by e-Patient Dave | Feb 27, 2012
At last week’s enormous HIMSS (health IT) conference, ONC (the Office of the National Coordinator for health IT) announced the long-awaited rules for Stage 2 of meaningful use. (These are the rules that must be met, for health IT systems to qualify for Federal...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Feb 13, 2012
We encourage our readers to attend this February 27 event and help PCORI shape its agenda for clinical effectiveness research. You can find a link to their draft priorities by clicking to this page. Registration for the forum is required; please see the link in the...
by e-Patient Dave | Jan 26, 2012
Edits made in the discussion at bottom, 1/27. Quick post from the media table at today’s Medicare Innovation Summit: Deservedly famed surgeon & author Atul Gawande just put together a bunch of thoughts into a potent summary. Paraphrasing from memory: There...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Dec 27, 2011
Why does this blog use the word “damn” so often? A search produces a whopping 38 hits, such as: Fools! Damn fools! And Medical Science (Right, Santa??) Atlantic: Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science “Gimme my damn data!” The stage is being set to enable...
by e-Patient Dave | Dec 14, 2011
I’m no expert on the FDA but my science antennas are twitching nervously about this, so I’ll post and invite discussion. In a surprising move last week, President Obama and HHS Secretary Sebelius overrules (basically, vetoed) the FDA’s recommendation...
by Susannah Fox | Dec 8, 2011
Here’s a question which inspired me today, received via email from Christie Silbajoris, director of NC Health Info: My library is rethinking its provision of services to the public. We’ve got a history of going beyond what the average academic health sciences...
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