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Descriptive Summaries and Documents
*Dissecting the Meaningful Use Proposed Rule PowerPoint
eHealth Initiative Policy Webinar; January 8, 2010
*What You Need to Know About the Meaningful Use Proposed Rule, Standards and Implementation Specification, and Interim Final Rule Certification Criteria PowerPoint
HIMSS Webinar; January 6, 2010
*Meaningful Use, Certification Criteria and Standards, and HHS Certification Process
HIMSS, frequently updated [...]
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An article in today’s Washington Post links to a letter written by Senator Charles E. Grassley.
The letter is directed at 10 EMR (electronic medical record) vendors, and asks very pointed questions about whether the vendors have been negligent in not addressing patient safety issues in their technologies.
Senator Grassley, you have the scent and you’re on [...]
Dr. Don Storey and I spoke at the at The Forum 09 conference in San Diego earlier this week. The DMAA publication “The Continuum” had an excellent writeup of our enthusiastically received presentation.
Here’s a copy of our PowerPoint slides…
HITECH Health IT Legislation: Opportunities for the DMAA Community
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and here’s DMAA’s writeup:
Helping physicians and hospitals meet the “meaningful [...]
by Steve Adams, CEO, RMD Networks and Acting President, Clinical Groupware Collaborative
I’m writing to extend a warm personal invitation to learn more about the Clinical Groupware Collaborative (CGC). To-date, purely through word-of-mouth over 40 companies have expressed interest in the CGC, and we expect that you’ll be hearing a lot more about us over the [...]
Frequent keynoter, speaker, panel moderator at 40+ industry conferences in the past 3 years
Opening keynote speaker – 2004-2009 Healthcare Unbound Conferences
Speaker at corporate events sponsored by:
Guidant
Roche Diagnostics
Centocor
Arizona Hospital Association
Gateway Computer
Connecticut Hospital Association,
Walgreens National Advisory Board
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
HomMed Honeywell
Spacelabs
…and others
Facilitation/consulting experience leading strategic planning sessions for management, Boards and physicians
TOPICS – Healthcare Enters the [...]
This post is a foundational overview of characteristics of network industries. Much of the terminology will deserve deeper discussion, but we have to start somewhere.
In his book The Economics of Network Industries, Professor Oz Shy lists four characteristics of network industries.
The main characteristics of these markets which distinguish them from the market for grain, dairy products, apples, and treasury bonds [...]
At last Friday’s meeting, the HIT Policy Committee adopted the recommendations of the Certification and Adoption Workgroup.
Between the initial recommendations in July and the adopted recommendations in August, one critical word was added to the definition of “certification”. That one word is “minimum” — and this one word expresses the correct approach and philosophy for the government’s role in [...]
by Vince Kuraitis, Steve Adams, and David C. Kibbe MD, MBA
Over the past several years, many diverse initiatives have arisen offering partial solutions to systemic problems in the U.S. health care non-system.
We see Meaningful Use Criteria recommended by the HIT Policy Committee as a unifying force for these previously disparate initiatives. These initiatives have included:
Patient Centered Medical Homes [...]
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 [...]
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