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We've been having one of those long running discussions over on the Structured Documents list-serve over the past couple weeks. There are two parts to the eterna-thread, one on the need for more examples, and another for the need to simplify the documentation. I've read the free manuals myself, and while I believe every engineer should do so at least once as well, I completely understand some of the challenges they have, because I have them too. Big data: None read more Read More...

An interesting challenge that healthcare companies face when making the transition into cloud computing is, what to move into the cloud? Putting aside the technology decision – be it public, private or a hybrid cloud – the return on investment decision can be daunting. Most companies have a list of applications which have the potential to be good candidates for a cloud environment and need a sound approach to a phased cloud adoption. Big data: None read more Read More...

Last week I spent a half day in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building . I was joined by at least 50 others, including patients, health IT vendors, healthcare providers, and quite a number of federal agency staffers, as we talked about the next steps for providing patients with access to their data. Big data: None read more Read More...

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s long-awaited (in health IT circles, anyway) decision on the Department of Defense ’s core health IT system has been made. The VA’s VistA system is out as the preferred DoD. Unless it’s not. I’ll explain. Big data: None read more Read More...

A recent New York Times column, Obamacare’s Other Surprise , by Thomas L. Big data: None read more Read More...

Yesterday I led the Clinical IT Governance meeting at BIDMC and I thought it would be interesting for my readers to get an inside look of the kind of topics we're discussing and how we're implementing our most challenging projects. 1. Joint Commission debrief Big data: None read more Read More...

It is always interesting how events find ways of connecting themselves together even when they seem so unrelated. I was at my sister Alexis’ graduation from law school on Friday, where I had gone directly from leaving a several day event organized by Health Evolution Partners. At the event I had occasion to meet with Dr. Charlotte Yeh, Chief Medical Officer of AARP, who will shortly be participating in a very cool panel at the conference I am chairing, the Consumer Health & Wellness Innovation Summit, on June 11 in San Francisco. read more Read More...

The FDA launched an impressive patient network website this month, after nearly four years of research, focus groups, usability testing and more. The twin goals for this website are promoting the educational mission of the FDA, and promoting opportunities for patient advocacy within the FDA — and earlier in the policymaking process than has been the case historically. read more Read More...