From Health Leaders Media: In the era of the engaged patient, consumers shop around for healthcare services. When it comes to hospitals, they could consult several ratings programs for information on readmissions and hospital-acquired infection rates. But data shows they don't do so in big numbers. One reason may be that quality measures familiar to … Continue reading Are Facebook rankings of hospitals accurate? Two studies say yes
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#Google #Glasses in the hospital: A “mixture of intrigue and skepticism. #HIT #EMR
When it comes to health information technology -- a term that encompasses everything from medical records to monitors -- John Halamka -- the chief information officer at of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center -- is the man. Here he reports on wearable computing in the hospital. Here’s what we’ve learned thus far: Patients have been intrigued by … Continue reading #Google #Glasses in the hospital: A “mixture of intrigue and skepticism. #HIT #EMR
Data, health, news contest draws applications from Bostonians
How to get most of the city's health writers in the same room as a bunch of app developers? A health-themed meet-up of the local Hacks and Hackers group might do it. But last week, a good number of us gathered a WBUR for a presentation on the Knight News Challenge. (WBUR has won in … Continue reading Data, health, news contest draws applications from Bostonians
What is the # for that? See the Healthcare Hashtag Project #health #boston
More wisdom from #ahcj13. Check out the "Healthcare Hashtag Project." Web 2.0 and health 2.0 are converging to become one of the most powerful shifts in health and human behavior in the last generation. At its heart is the fact that patients are people, and that people are social. They want to know their healthcare … Continue reading What is the # for that? See the Healthcare Hashtag Project #health #boston
The high ways of medical #marijuana: Not to be confused with the Massachusetts medical information highway #HIT #EMR
This funny post from BIDMC health info chief John Halamka: The Massachusetts Health Information Highway is abbreviated the MassHIway. Its phone number is 1-800-MassHIway. Unrelated to IT (or so we thought), Massachusetts legalized medical marijuana. This is an actual transcript of a call we received today Sean - “Hello, Mass HIway – how may I help you?” … Continue reading The high ways of medical #marijuana: Not to be confused with the Massachusetts medical information highway #HIT #EMR
Rounding up the year’s health news
Theirs and ours: You can read Commonhealth's list or listen to it on Radio Boston: Or listen to Carey Goldberg on WBUR MassDevice offers : The top medical device stories of the year, Part I From sweeping regulatory changes promised, but never delivered, by the FDA, to the industry and regulatory backlash against the impending 2.3% … Continue reading Rounding up the year’s health news
Boston hospital CIO Halamka on his wife’s diagnosis: “We have cancer”
Beth Israel CIO John Halamka usually blogs about health information with posts like "The EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup," and very occasionally, his life as a vegan or his plan to retire to a small family farm to raise organic vegetables. Today he reports the disturbing news of his wife’s breast cancer. They've decided to document her treatment in real … Continue reading Boston hospital CIO Halamka on his wife’s diagnosis: “We have cancer”
Tweets from Boston meeting on health, the Internet and mobile communication
Check out #chs11 f for tweet from the Connected Health Symposium in Boston. Each year, Partners sponsors this meeting to look at how the Internet and mobile communication are changing the health care system. Here's a link to the Tweetstream and a few samples below from a session on social networking and health. “ RT … Continue reading Tweets from Boston meeting on health, the Internet and mobile communication
In Cambridge, Mass., an “unconference” on #healthcare and the web #hit #healthfoo
"Unconference, " "NERD center" and "Health Foo." Find our what all that means and more in report on last weekend's Cambridge, Massachusetts meeting on health care and the web. Or, as defined by the site "a cross-discipline, immersive, informal 'unconference' that will take advantage of a growing interest in applying Web 2.0 and open-source thinking in health care to … Continue reading In Cambridge, Mass., an “unconference” on #healthcare and the web #hit #healthfoo
The future for computers and health care
Partners’ Kedvar asks – What is the future of The Center for Connected Health? I was recently asked to predict what our Center would be like 10 years hence. Stated another way, the question was: “What is your ten year vision for your Center?” My initial reaction was, “Of course I should be able to … Continue reading The future for computers and health care
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