Collaborative Intelligence & the EHR

A provider’s essential critical knowledge is often so obscured that the EHR becomes more of an obstacle than a useful source of clinical information. The meaningful use-compliant electronic health record (EHR) has quickly become very adept at capturing and sharing standardized, structured clinical content that can be communicated, stored, and to some extent consumed by other systems. Unfortunately, this strength is also the EHR’s greatest limitation. Amid the structured templates [...]

 

Obama On Health Insurance Reform: 'I Won't Go Back' (State Of The Union Excerpts)

In his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama made just one explicit mention of the 2010 health law. Here is a transcript of the few parts of his speech that mentioned health care issues: Innovation also demands basic research. Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally-financed labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched. … I will not go back [...]

 

11 healthcare data trends in 2012

Mobile devices, data breaches and patient privacy rights were some of the most talked-about topics in health IT in 2011, and according to expert opinions complied by ID Experts, 2012 won’t be any different. In fact, experts continue to predict an upswing in mobile and social media usage, response plans, and even reputation fallout. Eleven industry experts outlined healthcare data trends to look for in 2012. 1. Mobile devices could [...]

 

10 health IT wishes for 2012

It’s easy to make predictions about health IT for the year to come, but what if someone asked what your IT wishes were for 2012? What would you like to see happen most in the health IT space? We asked Wendy Whittington, MD, a practicing pediatrician and chief medical officer of Anthelio Healthcare Solutions, to list her top 10 IT wishes for 2012. From interoperability to telehealth, Whittington outlined what [...]