Dr. Barry Chaiken—March 24, 2008
Is the Defining of HIT Terms by ONC/NAHIT Going to Matter?
The National Alliance for Health Information Technology (Alliance) tasked by the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT is working on the final definitions for 5 HIT terms: Electronic Health Record (EHR), Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Personal Health Record (PHR), Regional Health Information ...Dr. Barry Chaiken—March 19, 2008
Are Defibrillators Vulnerable to Hacks Dangerous?
On March 12th the Wall Street Journal reported on the vulnerability of Medtronic implantable defibrillators to hacking by rogue programmers. In a bench test conducted by clinicians and IT specialists, the defibrillator security firewall was breached and the programming information was changed. ...Dr. Barry Chaiken—March 5, 2008
Challenge to Google: Understand that PHR Data is Different
In his HIMSS Annual Conference keynote address last week, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, presented an easily understood and exciting review of his plans for an online Personal Health Record (PHR). For those of us committed to using health IT to improve quality, enhance patient safety and reduce costs,...Dr. Barry Chaiken—February 28, 2008
Steve Case’s Revolution Health Not the Key Needed Revolution
At the third day of the HIMSS Annual Conference here in Orlando keynote speaker Steve Case of AOL fame, took some time introducing the attendees to the offerings of Revolution Health while espousing the notion that consumerism is the key way to reign in the rising costs of healthcare and improve its...Dr. Barry Chaiken—February 21, 2008
Google and Cleveland Clinic Partner on PHRs...
When Google speaks people listen. When Google joins forces with the Cleveland Clinic, an internationally recognized leader in medical science and informatics, everyone takes notice. (NYTimes Blog) (NYTimes/AP) It is unclear what will come of this pilot test, but surely it indicates a powerful eff...Advertisement
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