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Last year Paul Levy, Matthew Holt and Alexandra Drane asked me to participate in the Engage With Grace Thanksgiving Blog Rally. My post last year describes the Engage with Grace project and tells my personal story of why end of life care is important for all of us to discuss with our family and loved [...]
Today the West Virginia Health Information Network released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a statewide Health Information Exchange. More information, including the deadlines, bidder worksheets and a full copy of the RFP are available on the WVHIN website.
Following are sections from the RFP that provide a general overview of the proposed West Virginia Health [...]
In: Health Concerns
23 Nov 2009If I was commenting on Facebook or Twitter about todays topic on HealthBlog, I would have to give this one a very strong like. Im referring to some new work from an organization in the United Kingdom known as the Digital Access Provision Forum…(read more)
In: Health Care Law
21 Nov 2009Today I participated in the first call of the American Health Lawyers Association’s Task Force on Electronic Health Records and Legal Liability.
The task force will focus its efforts on the legal liabilities associated with Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and Personal Health Records (PHR).
In: Health Care Law
20 Nov 2009I was recently in my hometown of New Martinsville visiting my dad, a retired family physician. When I arrived he had waiting for me a copy of one of my grandfather’s medical records from the 1930s. My grandfather, Dr. Albert Coffield, practiced rural medicine in Wetzel County, West Virginia from 1911 until his death in [...]
As I travel the world meeting with public health officials, healthcare executives and providers, a common theme is the concern about aging populations and the growing incidence of chronic disease. This, coupled with the skyrocketing cost of care…(read more)
In: Health Concerns
10 Nov 2009The first program in our monthly video series at the intersection of health and information technology, Health Tech Today , is now live on the web. A show like this takes a village to produce. Special thanks to my colleagues at Microsoft ,…(read more)
Below is a visual of the top 500 words used in HR 3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act. Since most people (including many of our representatives in Washington) haven’t read all 1,990 pages of the Health Care Reform Bill, I thought a visual aid might be helpful.
I had been thinking of creating the word [...]
In: Health Concerns
5 Nov 2009Health Tech Today is a monthly, online video series providing cutting-edge stories at the intersection of health and information technology. The show features informative interviews with some of the world’s top health leaders; compelling health-related…(read more)
In: Health Care Law
3 Nov 2009The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) has launched a new blog called the Federal Advisory Committee Blog (FACA Blog).
The initial post by Judy Sparrow discusses that the FACA Blog will be uses in a spirit of transparency and collaboration to help open a broader dialogue on the issues before the [...]
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