When do Physicians Behave Like Consumers?
There Are Some General Rules-of-Thumb Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD We are seeing a flood of health IT tools come in to the market, some…
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What is the future of EHRs?
Can EHRs achieve the interconnectedness we need? Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have come a long way in moving U.S. healthcare…
Top Health IT Guest Posts in 2013 – Eighth Day of Christmas
Guest Contributors Who Maid Our Year Brighter Day 8 of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts and by now you’re thinking we’re milking this whole…
Value Based Healthcare Payments
What Kind of IT is Needed? Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD The trend toward value based payment for healthcare services is gaining momentum. For better…
Patient Centered Data is the Best Solution for “Meaningful Consent”
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) recently released guidelines to address the question of consent when it comes…
Rethinking Health Information Exchange
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD We have come a long way, in the past several years, in our efforts to bring health care data into…
Patient Centered Health IT as the Solution to Universal Health Identifiers
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD The effort to build health IT products that are patient-facing, and able to pull together all the health information about…
Patient-generated health information is the future of healthcare
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD “Patient engagement” has certainly become a buzz-word in the realm of modern health IT. Medical practitioners as well as hospitals…
Identity verification is key for successful implementation of Direct
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD Health Information Technology is on the threshold of a significant step forward. Up until now, most of the emphasis in…