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Hello Doctor
There’s an iPad app entering beta that looks promising. It is designed for people in complex medical conditions, such as cancer and heart diseases, and is in the AppStore. The vast majority of patients...
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EHR and PRISM
The recent flood of information on just how internet traffic has been monitored by governmental bodies has raised some questions in the medical community, both philosophical and practical....
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EHR and BYOD
Bring Your Own Device is a way of thinking about information technology that aims to utilize whatever device a user is comfortable with and already using routinely. Based on some recent usage data,...
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The Sunday Editorial: Interregnum
New posts here have been sadly lacking this week. But that is not happening because I am lazy; or a dearth of interest in EHR. I am researching some topics that will directly affect our discussions...
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EHR Developer Guidelines Announced
In June, the HIMSS EHR association released a code of conduct for its members. This new code of conduct does not come from the government and was not intended as a way of further regulating healthcare...
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EHR does not guarantee cost reductions
The Annals of Internal Medicine published a study on July 16 that refutes the implicit cost savings averred by many EHR vendors. Researchers analyzed data from the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative,...
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The Sunday Editorial: Really, you guys?
The last thing that I would have expected is for Washington to shut down over the ACA. It sounds like a good soundbite, though. But what’s going on there may have very little to actually do with health...
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Hacking the VA’s EHR
There is a wonderful article at http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/anatomy-of-an-electronic-health-record-z/240164441?_mc=MP_IW_EDT_STUB about how someone found a huge hole in the VISTA system...
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ACA gets slammed twice from ICD and SGR
Continuing on their tradition of postponing key implementation dates for ACA, the House today set back compliance deadlines to October, 2015. It was a voice vote, and now goes to the Senate. The first...
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Happy New Year
I have been quiet for awhile; but it has been for a reason. Not much of interest has been happening. Yes, EHR is still out there. Yes, it will one day be adopted. But when the adoption date got delayed...
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