Dec 5th, 2007 | Vendors | No Comments
Why did the Washington Post have a story first thing this morning about Revolution Health? No other news outlet did until later in the day.
I suspect Revolution Health tipped off the Post about its purchases of two new Web sites. Revolution Health, the company founded by AOL founder Steve Caseкомпютри втора употреба, is positioning itself to compete with WebMD. According to the Post, Revolution acquired HealthTalk, a site devoted to patients with chronic conditions, and invested in SparkPeople, which offers diet ideas, exercise plans and advice.
Nov 19th, 2007 | Healthcare IT Policy, Hospitals and IDNs | No Comments
Although the clamor over Clooney has died down a little, privacy issues are still leaving people feeling a bit unsettled. Especially it seems our readers, who have flooded us with comments on the Clooney incident. As IT editors we were very interested in what kind of software Palisades Medical Center was using at the time this occurred. Reportedly, a Palisades spokesman told the New Jersey business publication NJBIZ that the hospital’s software, used to store electronic patient data, would alert an unauthorized person that he or she should not be in a given record. But the software would not stop someone from accessing the data, because many employees are either direct patient caregivers or related to a patient’s care, the spokesman said. → continue reading
Nov 15th, 2007 | Healthcare IT Policy, Physician Practices, Hospitals and IDNs | No Comments
Last night, here in Portland, Maine, soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples shook the house with the title song from her newest release We’ll Never Turn Back. Well, she shook the house every second she was on stage, not just with the one rendition.
We’ll Never Turn Back, hearkens back to the civil rights movement. Staples delivered with full-blast emotion and energy. It couldn’t have been any less than when, as part of The Staples Singers, she worked with Dr. Martin Luther King in the 1960s.
Staples is on a “Solid Blues” tour across the country traveling in an old Greyhound bus with fellow musicians Charlie Musselwhite, the North Mississippi Allstars and New Orleans pianist Joe Krown.
There is a healthcare IT connection - at least for me. → continue reading
Nov 13th, 2007 | Healthcare IT Policy | No Comments
For those of you who don’t yet subscribe to the monthly print version of Healthcare IT News, or who prefer to read it online, the November issue has been made live on our web site.
You’ll see stories in the monthly issue that don’t appear on the front page of our web site, or in our daily and weekly e-newsletters. For instance, check out Bernie Monegain’s piece on the possibility of mobile computing devices serving as disease vectors in hospitals. Or Patty Enrado’s article on the plan to encourage physicians to adopt e-prescribing in New Hampshire.
Or take a look at my story on how long-term care facilities use information technology differently than other healthcare providers.
-Richard Pizzi
Nov 8th, 2007 | Healthcare IT Policy | 1 Comment
These are the words of J. Lyle Bootman, an Institute of Medicine panelist who is calling on policymakers to require electronic prescribing in Medicare.
These words are airing on national TV and radio across the country. → continue reading
Why did the Washington Post have a story first thing this morning about Revolution Health? No other news outlet did until later in the day.
