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The Parable of the Wicked EMR
(guest post by David Kibbe)

Preface by e-Patient Dave: This is a story of bad data gone wild, wrong info that spreads. It starts with a story from the 1600s, which applies all too aptly to our EMR situation today, in which there are inadequate controls on data quality, and errors that leak can...

“Succeeding in online health” lunch meeting

Today outside Boston I attended a “lunch-n-learn” session of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, titled “Patient, Heal Thyself: How to Succeed with Online Consumer Health Sites.” At first I thought it was going to be about creating...

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