Articles by Roberta Mullin

Health Innovation, Promoting Interoperability (PI) January 24, 2013

All the Tools in the Toolbox: How ONC Delivered Value In 2012

A recent story characterized the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as both “the federal office in charge of a massive rollout of electronic health records” as well as “an office whose primary role has been cheerleader” for health information technology. Well, which is it?
To be fair, since David Brailer’s time, the National Coordinator for Health IT has had two distinct roles:

Health Innovation January 23, 2013

Big Data for Healthcare: Why are we collecting all this data?

The induction of electronic health records, the building of health information exchanges and moving big data to the cloud seemed unconceivable for most. And for many the words healthcare technology, data and analytics strike a sense of etherealness. All this time and investment in data and where it is leading us to? The latest news in Health IT has started to present some optimistic signs for healthcare providers and hospitals

News, Promoting Interoperability (PI) January 22, 2013

ACOEM Wants Occupational Data Included in EHRs

Since the publication of the proposed recommendations for Meaningful Use stage 3 requirements last November, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology has received its share comments. Organizations such as the American Medical Association and the College of Healthcare Information Management