Visionary Elon Musk fears it. Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking worried about it. Microsoft’s Bill Gates embraces it. Science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick wrote about androids having the capacity to dream because of it. At HIMSS …
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On February 27, 2017, President Trump said, ”Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.” Well, Mr. President it is complicated and yes, we all knew.
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Healthcare’s uniqueness stems from its personal and emotional characteristics, and deep ties to our sense of humanity.
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This past February the President announced that the delivery of healthcare to America’s 300 million residents embraced more complexity that he previously realized. Only a few days before at the annual HIMSS conference former Speaker …
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he ACA evolved from tough negotiations among all healthcare stakeholders.
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At the close of 2017, some version of “x-care” will exist. Whether it be Obamacare, Trumpcare or Ryancare, no one’s mantra will be “I don’t care”.
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To understand our struggle to obtain value from EMRs, it is important to “show you the money.”
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While some consider the Meaningful Use program a failure, this viewpoint contains overtones of “Monday morning quarterbacking.”
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For the MACRA program to be effective patient data from numerous points of care must be collected, yet ineffective interoperability presents a substantial barrier to producing the necessary reports.
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The rapid deployment of EMR systems into provider organizations created problems for ERP vendors.
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