January 2, 2013 David Raths
Last year I looked back through the news stories and blog items I’d written in 2011 and pulled out a few favorite quotes that seemed provocative or intriguing. I decided to do the same thing this year, because I think these quotes also provide something of a snapshot of where we are in the evolution of healthcare IT. Without further ado, then, here are my 10 favorite quotes from the stories I wrote in 2012.
December 16, 2012 David Raths
Golden Valley Health Centers, a federally qualified health center system serving the Central Valley of California, describes some of the benefits of persistence with CPOE implementation.
November 28, 2012 David Raths
Among key meaningful use challenges for physician offices are vendor product nuances, workflows that must be redesigned, and staff roles that needed to be redefined.
November 13, 2012 David Raths
Mobile health solution helping identify community-wide asthma triggers that can be improved or eliminated
November 7, 2012 David Raths
Health Story is supporting a project team within HL7 that is working to create a standard for “Patient Authored Documents” using the HL7 CDA standard.
October 29, 2012 David Raths
The average 14-year-old boy spends 23 hours per week playing video games. Are there ways for healthcare providers to put that predilection to educational use?
October 25, 2012 David Raths
The patient-centered medical home model has the potential to reduce the cost and increase the quality of care for patients with multiple chronic conditions. But are the health IT tools available today adequate to support the tasks of clinic care managers?
October 15, 2012 David Raths
Healthcare executives in California have reason to be skeptical that another new organization leading statewide health information exchange programs will make faster progress than previous iterations. But the new team, let by the highly respected Kenneth Kizer, M.D., appears to be getting off on the right foot.
October 8, 2012 David Raths
The Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent (OSHERA), a nonprofit organization set up to facilitate open source EHR development will hold its first annual summit meeting Oct. 17-18 in Washington, D.C.
September 24, 2012 David Raths
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule's publication has been held up several times already, leaving healthcare attorneys and compliance specialists to speculate about the cause of the delay. Speaking at the Washington, D.C., Health Privacy Summit meeting in June, National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, M.D., said the final HIPAA Omnibus Rule would be released by the end of the summer.
