To survive, provider organizations must quickly restore their previous revenue streams while preparing for the potential next waves of the pandemic. Successful recovery for these organizations is not represented by a return to the old ways of providing services.
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We Need Data
Gut feelings and “I think” or “I believe” no longer carry weight. The regular use of data by decision makers will hopefully be one that helps prevent a crisis of this magnitude from occurring again.
Continue readingCOVID-19 Pandemic: Optimistic Heart and Worrying Head
With our focus on what is happening in New York, many are missing what is happening elsewhere.
Continue readingFrom Snow to Achuff: Using Analytics to Drive Clinical Change
[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] John Snow, the English physician who removed the handle from the Broad Street pump and halted the 1854 London cholera epidemic, is considered one of the founders of modern epidemiology. His work led to …
Continue readingBelieving is Seeing
[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] Data collection and its use surrounds us. Our mobile phones trace where we live, work, buy our groceries, and visit friends. Today’s trip to some online shopping sites shows me ads for puppies (my …
Continue readingA Health IT Soothsayer
One of the best parts about predicting the future is how rarely the soothsayer is held accountable. The famous Michel de Nostredame, better known as Nostradamus, is popularly credited with predicting the rise of Hitler …
Continue readingHow Tinkering with the ACA Puts Health IT Investments at Risk
On February 27, 2017, President Trump said, ”Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.” Well, Mr. President it is complicated and yes, we all knew.
Continue readingClinical Trials, Genetic Testing, and Personalized Medicine
Rather than considering patient information, and in particular genetic testing results, as private property to be used for private good, perhaps it is time to think of our population’s medical information as private property, owned and controlled by the patient, to be used for public good.
Continue readingClinical Care, HIT, and Mike Trout
A miscalculation by just seven milliseconds is the difference between hitting a ball fair or foul. For comparison, a blink of the eye takes about 150 milliseconds.
Continue readingIt’s Time to Stop and Refocus EHR Efforts
Healthcare’s uniqueness stems from its personal and emotional characteristics, and deep ties to our sense of humanity.
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