Powered by Blogger.
Showing posts with label meaningful use. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meaningful use. Show all posts

EHRs and "Meaningful Use": Begging the Question in the New England Journal of Medicine

thumbnail
I used to have great respect for the New England Journal of Medicine. No more. That respect was reduced significantly in 2010 when I saw the...

Good HIT, Bad HIT, HIMSS And Reckless Technology Advocacy: Will This Hurt President Obama?

thumbnail HIMSS, the Health Information Systems Management Society , is the large vendor trade group representing healthcare IT sellers. At the HIMSS ...

The Scientific Justification for Meaningul Use, Stage 2: The NWB Methodology

thumbnail The Final Rule for Meaningful Use Stage 2 has been released.  It is at this link (PDF).  It is a mere 672 pages in length, a quick read dur...

Increased Lab Ordering with EHR's?

thumbnail
ONC has once more proffered typical politically-motivated spin with regard to the Harvard study " Giving Office-Based Physicians Electr...

Health IT Culture: Severe Overconfidence (Arrogance?) Shows In The Industry's Very Terminology For Their Deliverables

thumbnail Health IT commentator Neil Versel notes in his piece " HIMSS12 notes " at his site Meaningful Health IT News that: I am in 100 pe...

Henry Ford Health System Decides Meaningful Use Not That Meaningful

thumbnail The CMIO for inpatient services for Henry Ford Health System discusses the Michigan system's decision to hold off on applying for meani...

Healthcare IT Delirium

thumbnail
The delirium surrounding healthcare IT seems to be worsening. In an Aug. 2010 post " EPIC's outrageous recommendations on healthcar...

Meaningful Use and the Devil in the Details: A Reader's View

thumbnail A reader, Dr. Scott Monteith, a psychiatrist, shared his thoughts on government-mandated 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Medical Reco...

Science or Politics? The New England Journal and "The 'Meaningful Use' Regulation for Electronic Health Records"

thumbnail In the NEJM article " The 'Meaningful Use' Regulation for Electronic Health Records ", David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. (ONC...