Death of EHR "Meaningul Use" imminent. (Hopefully the death of the 'National Programme for Health IT in the HHS' is imminent, too.)

Death of EHR "Meaningul Use" imminent. (Hopefully the death of the 'National Programme for Health IT in the HHS' is imminent, too.)

By Unknown at 10:39 AM

I've written a number of posts on the Orwellian-named "Meaningful Use" experiment with electronic health records systems, impo...

Turn, Turn, Turn - Another Health Care Revolving Door Update

Turn, Turn, Turn - Another Health Care Revolving Door Update

By Unknown at 10:46 AM

It has been a while since our last revolving door update , so it's time to take another spin. Summary of the Revolving Door Phenomenon B...

Kaiser Health News/Philadelphia Inquirer on InformaticsMD: "The flaws of electronic records"

Kaiser Health News/Philadelphia Inquirer on InformaticsMD: "The flaws of electronic records"

By Unknown at 1:35 AM

At my Dec. 2012 post " How an interview for Kaiser Health News rekindled memories of health IT dysfunction in the 90's that persist...

Texas Medical Association slams ONC Healthcare IT safety plan

Texas Medical Association slams ONC Healthcare IT safety plan

By Unknown at 5:47 AM

The Texas Medical Association offers views similar to the views I have been writing about for a decade and a half on healthcare IT quality a...

ONC and "Health IT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan": When Sociologists Uphold the Hippocratic Oath While Physicians Pay Respect to the Lords of Kobol, We Are in a Dark Place, Ethically

ONC and "Health IT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan": When Sociologists Uphold the Hippocratic Oath While Physicians Pay Respect to the Lords of Kobol, We Are in a Dark Place, Ethically

By Unknown at 9:13 AM

[Note: this essay contains many hyperlinks. They can be right-clicked and opened in a separate tab or window.] I've been meaning to wr...