What’s in Store for Health IT in 2015
It has been a rapidly changing landscape for health information technology these past few years. A lot of factors have contributed to this. Leading the…
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Data Analytics, Data Science, and Big Data Must Demonstrate Value
By William Hersh – One of my ongoing concerns for data analytics/data science/Big Data in biomedicine and health is that despite the growth of articles and other writing, the accomplishments of using these tools, especially as would be documented in peer-review journals, continues to be small.
The Year in Review of Biomedical and Health Informatics – 2014
At this year’s American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2014 Annual Symposium, I was honored to be asked, along with fellow Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) faculty member Dr. Joan Ash, to deliver one of the annual Year in Review sessions.
Practice Management Infographics
Using a picture and visual graphics to represent data and information is called an infographic. It is a great way to display statistical data that shows comparisons or charts that come from research and reports. In these Practice Management infographics, see what the real costs are of getting paid, what Million Hearts is, and where you stand with EHR’s.
Continued Good News for the Health IT Workforce
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor The job and career opportunities in health information technology (HIT) continue to grow, even though…
Avoiding Common Healthcare Analytics Pitfalls
When you invested in an analytics, I’m guessing you signed up for data-driven solutions, not additional healthcare analytics pitfalls and inefficiencies. Yet that’s exactly what your health system is dealing with — problems and inefficiencies that keep popping up when all you really want to focus on is improving quality and cost.
Health IT Adoption Infographics
In these Health IT Adoption infographics, see how the body can be a source of big data, how healthcare IT is transforming, how physicians are adopting health IT, and what the costs are of data center outages in healthcare.
7 Steps for Building a Data Analytics Foundation
Nearly every large health network has made an attempt to consolidate data from multiple sources into some type of data warehouse. However, having the data in one place does not make it useful or trusted as a source for business intelligence.
Comprehensive Data Standards and Interoperability
Two local informatics-related happenings recently provided teachable moments demonstrating why a comprehensive approach to standards and interoperability is so critical for realizing the value of health IT. Fortunately, the ONC has prioritized interoperability among its activities moving forward.