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From CHIME: Blumenthal Asks CIOs for Feedback

On Wednesday after his keynote, David Blumenthal, M.D., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, met privately with a group of 12 CIOs. The group reflected the diversity of America’s hospitals, from east to west, from academic medical centers to small and rural hospitals.  ... [MORE]
 

UK and US: High Tech Lessons for HITECH

Broadly speaking, the EHR journey in England has the same goals of the EHR journey in the U.S. Change the way health care is practiced and delivered by implementing information technology. According to Archie Galbraith, chief technology information officer at UCLA Medical Sciences, both nations are ... [MORE]
 

Meaningful Measurement

The process of measuring and reporting that a hospital meets the meaningful use criteria—once those criteria are adopted—will evolve over time, said David Blumenthal, M.D., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, during his morning keynote. “We’re going to be ... [MORE]
 

Revolution, Not Evolution

CIOs agree: There was no new ground broken as David Blumenthal, M.D., national coordinator for health information technology, addressed the crowd. Yet, Russ Branzell said that “if you listen between the lines,” CIOs got all the direction they needed.   Branzell, the CIO at Poudre ... [MORE]
 

What is Meaningful?

mean·ing·ful, adj., having a meaning or purpose; full of meaning; significant; having an assigned function  use, noun, the act or practice of employing something; habitual or customary usage; the privilege or benefit of using something; the ability or power to use something... [MORE]
 
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