Health IT’s Glue

Health IT’s Glue

With the march toward deployment of healthcare IT in full swing, concern mounts about obtaining the full value from the investment. Spending $19 billion on health IT tools does not guarantee patient safety, enhanced quality, improved access to care, or reduced cost....
News from HIMSS 2010 Annual Conference

News from HIMSS 2010 Annual Conference

Comments for Saturday, February 27,2010 The professionals are streaming into Atlanta and the buzz is starting to crescendo. Of course the Jay-Z concert in town has a bit to do with all the action on the street. This evening, I visited with our French and Belgium HIMSS...
Raison d’Être

Raison d’Être

What is the purpose of health information technology? Why are we spending all these billions of dollars on this “thing” we struggle to understand, implement, and use? Is it achieving the goals of its purpose? The French elaborated on the concept of “raison d’être,”...