information technology Archives

EHR Vendors Raise Provider Expectations for Other IT Vendors

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | May 17, 2016 | Archives

The passage of the HITECH Act in 2009 led to the deployment of thousands of electronic medical record systems throughout the U.S. in both acute and ambulatory care settings. In an effort to insure that value was derived from this investment of federal funds, the...

New Standard Can FHIR Up Precision Medicine

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Mar 15, 2016 | Archives

On February 25th President Obama at the White House celebrated the one year anniversary of his announcement of the Precision Medicine Initiative. The Initiative, first announced in the President’s State of the Union Address last year, initially invested $215 million...

It’s Vegas Baby

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Feb 29, 2016 | Archives

As we all know, Vegas is bigger than life. High rollers, over-the-top shows and extravagant restaurants. As HIMSS returns to the Strip, can we expect the conference to live up to what we all expect of Vegas? With over 40,000 health IT professionals expected to descend...

Get FHIRed Up

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Feb 10, 2016 | Archives

Although I’m a physician, not a technology expert, I’m jazzed about the FHIR® (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) specification. Organizations struggle to share patient information with each other due to data structure and definition incompatibilities. This...

Rein in National Drug Spending

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Feb 5, 2016 | Healthcare Policy

Although overall healthcare cost inflation remains relatively small, healthcare spending just passed 18 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product at the end of 2015. Because of the size of healthcare as a component of the nation’s expenditures, this continued...