We thought of attending the HIMSS Virtual Conference this week but went to sign-in and were shocked to be asked to fork over $80. Having participated in these types of events in the past (another industry) we know first hand that these are dirt cheap to put together, sponsors fork over plenty of sponsorship money [...]
Posts Tagged ‘HIMSS’
Ughhhhhh, this industry is putting us in a funk
Posted in PHR, tagged digital natives, HIMSS, HIT adoption on November 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
And Another Online PHR Survey – Results
Posted in PHR, tagged Google Health, HIMSS, Microsoft on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Earlier today had a post on the HDM online quick survey showing early results that PHRs are definitely coming – at least that is what those in the healthcare IT (HIT) sector believe. Further adding validation to the HDM quick poll are the results of an online survey that the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society [...]
HIMSS Webcast Today – Can It Get Any Worse?
Posted in Privacy, Security, tagged HIMSS on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I sincerely apologize to anyone who may have sat-in on the webcast today by HIMSS Analytics and Kroll, based on my earlier prompting via the post this morning. The webcast was arguably the most blatant sales pitch/webcast I have ever had to experience, and I have personally participated in many and listened to many, many [...]
The Risks of Digital Medical Records
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, tagged AHIMA, HIMSS, WSJ on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
One of the better, more balanced articles on privacy and security of medical records can be found in today’s WSJ. Unlike many articles on the subject of privacy of digital medical records, this article actually goes into some depth on the issue, what have been some of the major breaches as of late, a classic [...]
Another Perspective on HIMSS’s Leader’s PHR Comments
Posted in consumer health, PHR, tagged HIMSS on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another Blog, which I visit on occasion, Lab Soft News, has some interesting commentary as well on the comments of HIMSS’s Leader Steve Leiber regarding PHR adoption. Nice complementary post to my posting on Friday.
HIMSS Leader Raises Doubts on PHRs
Posted in EMR, Google, PHR, tagged Google Health, HIMSS on April 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Interesting post this afternoon over on the WSJ Blog. Appears that Steve Leiber, the head of the industry group HIMSS made some comments to the reporters that were not all that positive regarding PHRs, more specifically stating: “Physicians aren’t going to trust it.” I have two problems with this. First, Leiber should provide full disclosure [...]
Not Surprising, Federal HIT Funding Stalls
Posted in EHR, EMR, tagged healthcare, HIMSS, IT on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a brief article late last week, trade magazine Healthcare IT reports that federal funding for healthcare IT initiatives appears to have stalled. Can’t say as I am all that surprised. This is after all an election year, a time when many government activities get put into stasis to await the next administration. Combining this [...]
Schmidt’s HIMSS Presentation: Google Health
Posted in Google, PHR, tagged Google, HIMSS, PHR on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the full Google presentation given by CEO Schmidt to a full house at last week’s HIMSS conference. You probably will not learn much more than what I have already provided in previous posts over the last couple of weeks, but I did find that last 12 minutes or so of most interest. But [...]
Enough About the Gorillas, How About a Lemur
Posted in consumer health, Google, Microsoft, PHR, telehealth, tagged Google, HIMSS, Microsoft, speech pathology, telehealth, TinyEye on March 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Plenty has been written, both here and elsewhere about the two 800-pound gorillas, Google and Microsoft’s, respective plays in the consumer healthcare sector. Yes, what they are doing is extremely important to this industry and will change the healthcare industry in ways we have yet to imagine, but let’s giving this story some breathing room, [...]
Google’s Schmidt Outlines Health Platform
Posted in consumer health, Dossia, Google, health portals, Microsoft, PHR, PHS, tagged Google, health, HealthVault, HIMSS, Microsoft, PHR on February 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Though Google announced the formal unveiling of their PHR last week, via the deal with Cleveland Clinic, today was the true coming out event when Google CEO Eric Schmidt formally introduced Google Health to the throngs at HIMSS during his keynote. Based on the demo I received at HIMSS, conversations I have had and comments [...]
