Testing a new data model to support evidence-informed decision making
By Simon Hagens, Director of Benefits Realization (@infoway)Simon Hagens By Simon Hagens, Director of Benefits Realization (@infoway)Simon HagensA few months ago, Canada Health Infoway’s ImagineNation Data Impact Challenge put out a call to all…
eHealth collaborative brings health information technology home
Bringing health IT home Bringing health IT home Five years before the federal government launched the HITECH program to encourage adoption of electronic health records, the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) was…
The Cost of a Credentialing Mistake
It is said that “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” This is, however, not true if mistakes are made when practitioners are on-boarded, credentialed/re-credentialed and…
Healthcare Marketing to the Millennial Mindset
If you’re going to reach Millennials, you must be where they are: online. That’s no earth shattering surprise, but can you actually break through the online clutter and connect? And…
White Paper: 3D Weight-Bearing Imaging Using CBCT
This white paper addresses the benefits of a prototype (INVESTIGATIONAL – NOT FOR COMMERCIAL SALE) cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) system dedicated to extremity imaging.The CBCT system was co-developed by…
Are privileged people wasting their time using healthcare portals?
Should I enter the portal or not? Should I enter the portal or not?A new study on use of electronic health portals by patients with chronic kidney disease is another…
Does Your Medical Practice Website Relieve Patient Anxiety?
Many people today fail to visit physicians even when they know they should, out of fear or anxiety. Whether these fears are based on previous negative experiences with medical practitioners…
P4 Medicine: How You Can Live To Be 100
I was fortunate enough to be on the guest list for the event, “An Evening Discovering Scientific Wellness” hosted by Arivale at Chihuly Garden and Glass this past week. I…
Florida Board of Medicine Declares Arizona Homeopathic Doctor “Very, Very Dangerous”
A doctor practicing homeopathic medicine was accused of administering a lethal dose of an unapproved drug to a toddler in Arizona. She was required to appear before the Florida Board of…
Relationship Between Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) & Radiology Must Evolve
Clinical decision support system (CDSS), an early entrant to healthcare IT, can reduce mistakes in medication administration, encourage practice standardization, and reduce duplication or unnecessary performance of diagnostic tests. When…
