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Six US health systems to share data

by | Jan 3, 2011

For those who believe in the power of facts, some wonderful news from CMIO, 12/15/10: “Six of the nation’s leading healthcare systems — Cleveland Clinic, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Denver Health, Geisinger Health System, Intermountain Healthcare and Mayo Clinic...

Fools! Damn fools! And Medical Science. (Right, Santa??)

by | Dec 3, 2010

(To help you visualize the scene, see the famous Coca-Cola Santa image. Now imagine Peter Frishauf asking Santa for that train set!) Dear Santa, I always believed in you Santa. All those kids who said it wasn’t true, you weren’t real, well guess what: I knew you were....

“Empowered Patient” special on CNN

by | Oct 2, 2010

Elizabeth Cohen is surely the most visible spokesperson for patient empowerment, because she’s on CNN and CNN.com. She’s got an hour-long special on CNN this weekend. Highly recommended, especially for friends and family who don’t get what this is...

“Over My Dead Body”: Why System Usability Matters

by | Jun 14, 2010

It’s widely rumored that a health IT industry executive was unhappy about suggestions that systems have to be usable in the eyes of employees who use them while caring for us. (Us. The patients. Your mother.) According to the rumor, the exec said “Over my...

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