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Should "Diagnosing While Texting" Be Illegal?

Posted by | 11:43 AM
I saw an interesting comment at Medscape in the comment thread of the article " Do Your EHR Manners Turn Patients Off? " (MedScape...

Solutionism: are all healthcare issues transparent and self-evident processes that can be easily optimized, if only the right algorithms are in place?

Posted by | 8:47 AM
I've ordered this book:  " To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism " by Evgeny Morozov . I'...

Some Real-World Lessons for the Health IT Hyper-Enthusiasts

Posted by | 7:28 AM
An article was published in Health Leaders Media yesterday by Scott Mace, senior technology editor entitled "Scot Silverstein's Goo...

WSJ, Koppel and Soumerai: A Major Glitch for Digitized Health-Care Records - Cost Savings Illusory

Posted by | 3:24 AM
Two EHR experts from Ivy-league institutions (which are typically hyperenthusiast-oriented) doubt cost savings from EHR technology. Wall Str...

A Message for Xerox: Americans Not 'Resistant to Change'; They Are Resistant to Reckless Change That Endangers Them

Posted by | 4:12 PM
A press release from Xerox Healthcare Provider Solutions: Jul 31, 2012 Only 26 Percent of Americans Want Electronic Medical Records, Says Xe...

Health IT difficulties and controversial excuses from health IT hyperenthusiasts and extremists

Posted by | 8:30 AM
As I observed at my Aug. 15, 2012 post " Contra Costa's $45 million computer health care system endangering lives, nurses say ...

ONC's "Health Data Palooza" - A Title of Exceptionally Bad Taste, For a "See No Evil" Meeting

Posted by | 10:21 AM
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT has sent out this announcement: Subject: HEALTH DATA PALOOZA III: Unleashing the Power o...

Forbes: Obamacare Billionaire: What One Entrepreneur's Rise Says About The Future Of Medicine

Posted by | 7:23 PM
An article in Forbes appeared today (4/18/12) entitled " Obamacare Billionaire: What One Entrepreneur's Rise Says About The Future ...

University of Arizona Medical Center, $10 million in the red in operations, to spend $100M on new EHR system

Posted by | 8:17 PM
In my Oct. 2006 post " $70 million for an Electronic Medical Records system? " I wrote: ... healthcare doesn’t have the capital fo...