Healthcare is joining the network economy.
Let’s design strategy and business models for
success during upcoming industry disruption.
Economists call it “The Penguin Problem” — No one moves unless everyone moves, so no one moves.
The role of user expectations is crucial in getting penguins to move off of ice floes and in the successful adoption of new network technologies. I’ll cover two main points in today’s essay:
How “The Penguin Problem” Helps Explain Low EHR (electronic [...]
“Qualcomm pulls the plug on LifeComm” announced Brian Dolan of mobihealthnews recently.
As demonstrated by e-CareManagement blog readership, there has been a lot of interest in LifeCOMM. My first blog post on LifeCOMM in 2007 has been single the most commented on post and the second most widely read blog post.
It’s taken me a while to sift through [...]
A subtle but profound shift is occurring in the world of RHIOs/HIEs (Regional Health Information Organizations/Health Information Exchanges).
…and the title of the eHealth Initiative’s Sixth Annual Survey of Health Information Exchange says it all:
Migrating Toward Meaningful Use
What’s happening here?
Tags: eHealth, EHR, EMR, HIE, HITECH, meaningful use, RHIO
I know — you’re thinking that using “geek” and “wisdom” in the same sentence is an oxymoron. Bear with me — I’m trying to make a really important point in today’s posting.
Interoperability has multiple dimensions — and I’d bet that most of us have never thought of interoperabilty as involving “process” — people working together and [...]
Blogger Fred Pennic writes a review of the (HIMSS) Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 2008 Book of the Year Award. The book is entitled Keys to EMR Success: Selecting and Implementing an Electronic Medical Record and is written by Ronald Sterling, CPA, MBA.
There is no question,” says Sterling “that the selection and implementation of an [...]
Click on the graphic to download a copy of today’s BrightTALK webcast.
Tags: EHR, EHR 2.0
BrightTALK is sponsoring a complimentary series of e-Health Summit webcasts this Wednesday, July 8.
Here’s a full listing of the six eHealth Summit topics (Eastern Time). Click on the links to attend any or all of the webcasts. The series will be recorded for future on-demand access.
EHR 2.0: Federal HITECH Act Creates Opportunities Beyond EMRs
8 Jul 2009 11:00 am
Presenting Vince Kuraitis, [...]
by Vince Kuraitis JD, MBA and David C. Kibbe MD, MBA
The last article in this series — Time for EHRs to Become Plug-and-Play — used words to describe a major industry shift underway in health IT.
Sometimes pictures help to make a point. Here are several diagrams that you can also download as PowerPoint slides.
Computer Industry 1983 to [...]
by David C. Kibbe MD, MBA
The remarkable report, “Initial Lessons From the First National Demonstration Project on Practice Transformation to a Patient-Centered Medical Home,” published in the May/June issue of Annals of Family Medicine, the Nutting Report, makes this point about the state of primary care IT offerings:
Technology needed in a PCMH is not “plug [...]
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