For more than a decade William Yasnoff, MD, advocated the use of a centralized model for storage of medical records in a health record bank.
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MACRA Targets Meaningful in Meaningful Use
While some consider the Meaningful Use program a failure, this viewpoint contains overtones of “Monday morning quarterbacking.”
Continue readingHow MACRA Will Shift Providers’ IT Efforts
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.
Continue readingWhy the Explosion of IoMT Exposes Providers’ Security Risk
IoMT devices require robust security protocols embedded in the devices to protect their connected networks from infiltration by hackers.
Continue readingWhy Things Matter
Sensors provide the foundation for the Internet of Things (IoT) technology movement.
Continue readingEHR Vendors Raise Provider Expectations for Other IT Vendors
The rapid deployment of EMR systems into provider organizations created problems for ERP vendors.
Continue readingNew Standard Can FHIR Up Precision Medicine
Most medical treatments are designed to treat the average patient. This broad approach fails to account for the differences in genetics, physiology, environments, and lifestyles that greatly impact the effectiveness of therapies.
Continue readingIt’s Vegas Baby
As the nation monitors the back and forth between the FBI and Apple over unlocking the San Bernadino shooter’s iPhone, health IT professionals face their own major security and privacy challenges.
Continue readingGet FHIRed Up
FHIR’s ability to isolate and describe data elements frees the data from the monolithic clinical database.
Continue readingRein in National Drug Spending
Drug costs now account for about 20% of all healthcare expenditures.
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