Category: Health IT

Medical clinicians are being stress fractured

An excerpt from Leadership Lessons from History: A Study Guide Written for Physicians & Other Healthcare Leaders. In June 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia along with an army of 600,000 men; fewer than 100,000 made it back. During their ignoble militar…

Amazon’s EHR-mining tool could be a game-changer for ‘big data’ in healthcare, analyst says

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HHS Releases Draft Strategy on Addressing Clinician Burden Issues

HHS issued the draft Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs and has asked the community to provide its ideas and recommendations on how best to address burden issues.

Massachusetts General Hospital might store patient data on blockchain through new partnership

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Primary care physicians most likely to report EHR-related burnout, study finds

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HIMSS Launches New HIMSS Insights eBook Series

The bi-monthly digital journal will cover the latest in health information and technology education and showcase thought leadership occurring across the global health ecosystem.

Athenahealth files its acquisition with SEC: 6 deal details

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Almost all major EMR vendors live on national interoperability networks, KLAS says

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Trump’s ‘Mar-a-Lago Crowd’ reviewed VA’s $10B Cerner contract before signing, pushed for Apple app

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Physicians sacrifice a lot to deliver care. Technology shouldn’t ask for more.

I had a great case the other night. Around midnight on a Friday, the hospitalist physician called me to evaluate an incarcerated femoral hernia. I thought this elderly and medically ill patient would likely die no matter what I did. I spent a grim half…