Healthcare IT Archives

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...

Choosing the “Good Jobs” Strategy

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Nov 5, 2015 | Healthcare Policy

For more than half a century, provider organizations have had a free ride. Unlike other industries that faced rapid disruptions in their markets requiring constant adjustment to survive, healthcare has been fairly stable and predictable. As provider organizations...

Using Patient Acuity to Drive Healthflow

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Oct 15, 2015 | Archives

As decreasing reimbursement rates continue to flog hospital budgets, organizations struggle to find ways to reduce their costs. As labor represents approximately 60% of hospital expenditures, staffing remains a prime target for reductions. While the options to reduce...