Context of IT
Influential CIO and blogger Dr. Halamka published an excellent post today on the role of CIO titled Job of CIO – Content versus Context. Dr. Halamka and Healthcare IT is not alone on this and IT organizations across all sectors face similar challenges to deliver more with less and little or no wiggle room for … Read more
Thursday afternoon reads
1. China’s fake Apple Stores: (Bird Abroad) – the facade can be imitated but not the culture and every detail of a brand like Apple cannot be imitated. Still this could have faked more than few customers. 2. No New Social Networks Launched Today (Borowitz Report) – A friend of mine told me that in … Read more
Health Informatics insights: remote health monitoring
I just got better from a month long ordeal with an infection, which required daily visits to a care provider to assess the state and provide care. Though, the care was exemplary by Ontario CCAC, there are areas of improvement needed in care coordination among providers and remote health monitoring to increase efficiencies. Remote health … Read more
IHE International meeting in Toronto
Keith Boone presented about CDA and CCD history at the IHE dinner in Toronto last night. Highlights from Keith’s presentation: – Interesting to know that CCD came from Vancouver Island Health Authority Electronic Medical Summaries project. – Schematron for message conformance over XSD and it’s an ISO standard. Good to know. – What is the … Read more
Ontario EMR Specification v4.0 FINAL version released
Ontario EMR version 4.0 specification(final) was released couple of days ago by Ontario MD for EMR vendors to apply for funding offering and comply with version 4.0 requirements. Here is the link to the schedule and version 4.0 requirements. https://www.ontariomd.ca/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=4&in_hi_userid=2&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=553&PageID=1763 Version 4.0 has some key requirements from a jurisdictional EHR or document exchange between … Read more
One Source for Meaningful Use from HIMSS
As a leading authority on appropriate use and implementation of Healthcare IT, HIMSS has created single go to location to understand A to Z about Meaningful Use Here is the link to One Source Meaningful Use Compendium. Devour all you need to know about Meaningful Use, its better (or bitter) than Chocolate Saravana Rajan
Medical Imaging on the Cloud
As Cloud Computing is making its waves at the peak of the technology hype cycle (source:Gartner), last week at Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), one of the largest healthcare technology trade shows in the world, Cloud Computing made its entry into medical imaging technology. DICOM Grid, a Phoenix based company made headlines last week … Read more
Sanofi-Aventis announces first iPhone integrated Glucometer
Sanofi-Aventis, French drug manufacturer and health care solutions provider released the first seamlessly integrated iPhone blood glucose meter iBGStar. This just came in last week and certainly heralds a new development in managing diabetes. Some of the highlights of the technology as claimed by Sanofi include, Dynamic Electrochemistry measuring, which increases accuracy in blood glucose … Read more
eHealth Ontario Update
Diabetes Registry: Provincial Diabetes Registry Contract announced and goes to CGI for $46.2 million. Musings from eHealth Ontario CEO Greg Reed: eHealth Ontario’s CEO Greg Reed’s musings on the role of eHealth Ontario Source: eHealth Musings blog by Michael Martineau
State of Health Information Exchanges: New Report
eHealth Initiative released a new report on the state of Health Information Exchange in the US and here are my findings and view of the survey. Key Findings: 234 active health information exchange initiatives (HIEs) in America More than half the HIEs are not dependent on federal funding Revenue source from transactions and subscriptions fees … Read more
