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…
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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.
Efficacy Is Not Leading to Effectiveness
The Dichotomy of Health Information Technology William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor I often get involved in debates about the value…
Data Analytics, Data Science, and Big Data Must Demonstrate Value
Beyond Prediction William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor One of my ongoing concerns for data analytics/data science/Big Data in biomedicine and…
Healthy Living is Not Alternative Medicine, and Vice Versa
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Part of my original interest in a medical career emanated…
The Need for a Standard Occupational Classification Code for Informatics
Proposing the Addition of a SOC Code for Informatics William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor About a decade ago, as my…
Eligibility for the Clinical Informatics Subspecialty
2014 Update William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor One of the posts in this blog with the most page views ever…
What is the Right Amount of Profit in Healthcare?
Can You Put a Price on Treatments That Saves a Life? William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor I have written in…
Can the US Biomedical Research Enterprise Be Sustained?
Implications for Informatics William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Although I focus a good deal of my writing in this blog…