April 16, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
In the complex world of healthcare IT today, many of the hot topics encompass concerns around meaningful use, accountable care, and population health. While these issues are at the core of healthcare IT, one area that tends to get overlooked in the industry is infection control.
March 12, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
In the midst of all the pre-conference symposium events, education seminars, keynote sessions and countless meetings at HIMSS last week, it would be easy to get caught up in the chaotic atmosphere and lose sense of the reason why we’re all there in the first place.
March 8, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
Sometimes the best stories come from the most unexpected sources. I had that kind of experience this past weekend as I entered a taxi en route to my hotel from the airport ready to attend my first HIMSS Conference.
March 4, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
On March 3 at HIMSS13 in New Orleans, two physicians discussed how organizations can use social media and mobile applications to engage patients beyond the office visit, and how the movement towards these new technologies is empowering both care providers and patients to rethink the traditional doctor/patient relationship.
March 1, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
It’s amazing how much information the human brain can process in just two months. In mid-December, I walked into Healthcare Informatics’ New York City offices ready to embark on my latest life challenge as a new editor for the publication. Time has truly flown since then, and when I discussed blogging for our website this week with my Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland, I figured, what would a better topic to write about for my first HCI blog than my thoughts about going to my first HIMSS Conference?
