One of the areas we hear over and over again in trying to solve our health care situation is transparency of cost for our consumers. This is a great illustration of the challenge. Disservice
Over the past 5 years, I worked with HITSP and the HIT Standards Committee to select standards for exchanging clinical summaries.
The following is a guest post from Dr. Larry Nathanson MD, who leads BIDMC's Emergency Medicine Informatics efforts
As Google Buzz rolled out and I made the switch to an Android phone (Motorola Droid), I struggled with where to invest my time and social media. I went through a previous effort to determine where to update virtually. Here is what it has come down to for me personally.
The following is a guest post from Dr. Larry Nathanson MD, who leads BIDMC's Emergency Medicine Informatics efforts. (Note that the photo contains only fictitious patient names):I had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of my iPad --This is the form ...
Over the past 5 years, I worked with HITSP and the HIT Standards Committee to select standards for exchanging clinical summaries. But what exactly is a clinical summary?There is common agreement about the need to exchange codified, structured data fo...
Disservice (dÄs-sûr’vÄs)
A harmful action; an injury An act that is not just
Our health care system is completely devoid of customer service. It is pathetic. I took my son to have a simple tympanostomy (ear tubes) procedure this morning. I show ...
