I am just home from the first ever amazing health IT track at OSCON. The quality of the content is simply amazing, and soon, you will be able to see the many talks available (thanks to Robert Wood Johnson for paying for the videos) As I think about what I will be blogging about, I […]
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Tolven invited to privacy party
The Open Source Tolven project has been invited to the Privacy Technology showcase for the HITPC S&P Tiger team. This is well-deserved recognition. Tolven has an extremely innovative architecture, that dispenses with many of the bad assumptions that other EHR platforms make. The first is that an EHR platform should only be an EHR platform. […]
Empathy over implementations and another straw man
I think the recent work of the NHIN Direct implementation teams has been amazing. But I think that by implementing, all of the teams have succumbed to different extents a common software developer error. They are implementing rather than empathizing with their users. There are two groups (possibly three if you count patients, but I […]
NHIN Security and Privacy, who is responsible?
I do not know the answer to this question but I am trying to figure it out. I an active member of the Security and Trust Workgroup of the NHIN Direct project. We are making a few decisions there regarding “rubber meets the road” security infrastructure decisions. But we are very intentionally trying to “bubble […]
Science Conjecture in Science policy
Science-based policy is pretty difficult to do, but I support the notion. But when is science conjecture taking the place of science? I know that this guy is not being quoted directly, but paraphrased by a reporter. That has been done to me enough that I know this strips what a person actually says of […]
Doctor impatient with NHIN security dithering
Recently, the members of the NHIN Direct Security and Trust working group (brian and I at least) were criticized for dithering: > Fred and Brian, I love what you’re trying to do for FOSS and data > interchangeability. You’re dedicated, smart, expert programmers and > systems experts. You want to be socially responsible, and protect […]
Technology vs Policy for privacy
I have long been an advocate of reasonable and measured reaction to “privacy scare tactics”. I have argued, for instance, that it was a good thing that HIPAA does not cover PHR systems. But that does not mean that I do not think privacy is important. In fact there has been something nagging at the […]
Welcome NPR
Apparently, npr mentioned my blog. They contacted me for a comment on Medsphere’s ROI calculator. So if you are from NPR I thought I should actually give you the entire email I sent to Mr. Weaver: My impression of Medsphere’s prices is that they are a “premium” VistA vendor. If you look you can find […]
Medspheres Open Price-Stimulus Calculator
Medsphere marketing has making some pretty savvy moves lately. First the bus and now an open ROI calculator. This is really cool. Medsphere is being transparent about its prices, and showing you exactly how much it is putting its neck on the line for its customers. This tool will let any Hospital IT person calculate […]
Announcing the Patient Participation Conference
With pleasure I announce the 2010 Patient Participation Conference. This is a project of my employer Cautious Patient The subject of the conference is simple “How to be an e-patient or e-patient caregiver”. This should be broad enough subject matter to cover any current discussion in the e-patient community. The basic principles of the conference […]