The HIT innovator’s challenge: Knowing when to lead and when to follow
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has waited for the alignment of technology, policy, and urgency to create the perfect storm for innovation. It may almost be here.
Intel doc on telemedicine: Time has come for this “illegal” and profit-free business model
It was an interesting and educational on-call shift for Dr. Mark Blatt one holiday weekend in the mid-1990s. The family doctor in Enfield, Conn. was covering for his 12 colleagues. After making rounds at the hospital Blatt, now the Worldwide Medical Director, Enterprise Solution Sales at Intel, started receiving patient calls – several hundred, in […]
Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
Google Glass: More enterprise than consumer?
After wearing Google Glass for a month, Kyle Samani, co-founder of Pristine, says that the unit is useless as a consumer device. “The social awkwardness doesn’t justify the value of wearing it,” he said. “The smart phone is really good at what it does and Glass isn’t a substitute.” Samani sees enterprise apps as the […]
HIT consultant bets that Google Glass in the OR can save lives and money
Google Glass for healthcare may be moving from hashtag to reality faster than you think. A HIT consultant and a software developer quit their jobs on June 14 with no paycheck in sight. On June 20, the team at Pristine had a $100,000 investment from an anesthesiologist to build software for Google Glass. Kyle Samani […]
Mass HIWay already transporting 1000s of health records with more to come soon
Yesterday I joined several Massachusetts CIOs at a Meditech healthcare information exchange kickoff meeting. Here are the slides we used.Meditech has chosen to do the right thing - support the Direct protocol without requiring a vendor specific ...
#ifIhadGlass: Google’s new gadget could turn Cleveland Clinic’s empathy video into reality
Metadata is in the news now, but it is invisible to most of us (unless you are a contractor for the National Security Administration). Most of us will never see the details of your colleagues’ cell phone calls (who they are calling, where they are making the call from, or how long it lasts) or […]
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
These three HIT projects show you will lose if you underestimate the power of patients + data
For the last two years, the team at NoMoreClipboard has been working to get medical records to patients in real time and in a convenient format. Their work with three distinct patient populations has been a great education in governance for health information exchanges, but the important take away was about patients. “We always hear […]
Secrets to PHR success: Q&A with the brains behind the Blue Button
How do you launch a massively successful personal health records project with thousands happy users and heaps of praise? 1. Make sure you have 1 million users when you launch 2. Have the president of the United States announce it Dr. Peter Levin shared his simple tips for success at ENGAGE today. From May 2009 […]
Google Ventures partner: Bring on the pitches for HIT and Google Glass for healthcare
More than 60 companies showed off their health data applications at Datapalooza IV this week and Krishna Yeshwant, a partner at Google Ventures, was the MC for a demo session on Tuesday afternoon. As one of the presenters was fighting with his PowerPoint demonstration and the projection system, Yeshwant answered a few questions about opportunities […]
Two healthcare innovators join “Super Mayor” and Zappos CEO on Dreamers & Doers list
Government Technology issues its Top 25 list every year to recognize the “hardest-working and most innovative individuals in the public sector.” Two people working to improve public health and healthcare are on this year’s list: Ted Smith won a spot on the list for bringing a citywide pilot project for Asthmapolis to Louisville, Kentucky, and […]
Unlocking Transparency in PBM Pricing
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
HIMSS map covers everything you ever need to know about HIT projects in America
If you ever wondered, “Where is the closest ACO?” there is a map for that. Wondering if there is any state legislation that your company should be tracking? HIMSS State IT Dashboard can help with that too. This map lets you sort information on 15 HIT topics at the state level. You can select criteria […]
Responsibility Matters: A Message from a Data Analyst
I recently read an article that raised the question of who owns your health data. By ownership, I am referring to who has the power to either access or give someone access to your medical information. There are many interested parties in knowing all about you for valid reasons: Your PCP wants to know what […]
What do athenahealth and Square have in common? They get outsourcing
Athenahealth is the biggest, best healthcare biller in the country, bar none. Their economies of scale and complete access to the raw information enable them to be the best biller possible. No one else can perform medical billing as well as Athena because no one has the scale or access that Athena has. The key […]
Protected Health Information – How secure is it?
With the expansion in Health Information Exchange across the country along with instant availability of medical records, it is becoming harder to secure protected health information (PHI) of patients. This is why the provision of robust data security and confidentiality safeguards are of paramount importance to patients, providers and vendors alike. Under the HIPAA […]
HIE 2.0 – What is it about?
There has been a sudden surge of interest in the term HIE 2.0 within the healthcare community. Providers are talking about how this will help them make better decisions and lead to better outcomes. Let us see what is it about and how is it different from HIE 1.0? To understand the second generation HIE […]