Quality Measurement 2.0
Clinical Quality Measures a Problem Spot in Certification By John Halamka, MD I’ve written several posts about the frustrating aspects of Meaningful Use Stage 2…
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Evolution of Medical Education to Competency-Based Approaches
Can or Should Informatics Education Adopt Them? William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor There are major changes taking place in the…
Will MOOCs Cause Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education?
Or Just Be a Valuable Resource? William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor As one who has been involved in online learning…
HIPAA Security Rule Offers Just a Little Leeway
HIPAA Security Rule – Addressable, not Optional! By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting Everyone complains that the HIPAA Security Rule is inconvenient— which it…
Discerning the Evidence Base for HIE
Preparing an Evidence Report on Health Information Exchange William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Some of the most important projects in…
Omnibus HIPAA: BAs, Breaches Will Get Worse Before Better
By Tom Sullivan, Editor, Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor If the healthcare providers that have been operating under HIPAA for nearly two decades were the only ones…
Advice to the Next National Coordinator
COMMENTARY Dr. John Halamka, MD, MS Life as a Healthcare CIO Twitter: @jhalamka Over the next few months, Jacob Reider will serve as the interim National…
HIPAA Business Associate Avoidance and Google Update
By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting The HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule (see page 5572) was announced in January, 9 months ago, and was very clear…
Gimme Some Analytics (We Already Have It!)
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor One of the most common requests we hear for new curricular content in our clinical…