As I consider all of the different health platforms that are being built by mobile health companies, I can’t help but wonder if we need a health specific...
Archive - August 2013
Let me state the obvious. An EHR implementation in a hospital is a time consuming and expensive effort. While the idea of switching EMR software is a palpable...
For the past several months, Healthcare IT Central has teamed up with 4Medapproved to help spread the word about their certification programs for HIT...
Healthcare IT spending will increase to more than $34.5 billion in 2014, according to a new report from a Hampton, N.H.-based research and consulting firm...
The Epic EMR at Northern California’s Sutter Health crashed earlier this week, leaving the system inaccessible for an entire day, reports Healthcare IT...
I am not a healthcare investment expert by any means, but two recent pieces of news make me wonder if the digital health movement will inadvertently result in...
Ever since I first attended HFMA’s ANI conference, I’ve been fascinated by the opportunities available in managing a hospitals revenue. There are...
I’ve been writing for a number of years on the challenge that EMR downtime causes a clinic. In case you missed them, check out some of the following...
Today, I bring you Dr. Christy Valentine, a New Orleans-based physician practicing internal medicine and pediatrics. Dr. Valentine operates a small practice...
It’s not hard to find physicians and nurses who say that far from improving health care, the EMRs they use are something to work around. Billing problems, lost...