Analytics: Act Like an EIS Officer

Analytics: Act Like an EIS Officer

If you lived in Milwaukee in early April 1993, you would have found an unusual sight in many of the pharmacies around town. Row after row of anti-diarrheal mediations were missing from shelves, bought up in a frenzy by citizens suffering from acute abdominal pain,...
Is “Meaningful Use” Meaningful?

Is “Meaningful Use” Meaningful?

Now that the “meaningful use” rule has been finalized by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), many organizations turn their focus to a rapid deployment of electronic medical record (EMR) systems in an effort to achieve transformation of the United States...
Is It Time to Play NICE?

Is It Time to Play NICE?

Note: Although it has been more than a decade since passage of ARRA, with almost 20% of GDP spent on healthcare there is much reason to think of better applying evidence-based guidelines in clinical care. The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act 2009 (ARRA) earmarks...