
I periodically receive unsolicited stories of EHR difficulties (mayhem, really) as a result of clinicians or others locating my materials online, via web searches, social networking sites, or word of …
I periodically receive unsolicited stories of EHR difficulties (mayhem, really) as a result of clinicians or others locating my materials online, via web searches, social networking sites, or word of …
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 HITECH Act, a multi-billion dollar EHR incentive/penalty mea…
At my Aug. 2012 post "Contra Costa's $45 million computer health care system endangering lives, nurses say", I described how an experimental EHR being forced on clinicians in Contra Costa county, Cali…
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 less than two months to go before the U.S. presidential ele…
At a time when the press seems to be starting to "get it" regarding health IT myths, and expecting significant pushback, I thought it useful to repost a link to a post I authored in Jan. 2010 entitled…
We have frequently discussed how perverse incentives are spread around health care. In the US, the physicians are paid according to a system that provides strong incentives for doing procedures, (see…
Two EHR experts from Ivy-league institutions (which are typically hyperenthusiast-oriented) doubt cost savings from EHR technology.Wall Street JournalOpinionSeptember 17, 2012A Major Glitch for Digiti…