The Road to Big Data Passes Through Informatics
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor I have written a number of postings over the last year about various aspects of electronic health…
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Biomedical and Health Informatics vs. Data Science, mHealth – New Disciplines or New Terminology?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor When I entered the field of informatics in the 1980s, a great deal of the research…
Non-Physician Certifications in Informatics, Health IT, and Related Areas
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Although the physician subspecialty certification has received the lion’s share of the attention when it comes…
Data Mining Systems Improve Cost and Quality of Healthcare – Or Do They?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Several email lists I am on were abuzz last week about the publication of a paper…
The Learning Healthcare System and Evidence-Based Medicine
Implementing the Learning Healthcare System Can Be Facilitated Using the Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor The enthusiasm…
Disruptive Innovation Coming to Higher Education?
The Role of Massive Open Online Courses William Hersh, MD Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor The notion of disruptive innovation was popularized by…
Debate Over EHR Adoption
Informatics Evidence, Redux William Hersh, MD Professor and Chair Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology Oregon Health & Science University Blog: Informatics Professor About…
Role of the PHR in Interacting with the Healthcare System
The Optimal PHR William Hersh, MD Professor and Chair Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology Oregon Health & Science University Blog: Informatics Professor I…
What is Biomedical & Health Informatics?
William Hersh, MD Professor and Chair Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology Oregon Health & Science University Blog: Informatics Professor Years ago, I used…