Was Meaningful Use a Failure?

Meaningful Use requirements were put in place to give measurable goals for CMS reimbursements as hospitals and doctors transitioned to electronic health records (EHRs). Once hospitals began to make the transition, we saw doctors getting comfortable with their new system which…

The Misunderstood Art of Perfection and How, Seemingly, Health IT in the US has Leveraged it to Completely Suck.

Prolific author Seth Godin writes the following in his post, Abandoning perfection.

“Perfect is the ideal defense…

Establishing IP Handset Interoperability

VoIP systems employ session control and signalling protocols to control the signalling, set-up, and tear-down of calls. They transport audio streams over IP networks using special media delivery protocols that encode voice, audio with audio codecs. Various…

Love eBooks for reading but I still need paper

I have been reading on line, on screen and with eReaders for a number of years, I value the reader features on my smart phone and certainly crack through a lot of content to feed my mind and keep me informed.

How The Direct Project Will End Faxing In Healthcare

What is the Direct Project?

It’s an open source initiative being convened by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) to establish a means for secure communication of medical records between providers…