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Shahid Shah

Shahid Shah

Shahid Shah is an enterprise software analyst with 15 years of experience in healthcare IT. He writes regularly at The Healthcare IT Guy.

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Reducing shadow IT by embracing ’good enough for HIPAA’ business-friendly SaaS tools

Reducing shadow IT by embracing ’good enough for HIPAA’ business-friendly SaaS tools

May 5, 2013 1:29 pm by | 0 Comments

I’ve said repeatedly that any cloud/SaaS vendor that wants to be taken seriously in healthcare must be willing to sign a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) and I was happy ... Read more
How to use WebID to create single sign-on across healthcare systems

How to use WebID to create single sign-on across healthcare systems

April 29, 2013 8:25 am by | 0 Comments

The Simple Sign-on challenge sponsored by the ONC through the Health 2.0 challenge was an exciting opportunity for us to learn about a sophisticated technology protocol and then being able ... Read more
Understanding what’s next for healthcare information technology innovation

Understanding what’s next for healthcare information technology innovation

November 19, 2012 8:06 am by | 0 Comments

In Nashville on Friday, at the Vanderbilt Healthcare Conference, I gave a short talk on a panel focused on the question "What’s next for healthcare information technology innovation?"The talk focused ... Read more
Call it practical, actionable, or useful, just don’t call it big in healthcare conversations

Call it practical, actionable, or useful, just don’t call it big in healthcare conversations

November 12, 2012 8:03 am by | 0 Comments

By focusing on, and frankly scaring people with, the term "big data" we’re undermining the potential immediate utility of all kinds of data. ... Read more
How to answer the question “Do you want to be my business partner?”

How to answer the question “Do you want to be my business partner?”

September 26, 2012 10:07 am by | 0 Comments

Answer these eight questions before you agree to a partnership with another company or individual. ... Read more
First wave of MU Stage 2 draft test procedures released

First wave of MU Stage 2 draft test procedures released

September 18, 2012 7:06 am by | 0 Comments

if you’re building software in the health IT world, you should be jumping into MU Stage 2 requirements in earnest now and start your programming engines as soon as possible. ... Read more
8 mistakes to avoid when securing cloud services

8 mistakes to avoid when securing cloud services

August 3, 2012 8:01 am by | 0 Comments

There’s solid demand these days for services like DropBox.com or Box.net that allow easy but secure file sharing to occur with proper privacy restrictions and audit tracking. I was pleasantly ... Read more
10 tips for getting the best ROI on a real-time location system in hospitals

10 tips for getting the best ROI on a real-time location system in hospitals

July 8, 2012 11:03 am by | 0 Comments

There are very few ’no brainers’ in hospital technology purchases — most of the decisions about what to buy and how to implement what we buy are complex. However, one ... Read more
Solutions for the top 5 PACS interconnectivity and interoperability problems

Solutions for the top 5 PACS interconnectivity and interoperability problems

June 24, 2012 1:25 pm by | 0 Comments

Most health IT interoperability and connectivity discussions these days center around HL7, CCD, and other structured data interchange. However, the vast majority of data (in terms of size) is shared ... Read more
2012 HIT advice: Convert vendors to HIPAA helpers, master data integration

2012 HIT advice: Convert vendors to HIPAA helpers, master data integration

March 30, 2012 2:15 pm by | 0 Comments

Like many of you, I made the annual pilgrimage to the HIMSS Conference last month but I didn’t write much publicly about it (I mostly wrote private analyst reports for ... Read more
7 dos and don’ts to maximize a hospital’s RFID return on investment

7 dos and don’ts to maximize a hospital’s RFID return on investment

March 4, 2012 2:39 pm by | 0 Comments

I’ve written and presented recently on a number of “Do’s and Dont’s” around medical device integration, mobile health, EHRs, and various related topics. Some of you have asked if I ... Read more
Hospital health IT tips and tricks: From cloud computing to mobile apps

Hospital health IT tips and tricks: From cloud computing to mobile apps

January 9, 2012 5:22 am by | 0 Comments

Last year I started a series of ’Do’s and Dont’s’ in hospital tech by focusing on wireless technologies.Folks asked a lot of questions about do’s and dont’s in other tech ... Read more
A definition of cloud computing (and how healthcare can best use it)

A definition of cloud computing (and how healthcare can best use it)

December 25, 2011 11:24 pm by | 2 Comments

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 ... Read more
The key to more productive doctors? Reducing the workload of health IT apps

The key to more productive doctors? Reducing the workload of health IT apps

December 22, 2011 9:24 am by | 1 Comments

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 ... Read more
Playing devil’s advocate: Health IT doesn’t improve quality, cut costs

Playing devil’s advocate: Health IT doesn’t improve quality, cut costs

December 11, 2011 2:03 pm by | 1 Comments

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 ... Read more