By Ric Sinclair – Can you imagine what the “Terms and Conditions” would look like for a site where you agreed to a purchase up to and even beyond the limit of your credit card—with no idea what the purchase amount would ultimately be?
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By William Hersh MD – It is hard to believe that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed into law five years ago, in 2009, and at the end of the year, the massive legislation was shaped into a program that has profoundly altered the informatics world, not to mention all of healthcare.
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Who doesn’t like a good list? Whether you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to read the list. Here are some interesting lists I think deserve sharing.
By Joy Rios – This year, as you may already know, both hospitals and physician practices participating in Meaningful Use must offer patients a way to access their health records electronically. The patient electronic access objective specifically calls for providing patients the ability to view online, download, and transmit their health information. Those familiar with this objective often call it VDT for short.
By Jim Tate – “Things don’t change until they do.” I think Albert Einstein said that. Maybe it was Cat Stevens, I’m not really sure. We go along in our merry little lives content with the knowledge that the sun will come up tomorrow and summer will follow spring. All the rules that we rely on help us make sense of a chaotic universe.
By Kelly Cronin & Ahmed E. Haque – Beginning this month, ONC is partnering with the CMS to develop specialized technical assistance as well as comprehensive online health IT tools and resources for State Innovation Model (SIM) states.
By Justin Gressel – Disney and healthcare are worlds apart in their product offering and purpose. While healthcare is largely a utilitarian service offering (i.e., patients need a problem to be resolved), guests visit Disney parks seeking an exciting, carefree experience. Despite the obvious differences, success can be measured similarly; what kind of experience did the guest have?
By Melinda Outlaw – Healthcare organizations are facing an overwhelming number of complex changes related to new initiatives, government regulations and the optimization of current processes. Many of these changes are regulatory generated, while others are competitively motivated, policy-driven and/or a result of customer derived requirements.