CMS Dr. Thompson talks challenges of Meaningful Use implementation IHT2 Editor Joseph F. Jalkiewicz As chief medical officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regional Office in San Francisco, Dr. Thompson serves as the chief CMS clinician for Region IX. She is also the principal liaison with professional organizations in the region with respect to quality improvement and healthcare reform. In advance of the HIT Summit, IHT2 Editor Joseph F. Jalkiewicz spoke with Dr.
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Healthcare IT Security Issues with Christopher Paidhrin at PeaceHealth
Guest interview post from our media partners, iHT2′S blog: Christopher Paidhrin, SCO at PeaceHealth Southwest Med Center in Vancouver, WA shares some of his thoughts and views on healthcare IT security issues Christopher Paidhrin, Security Compliance Officer at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., took part in the panel discussion “Securing Electronic Personal Health Information (ePHI): From the Data Warehouse to the Point of
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5 Stages of Collaboration in EHRs
Written by Irene Froehlich from DrFirst on 5 Stages of Collaboration in EHRs Shahid Shah says, “It’s time for electronic health records (EHRs) to grow up.” “It’s not just about creating electronic health records and sharing them between doctors,” said Shah, software IT analyst and author of the blog The Healthcare IT Guy. “Care coordination and collaboration aren’t just about adding patient messaging and simple health records sharing— in fact, care coordination and collaboration must
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13 Women in Health IT You Should Know
Last month, Katie Matlack from Software Advice wrote about 5 women you should know in HIT. To further highlight the women in health care who are playing key roles in changing the HIT Industry, I wanted to add an additional 8 women for a total of 13 women who should also be highlighted in this list of women you should know in HIT. Edit, after several responses I had to include Charlene Underwood who is truly the face of HIMSS for all of her efforts in the HIT community. Special thanks to
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Specialty Article: Growing Pains: Medical Device Interoperability
Both provider organizations and medical device vendors have made significant, if slow-going, progress over the last several years to network their digitally-enabled medical devices. Recent strides in both the regulatory and standards arenas have provided renewed impetus on the part of both stakeholder groups to bring more interoperability to disparate medical devices, resulting in better security and quality of patient data.As healthcare providers continue their steady march toward implementing
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Day in the Life: Management Consulting
I was recently asked to participate in a "Day in the Life" series on HealthcareITCentral to give aspiring professionals in the health IT industry an idea of the type of careers within this exciting field. Special thanks to Gwen Darling from HealthcareITCentral.com D for the opportunity to participate in this great series on her site. To view my "Day in the Life" please click here.
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