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5 reasons why you shouldn’t do direct-to-database EHR integrations
March 7, 2019
Inside the children’s hospital, the halls were bustling with activity. Providers were rounding, kids were trying to be…
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Making sense of the recent CMS and ONC proposed rules to improve healthcare data exchange
February 20, 2019
Last Monday, just as many of us were traveling to HIMSS, HHS released two long-awaited pieces of policy…
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Three Takeaways from Rock Health Summit 2018
October 22, 2018
Last week, I had the good fortune of attending the Rock Health Summit in San Francisco. Rock Health,…
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Reading between the lines of the Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce healthcare interoperability pledge
August 20, 2018
Last Monday, Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce released a joint statement concerning healthcare interoperability. The “Pledge”…
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Recapping the ONC Interoperability Forum
August 13, 2018
Last week I attended the 2nd ONC Interoperability Forum. The event was billed as an opportunity to, “bring…
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Will Industry Outsiders Save Healthcare Dollars Through Data?
July 11, 2018
With every sector of the economy feeling the effects of ever-increasing healthcare costs and no relief in sight,…
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Data-Enabled Strategy for the Social Determinants of Health
April 17, 2018
Social determinants of health (SDOH) has turned into the feel-good buzzword of the year. Broadly defined, SDOH refers…
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Preventing the Next Cambridge Analytica from using your Medical Records
April 12, 2018
Most healthcare pundits can agree that patients should be in control of their data. There’s actually enough momentum…
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How many visits does it take to get an ACL done?
April 6, 2018
In August, I tore my MCL, ACL, and possibly my meniscus. Of course, I didn’t know at the…
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Is This the Beginning of a Real Disruption in Healthcare?
February 23, 2018
When Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, and Jamie Dimon get together, they have interesting conversations. When they make a public…
