Category: Security
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Usability Pyramid – How Does It Apply to EHR and Healthcare IT?
Today I saw this wonderful usability pyramid come across my Twitter feed: Usability Pyramid: Functional > efficient > Intuitive* > Beautiful #Appian15 * http://t.co/W4VyxKxOtS pic.twitter.com/g1WeG7gYqK — Charles Webster MD (@wareFLO) April 28, 2015 There’s so much we can learn in healthcare from this pyramid. I’m still chewing on whether the pyramid is the right way…
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When Has Analytics Ever Said – “You’re Awesome”?
I was just thinking about all of these analytics vendors and healthcare analytics stories that were sent to me during HIMSS. Every story goes a bit like this. We gathered a whole bunch of data. We analyzed the data. We discovered that we sucked and so we were able to save $X million dollars and…
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Mark Cuban’s Suggestion to Do Regular Blood Tests
I’ve been really intrigued by the tweets from Mark Cuban and the response from many to his tweets from those in the healthcare IT community. Here’s a summary of the 3 tweets which ignited the discussion: If you can afford to have your blood tested for everything available, do it quarterly so you have a…
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Neat Telemedicine Peripheral
I’m a techguy by education and background (literally @techguy on Twitter) and so I love cool new tech toys. Plus, I’m a boy and you know boys and their toys. So, I was really excited when leading into HIMSS, Revolve Robotics offered to send me a Kubi which I could test out. I’ve personally found…
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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Cybersecurity Bill with Data-Sharing Protections
The U.S. House of Representatives on Apr. 22 passed a cybersecurity bill providing legal protections for companies that share cyberthreat information with each other and with the federal government, but Senate passage may be delayed With strong bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives on April 22 passed a cybersecurity bill that would provide legal…
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The April 2015 HIT Standards Committee Meeting
By John Halamka The April 2015 HITSC meeting focused on the Certification Rule NPRM and a comprehensive review of the Federal Interoperability Roadmap. I suggested that a guiding principle for the committee’s work is to emphasize the enablers in the proposals while reducing those aspects that create substantial burden/slow innovation. As a federal advisory committee…
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Telemedicine Startup Offers Providers A Shot At Equity
Over the last couple of years, the number of telemedicine vendors out there fighting for business has exploded. These include DoctoronDemand, GoTelecare, HealthTap, MDLIVE, American Well and many, many more. Health plans are jumping on the bandwagon too. For example, United Healthcare has been running a popular national television campaign advertising its “virtual clinic” services. UHC is my…
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UC San Diego study examines counterfeit drug penetration in global medicine supply chains
When you take a medication for, say, high cholesterol, do you know that pill is really what the label says it is? Depending upon the type of medicine and where you live, the threat of falsified medications (also referred to as counterfeit, fraudulent, and substandard) can be quite real, yet the full scope and prevalence…
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Some High Level Perspectives on FHIR
Before HIMSS, I posted about my work to understand FHIR. There’s some great information in that post as I progress in my understanding of FHIR, how it’s different than other standards, where it’s at in its evolution, and whether FHIR is going to really change healthcare or not. What’s clear to me is that many…
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Things to look for at HIMSS15
http://www.himssfuturecare.com/news/things-look-himss15 Privacy & Security Things to look for at HIMSS15 Carla Smith, executive vice president of HIMSS North America, has highlighted a few of the attractions for attendees. Healthcare IT News blog/things-look-himss15 …read more Source:: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/things-look-himss15