CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight's Blog Posts Tagged 'HIT' (6)

“An HIT Solution for Clinical Care and Disaster Planning: How One Health Center in Joplin, MO Survived a Tornado and Avoided an Information Disaster”

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Thank you to MedTechIQ member Neal Neuberger for bringing this important article to our…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 23, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

OSEHRA Announces First Board of Directors ... Open Source EHR Organization Taps Industry, Academic, Government Experts

Colleagues,

For your information, and in the continuing quest to capture the 3C's of Content, Community and Collaboration, please find the following on the Open Source Electronic Health Record effort to which I have devoted substantial effort to in recent months.

ENJOY!

Conrad "CC" Clyburn…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 5, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

Content: Day 1 ATA (American Telemedicine Association) Mid-Year Meeting ... Priceless!

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” ... Charles Darwin

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In the continuing quest to bring you the 3Cs of "Content, Community and Collaboration", I offer you a summation of… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 28, 2010 at 7:52am — 5 Comments

Guest Blog: Electronic medical records and its rushed implementation ... Kevin Pho, M.D. | KevinMD

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As many of you know, Kevin Pho, M.D. is one of social media's leading physician voices on evolving technology and its impact on medical practice ...

... Please see his recent cautionary blog on the U.S. EHR adoption initiative. In particular see the "comments" that follow the blog ...

... They point to an important debate that is emerging between physicians accustomed to robust EHR systems (Kaiser Permanente, VA, Mayo, ect.) and small and solo practice… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 3, 2010 at 6:44am — 2 Comments

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Top 10 Healthcare Trends for 2010

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See below ... the top 10 healthcare trends to expect in 2010, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

According to David Chin, MD, partner and leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute, the primary emphasis for healthcare organizations next year will be on reducing costs and creating greater value in the health system. This focus "will have a domino effect from one sector to another and redefine roles, responsibilities and relationships," Chin… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 22, 2009 at 10:17am — No Comments

IBM Announces $2B To Cover Gap in High-Tech Stimulus Funding

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As reported in various publications including iHealthBeat ... IBM announced that it will provide $2 billion in bridge financing for high-tech infrastructure projects, including health IT projects, that likely will qualify for federal grants and incentive payments under the economic stimulus package.

The federal stimulus package includes Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments for hospitals and physicians who demonstrate meaningful use of health IT. However,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 4, 2009 at 7:33pm — No Comments