Big Bad Legacy EHR Products

IBM "cloud" computing - circa 1975 There is no self-respecting innovator in Health Information Technology (HIT) who has not spoken...

Hypothetical: Tofu at the Broccoli Court

The year is 2018 and President Tofu is fortunate to have a majority in both houses of Congress. America elected President Tofu when it becam...

The People’s Advocate at the Supreme Court Bar

H. Bartow Farr, III, Esq. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has finally met its challengers in the highest Court in the...

I Don’t Want To Be Digitized

I live in a bubble where everybody seems to be obsessed with Health Information Technology (HIT). The average man or woman you meet on any A...

Where is Health Care’s Big Data?

The world of health care is abuzz with heated discussions about health information exchange, data liberation and the beneficial consequences...

Parsimonious

I love persimmons with their luscious flavor and their rich exotic texture, but parsimony has nothing to do with persimmons. For the 99% of ...

Opportunity for HIT Vendors to Do Good

Yesterday, I found an email from Health and Human Services (HHS) in my inbox highlighting a new initiative where the “Obama Administration ...