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Health Wonk Review: Grumpy Cat Edition
Finally, an edition of Health Wonk Review featuring Grumpy Cat. Seriously cheerful kudos to Steve Anderson at medicareresources.org. Check it out here.
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Health Information Technology Ain’t What It Used To Be
By Peggy Salvatore The future ain’t what it used to be. – Yogi Berra For those of you who follow my blog, you know that lately I’ve been searching for the edges of the promise of health information technology. I … Continue reading
Everything-PPACA Edition of Health Wonk Review
The ACA is top of mind for HWR contributors in this edition. Joe Paduda at Managed Care Matters vets a well-attended roundup of health policy blogs. He graciously includes Health System Ed’s guest post by John Lynn who takes a long view of … Continue reading
Guest Blog from John Lynn: My Overall View of Healthcare IT After HIMSS15
I would like to welcome Health System Ed’s first guest blogger for the occasion of HIMSS15. John Lynn of Healthcare Scene and EMR & HIPAA has been blogging on health IT for 10 years and is a regular at the annual HIMSS … Continue reading
HIMSS15: Live Vicariously!
By Peggy Salvatore The Health Information Management System Society is hosting its 15th annual convention this week. It is probably one of its most important, too. Health IT has morphed from an emphasis on getting functional patient record systems into … Continue reading
In Health IT: Think Globally, Act Globally
By Peggy Salvatore Two items caught my attention last week that underlined the importance of thinking more expansively and inclusively about health IT as we thunder ahead with Meaningful Use 3 requirements and HHS’s health IT Roadmap. Over the past … Continue reading
Project Writer Available for HIMSS15
Would you like to use HIMSS15 as a starting point to explore a topic, do research this year and create a white paper and do a presentation next year? I am hoping to tap into a network of health IT people … Continue reading
Whose Patient Record Is It, Anyway? Speak Up Now
By Peggy Salvatore The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s hearing last week on the electronic health records trained its sights on interoperability of EHR systems, or lack thereof. And the Senate, like much of the rest of … Continue reading
Redefining Health IT (or) Are We Putting Disc Brakes on a Space Shuttle?
By Peggy Salvatore My grandmother was born in 1896. The ice man delivered big blocks of ice through a little ice door in the kitchen where my great-grandfather moved the ice into the family icebox. My great-grandmother, fresh from birthing … Continue reading
King v Burwell: Reading the Minds of Congress
By Peggy Salvatore Before we launch into the jokes about the minds of the members of Congress, let’s clear something up. I’m into reading tea leaves but I’m not a mind-reader. However, it’s a fun sport. I don’t know if … Continue reading
