The Arithmetic of Health Care

Adam Smith would disagree, Karl Marx would be appalled, and heck even Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand would be raising objections. But for some...

The Computer is my Shepherd…

If this were a business concerned with bottom lines, cash flows and sustainability, this would be a good time to begin planning one of those...

Meaningful Use – A Pinch of 3 and a Dash of 4

While most folks are busy trying to keep up with Meaningful Use Stage 1, and Meaningful Use Stage 2 only recently emerged from the customary...

Electronic Parking Lot

I was headed to a meeting downtown yesterday, and finding a place to park in the city is always a challenge. Luckily, there is a little old ...

Who’s Afraid of the Medical Home?

Obamacare is here to stay, and with it a host of initiatives small and large, some intended and some not so much so, targeting massive trans...

The EHR Non-User Interface

Every time someone publishes an article or a paper or a blog post that has anything remotely to do with Electronic Health Records (EHR), the...

Remembrance of Docs Past

It was 10 AM and the unmarked glass door was locked. A woman in a brightly colored dress with a big smile on her face waved from inside, dis...