Health IT Archives

Provider Road to Recovery: Phase 1

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | May 20, 2020 | Archives

The American Hospital Association estimates the lost revenue to hospitals from the pandemic to be $50.7 bil. per month or $202.6 bil. over the four-month period March 1 through June 30, 2020. Their estimates are based upon expected cancellations of patient services,...

We Need Data

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Apr 13, 2020 | Archives

As the SAR-CoV-2 virus follows its destiny around the world working to upend all that we know as normal, public health officials, scientists, politicians, journalists, and citizens realize the only way they can effectively battle the virus is through the use of data....

COVID-19 Pandemic: Optimistic Heart and Worrying Head

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Apr 9, 2020 | Archives

[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] Every day around noon Governor Cuomo gives his daily briefing on the state of the pandemic in New York. His recent remarks express a cautious optimism that the outbreak is slowing as indicated by a smaller increase in the projected...

From Snow to Achuff: Using Analytics to Drive Clinical Change

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Feb 26, 2020 | Analytics

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 fundamental changes in the water and waste system of London and...

Believing is Seeing

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Feb 21, 2019 | Analytics

[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 children want a dog and they did a pet...