Dr. Gawande’s New Shiny Thing

Dr. Gawande has a new article in the New Yorker suggesting that hospital chains may very well be the solution to our health care problems. ...

The Privacy of Your Digital Self

Everybody has a shadow. Although as a small child you may have tried, you cannot separate yourself from your shadow no matter what you do. E...

Finding Utility in an EHR

If you are like most physicians in this country, you probably bought yourself an EHR, either recently or a while back. If you are like the d...

EHRs Can’t Talk to Each Other?

When the hypothetical naked, unconscious and alone patient presents at your ER with no immediately evident reasons for his distress and pres...

Taxstereogram

On Thursday, June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States decided that requiring all individuals to purchase health insurance from...

The 8th Pillar of the Patient Centered Medical Home

The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care is built on seven principles. Seven is a lucky number in some cultures, but if you ev...

Is Meaningful Use Too Successful?

Approximately a quarter million clinicians and hospitals have signed up for Meaningful Use incentives to date . Of those, almost a hundred t...