Is the number of people working on developing Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) is greater than the total number of people who attended HIMSS in Orlando; more than 30,000? Why are five hundred HIEs are being built? Let us assume for a moment that there is a set of standards somewhere, a blueprint perhaps...
Several have inquired as to why I came down so hard in yesterday’s post regarding the CMS-ONC’s approach to link our physicians and hospitals through the development of HIEs and the N-HIN. I think, as do others, the goal is worthwhile but, is the current strategy going to work? I think the current plan...
Whether it’s vendors, RHIOs, HIEs, or the N-HIN, where is a plan that will work? Is not this what it’s all about? Perhaps it is time that the rest of the national HIT leaders at CMS and the ONC who devised this plan, and who have lead physicians and hospitals down this ill-fated path promising [...]...
Here are my thoughts on how the election will impact healthcare IT and EHR. This post can also be found at healthsystem cio.com at http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/11/03/healthcare-2-0-here-we-go-again/ The real healthcare 2.0 Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the water… It is a strange...