Chaiken Archives

Why the Explosion of IoMT Exposes Providers’ Security Risk

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Jun 16, 2016 | Cybersecurity

While a majority of consumers use their Fitbits, Apple Watches and other activity trackers for a period of only three months before abandoning them, many healthcare providers see promise in using the data generated from these devices to more closely manage care...

Putting Interoperability on FHIR

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Jan 27, 2016 | Healthcare IT

The release of the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) Connecting Health and Care for the Nation marks a dramatic shift from focus on Meaningful Use to incenting all stakeholders to fix our interoperability problem. While the HITECH act moved the nation’s...

Predicting the Future: What to Look for in 2016

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Jan 20, 2016 | Archives

The role of a prognosticator is to accurately predict the future. Although many have tried to predict the trend of the stock market, an imminent earthquake, or even the end of the world, soothsayers rarely get their predictions correct. That said, they are very...

How to Keep Score

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Nov 6, 2015 | Archives

Purchasing health information technology is obviously a risky and more difficult decision than choosing a bottle of red wine for dinner. To help with this purchasing decision, organizations often use product ratings provided by self-appointed industry organizations to...

Patient Driven Staffing Levels

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Jul 20, 2015 | Archives

For more than 50 years, the Boston Ballet entertained audiences around the world with classical dance such as Swan Lake and the Nutcracker. As information technology advanced, the Boston Ballet deployed numerous systems to manage ticketing, payroll and personnel...