
At my Dec. 2011 post " IT Malpractice? Yet Another "Glitch" Affecting Thousands of Patients. Of Course, As Always, Patient C...
At my Dec. 2011 post " IT Malpractice? Yet Another "Glitch" Affecting Thousands of Patients. Of Course, As Always, Patient C...
Health care is drowning in a sea of hype and spin. We have frequently posted about deceptive marketing used to sell drugs, devices, and h...
The Health Information Management Systems Society ( HIMSS ) is the large health IT vendor trade group in the U.S. At a Sept. 21, 2012 HIMSS...
An unspoken running assumption of the health IT enthusiast crowd seems to be that any health IT is better than no health IT, because using p...
We have noted occasional hints that the very rich may have a separate health care system which may shield them from the vicissitudes of our...
Last month, we posted about investigative reports that suggesting that for-profit hospital chain HCAwas pushed by its private equity owner...
I periodically receive unsolicited stories of EHR difficulties (mayhem, really) as a result of clinicians or others locating my materials on...
I am revisiting the issue of HITECH in light of recent reports on health IT drawbacks and/or failure to achieve long-claimed advantages. The...
At my Aug. 2012 post " Contra Costa's $45 million computer health care system endangering lives, nurses say ", I described how...
Here is a story that makes me unusually optimistic, at least about the wisdom of the people at large. Reuters reported on a new poll, With...
At a time when the press seems to be starting to "get it" regarding health IT myths, and expecting significant pushback, I thought...
We have frequently discussed how perverse incentives are spread around health care. In the US, the physicians are paid according to a syst...
Two EHR experts from Ivy-league institutions (which are typically hyperenthusiast-oriented) doubt cost savings from EHR technology. Wall Str...