Opinion
Where to go with wearables
First and foremost, providers need confidence in the accuracy of the monitoring equipment, and, thus far, that accuracy has been questionable.
Opinion
Countdown to launch: Health care IT primed for disruption
Expect for-profit innovators to step into the gap between what physicians expect of EHRs and what the software delivers. Think it can’t happen?...
Opinion
“I’m sorry, doctor, I’m afraid I can’t do that”
“I’m sorry, doctor, I’m afraid I can’t do that”
Opinion
Now boarding: How we can skip coach and bump our patients up to first class
To transform medicine into friendlier skies for the health care traveler, don’t follow the example set by the airline industry.
Opinion
EHR Report: Don’t let the electronic health record do the driving
How can we reduce the impression that patients are just another item on a checklist?
Opinion
Restoring the promise of (really) meaningful use
2017 marks the end of Meaningful Use under Medicare, replaced by an initiative called Advancing Care Information.
Opinion
Two boys, a dog, and our electronic health records
Since patients retain very little of the information their physicians offer them, how can we enhance communication?
News
The EHR Report: Seeing through a glass, darkly
A patient’s telling of her own case history can differ dramatically from the case as recorded in the electronic health record.
News
Making the final rule meaningful: What it means for you
On Oct. 6, after many months of anticipation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for...