Archive for the ‘Healthcare IT’ Category

Blumenthal on data exchange

In Updates from Dr. Blumenthal – 11/12/09 (update #4) Information Exchange, Dr. Blumenthal makes some interesting observations.
A key premise: information should follow the patient, and artificial obstacles – technical, business related, bureaucratic – should not get in the way.  As a doctor, I have many times wanted access to data that I knew were buried [...]

Show me my records!

Interesting blog at BMJ Group blogs today. Richard Smith writes: Demand online access to your medical records.
Richard Smith is an unpaid member of the board of Patients Know Best and a true believer that the web can ultimately transform health care as it is transforming so much else.
This is a UK author but the sentiment behind [...]

Last TEPR conference?

It seems there’s a reason I can’t find any information about where and when the next TEPR conference will be held.
This is the last conference, at least under the management of the Medical Records Institute.
Which is an interesting development, in my opinion.
There are good sessions at the conference but registration has been dwindling. What I’m [...]