The F Words of Health Care

Vassily Kandinsky, 1923 Fragmentation, Fee-for-service and Futile care are the trifecta of what is supposedly ailing our health care system,...

The Pin Factory EHR

In 1776 Adam Smith explained to posterity how specialization increases productivity using the now famous example of a pin factory. While on...

2011 EHR Adoption Rates

On Wednesday, November 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the results of its yearly survey on Electronic Hea...

Thanksgiving in Health Care

Thanksgiving is almost here and between shopping for yams and turkeys and waiting for the cranberries to pop in the saucepan, there is ample...

The IOM Report on Health IT Safety

A recent report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM),  “Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care” , introduces a...