July 11th, 2007
Electronic health systems are supposed to help improve health care. But apparently, if you’re involved with a big project to build an e-health records...
July 5th, 2007
The US government is pressing to convert the nation’s health care system to electronic health records, wiring all our personal health records (PHRs) together...
May 11th, 2007
The third shoe has dropped in giving hospitals federal blessing to subsidize the cost of providing electronic health records systems software and technical support...
May 1st, 2007
(In response to Joseph Conn’s “AHIC reviews, sends back EHR recommendations”) The American Health Information Community does not recognize that most physicians choose not...
April 25th, 2007
The American Health Information Community on Tuesday sent back for revision a list of recommendations by its work group on electronic health records aimed...
April 24th, 2007
In response to Joseph Conn’s ‘U.S. lagging in EHR privacy policies: report’: Thank you for the update on this important issue of patient privacy....
April 21st, 2007
Sounding more like a defensive parent whose child was under attack than a self-described “distant bureaucrat,” Sue McAndrew had a message to deliver to...
April 4th, 2007
Many experts believe consumer-directed health care — giving patients greater decision making powers through greater transparency in pricing and understanding of possible outcomes —...
March 12th, 2007
While a policy debate is ramping up in the U.S. over how much control patients should have over the transmission and sharing of their...
March 1st, 2007
The Defense Department has signed an agreement with Microsoft under which the software vendor will help develop tools and methods for analyzing the department’s...
