Category Archives: electronic patient records
Health Wonk Review: Hot Summer Nights, Cool Summer Drinks with Hank Stern
Hank introduces us to the concept of the “Designated Blogger” in this roundup of Midsummer Wonkery.
The 21st Century Cures Act: Using Energy to Pay for Healthcare?
By Peggy Salvatore I liked what I had heard about the 21st Century Cures Act. It seems like a good thing, about time, getting the FDA to streamline the drug and medical device approval process. The logic behind the bill … Continue reading
Summertime! Health Wonk Review
Louise Norris hosts a hot-off-the-presses edition: Summertime! Health Wonk Review at Colorado Health Insurance Insider. It’s an eclectic edition in her signature style – love the photos! You can find a link to the post here.
The Internet of Healthcare Things @Point of Care
We are oh-so-close to there. By Peggy Salvatore For those of you who follow the Health System Ed blog, you know this doesn’t happen often. I am speechless. I just got off the phone with Dr. Sandeep Pulim, the CMIO … Continue reading
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
