Category Archives: E-health

The New England Journal of Medicine article, Use of Electronic Health Records in U.S. Hospitals, by Ashish Jha et al. (described here through WBUR’s excellent story on the topic), reports on results of a survey of electronic health record (EHR) … Continue reading →

In the thoughtful and informative article by Deven McGraw, James Dempsey, Leslie Harris, and Janlori Goldman, Privacy As An Enabler, Not An Impediment: Building Trust Into Health Information Exchange (abstract), in the most recent issue of Health Affairs, the authors … Continue reading →

The most recent edition of Health Affairs is chock full of articles about e-health, which is not surprising, given the amount of attention it is getting everywhere, thanks to the ARRA — American Reinvestment and Recovery Act — appropriation of … Continue reading →

Wednesday’s meeting of the Mass Health Information Technology Council was brief and to the point — the Council has to quickly integrate the e-health requirements in Chapter 305, the cost containment bill Massachusetts passed last year, with the e-health provisions … Continue reading →

An additional meeting of the Health Information Technology Council will be on Thursday, February 26, from 2 – 4, at 1 Ashburton Place, 11th Floor, Matta Conference Room, was added to the schedule because the agenda for the first meeting … Continue reading →

The first meeting of the Massachusetts Health Information Technology Council, established in SECTION 4 of Chapter 305, the cost containment law, will take place tomorrow, February 19, from 10 – 11:30, in the Matta Conference Room, 11th floor, 1 Ashburton … Continue reading →

The Consumer Network for Healthcare e-Quality’s lunch series offers a presentation this Friday February 6, 11:45 – 1:00, at Health Care For All, 30 Winter Street, Boston. The lunch will look at the work of the Health Information Security and … Continue reading →

With a national focus on e-health as a piece of the national health reform puzzle, and President-elect Obama looking to spend $50 billion on the adoption of e-health technology, the New York Times Business section featured an article this past … Continue reading →

If the idea of medical ID theft is keeping you up at night, I recommend Parade magazine’s article on this topic by Jennifer Nelson, which appeared Sunday, December 7. The bad news is that the unforeseen consequences of such an … Continue reading →