Featured Blog Posts – June 2012 Archive (2)

Having trouble getting an early appointment with a doctor? It’s a common problem. Here is one company’s proposed solution.

It takes an average of 20.5 days to get an appointment with a physician, according to a study by Merritt Hawkins & Associates and related to me by the principals at ZocDoc, a startup company. That’s a long time. ZocDoc aims to fix that problem with a rapid appointment scheduled on line.

Perhaps your need is not urgent in the classical sense but imagine…

Colleagues,

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (HIT) is seeking nominations for the HIT Policy and Standards Committees.  I am confident that there are members of the MedTechIQ community who have unique perspectives and experience that highly qualify them for consideration.  

Both committees advise ONC on issues related to the adoption and meaningful use of Electronic Health…