realized this over the past couple of weeks when I updated my database of contacts by scanning and categorizing about 300 business cards I’ve collecte...
‘Dilbert’ takes on wireless health 15 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
Perhaps I’m getting loopy, or just distracted, but I’ve been reading the funnies again. (Hey, we all need a laugh from time to time, right?) But here goes my second consecutive post involving a comic...
A new HIT comic, and perhaps a Google fail? 9 Aug 2013 | 02:24 am
Healthcare Technology Online reports this week that there is a new comic strip online called Hacking N’ Healthcare. “Hacking N’ Healthcare is a comic strip that takes a humorous look at the challenges...
RIP, Mitochon Systems? 7 Aug 2013 | 01:04 am
I’m not sure if this got reported anywhere, because I couldn’t find anything online, but the following message is on the home page of free EHR vendor Mitochon Systems: The company hasn’t posted any n...
Breaking news: Mostashari to leave ONC 6 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
National health IT coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari will leave the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at an unspecified time this fall. From Twitter: It’s true “@C...
Surprising results in the HIT100 list 26 Jul 2013 | 02:44 am
The third annual HIT100 list, ostensibly listing the 100 most influential Twitter accounts in health IT, has been published at Healthcare IT News, and I’m more surprised than flattered to be at No. 44...
‘Bitter Pill’ only tells half the story 24 Jul 2013 | 04:48 am
I finally got around to finishing “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,” the 24,000-word special report about healthcare costs that took up the entire feature section of the Feb. 20 edition ...
Say it with me: clinical decision support 22 Jul 2013 | 03:28 am
I just read one of the worst articles I’ve ever seen about the quality of American healthcare, and it illustrates just how badly some reporters who don’t regularly cover healthcare can misunderstand t...
More on Blue Button Plus and MU2 18 Jul 2013 | 02:57 am
My last post, based on comments from Frost & Sullivan health IT analyst Nancy Fabozzi at last week’s Healthcare Unbound conference, has generated a bit of controversy. Fabozzi said that “Blue Button P...
