Note: This article is my once-in-a-while exploration of human behavior and climate change. While it is in no way related to health care, it may be directly related to health. Last weekend, we watched the critically unacclaimed remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still starring Keanu Reeves. While the movie left a great deal to be [...]
For those of you who attend to news about Health Information Technology (HIT) last week was a busy one. The 10th annual meeting of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in Atlanta took top billing. One of my favorite bloggers [EMR (EHR) and HIPAA] attended and posted frequently during the conference. John has been writing [...]
On March 2, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced a plan to approve organizations to certify electronic health record software programs. ModernHealthcare.com reported the announcement of this new plan by ONC head, Dr. David Blumenthal, at the big meeting of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) occurring in Atlanta [...]
