On Health Care Tech & Policy

Not that anybody needs another post on the seemingly shattering news of Google Health’s recent entrance into palliative care hospice, but I ...

Next time you visit a doctor’s office, try to peek beyond the front desk and you will usually get a glimpse of dozens of metal shelves loade...

Fee-for-service (FFS) is the method by which you pay your lawyer, your barber, your waiter, your cleaning lady, your airline, your plumber, ...

Dr. Larry Weed A brand new EMR is being rolled out in a midsize hospital. The EMR is exclusively based on touchscreen technology, with de...

On June 8, the HIT Policy Committee at ONC has approved the Workgroup recommendations for Meaningful Use Stage 2. Before diving into the de...

Care coordination is one of the four pillars of Meaningful Use, one of the six NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) standards and one o...

Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) and Electronic Health Records (EHR) are at the heart of health care transformation. Everything we wa...