Margalit Gur-Arie describes the EMR design journey towards a patient care oriented EMR for primary care since most EMRs function as a paper electronic chart.
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Many EHR Vendors Will Not Survive to See Meaningful Use Stage 2
Evan Steele, CEO of EHR company SRSsoft writes why many EHR vendors will not survive to see Meaningful Use Stage 2 based on the CMS 2012 attestation data.
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Open Platforms Are the Key to Health IT Interoperability
Dr. Edmund Billing describes why open platforms are the key to health IT interoperability and how APIs are starting to become a reality in healthcare.
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How Do We Know If We Are Spending Too Much on Healthcare?
How Do We Know If We Are Spending Too Much on Healthcare? Since healthcare is a huge and complex beast, perhaps the best place to start is primary care.
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The Riddle Adoption of Consumer PHRs
Dr. Robert Rowley discusses the“third generation” adoption of consumer PHRs and outlines four general approaches to building an independent successful PHR.
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Electronic Medical Record Design: The Quest for Information
Bizmed Founder, Margalit Gur-Arie discusses electronic medical record design and the importance of defining our sources of information if patient care is the driving concern.
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Healthcare is NOT Ready for Innovation
Sean McCown, contributing editor for InfoWorld describes why healthcare is not ready for innovation and why he is leaving the healthcare industry for the second time.
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The Next Generation Electronic Medical Record
Kyle Silvestro provides his insight on the next generation electronic medical record as most EMR’s have not been designed as clinical systems.
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IBM’s Dr. Watson Is NOT A Meaningful User
IBM’s Dr. Watson of Jeopardy! fame has finally completed its residency and fellowships and, presumably to its creators’ utter delight, is now a practicing Oncologist.
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Is Health IT Interoperability In the Nature of Healthcare?
Edmund Billings, MD explains how the lack of health IT interoperability is a flawed business model that stifles innovation and the benefits of open APIs.
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