I have been extensively quoted in an article on EHRs on the wired.com website. Wired is an amazing magazine and I am honored that they quoted me. I am also pleased that they have informed themselves about PROBLEM ehrs. -FT […]
Securing health applications with CACert.org
Still trying to recover from the conference last weekend. OpenEMR was out in force at the conference and we had some interesting discussions about the best way to make php applications more secure. The following code is in php but the theory applies to any electronic health record. The wonderful thing about this method is […]
IHS GUI Scheduling ported to VA VistA
For those who do not follow HardHats (I barely do), there has just been an announcement that the IHS GUI Scheduling engine has been ported to VA VistA. Scheduling has been one of the major flaws with VA VistA and this is quite an accomplishment. -FT […]
Medspheres bus video released
I am happy to say that Medsphere has released its bus video. This is exactly the kind of irreverent and fun thing that makes FOSS addictive! We have a better way and its so obvious that its really not possible to make the points without also making a joke about it. They included bits my […]
VistA moratorium
Lots of people have been asking for copies of the VistA moratorium, and rather than email it to ten people, I thought I should make my copy available in public. Obviously this is bad news if your job was to develop Class III code for the VA. The VA has recently released a moratorium in […]
Why so many non-profits?
When I get a good question from a conference or email, I like to answer it in a blog post so that I can just link it in when others ask me the same thing in the future. One of the good questions I got was: Why are there so many “Open Source Health Care” […]
Embracing the new CCHIT certifications
A few months ago, CCHIT suffered from what I like to call “angry letter round 1”. This is were I send a very pointed, ultimatum letter to an organization of the general form “your are hurting my community, stop it or else”. Personally I find that about %50 of organizations respond positively and about %50 […]
Hack the Road
If you have not heard of Paul Levy yet, then you are obviously new to the world of Health IT blogging. This is a CEO of a major Boston hospital that has commited to blog about his day to day dealings as the top administrator of a hospital. I have already gained many fundamental insights […]
Can CCHIT move beyond PROBLEM EHR certification?
Recently CCHIT has come under fire for being too focused on large proprietary vendors and specifically, its association with HIMSS. These attacks have gotten so bad that Mark Leavitt has posted a rebuttal, which has generated a tremendous amount of attention over at THCB ( a blog well worth adding to your RSS feed) Mark […]
Incentive to Innovate: Giving Health Reform a Rocket Boost
I am participating in the health X-Prize blog rally. If the post below sounds a little reptitive, it is only because you might have read a version of it on several other sites. -FT We are entering an unprecedented season of change for the United States health care system. Americans are united by their desire […]