Category Archives: health IT
“Post-implementation era”: Feds Release Health IT Strategic Plan through 2020
By Peggy Salvatore The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology completed its nearly year-long study delivering a wide-ranging, ambitious and forward-looking Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: 2015-2020 – a plan described by ONC as “one that puts the … Continue reading
Health Wonk Review: The Selfie Edition
Get your Selfie stick ready to take a photo of your expression as you work your way through this edition of Health Wonk Review. You’ll capture a smile on your face, I’m sure. For pure delight, nothing matches this roundup … Continue reading
A Regulatory Morass*
Or Why health technology is more exciting than electronic patient records By Peggy Salvatore MBA *Definition 1: An area of muddy or boggy ground. Definition 2: A complicated or confused situation. For many years, the promise of electronic patient records … Continue reading
Looking for Healthcare’s Leading Edge
By Peggy Salvatore Health technology has become massively disruptive. Previously unimaginable leaps in personal healthcare are currently widely accepted, and that has completely changed the trajectory of where health information technology is headed. Yet entrenched entities are clinging to the … Continue reading
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
