I am about to have a call with a group of people who work with the UK National Health Service. I know for a fact that the people on the call are doing serious, thoughtful work on behalf of their government. In contrast, my government just started paying the electricity bill again. It is fairly […]
DocGraph Journal releasing new data sets
(added Apr 6 2018) FYI, new DocGraph datasets are released under CareSet Labs If you are near Boston, you should consider trying to make it out to Strata RX. If you live anywhere on the West Coast, its not too late to sign up for Health 2.0 The DocGraph Journal will again be releasing very […]
Doctors vs Data
I just wrote a post for the Strata Big Data blog about Doctors vs Data. You can always read all of my posts there by visiting my strata author page. -FT […]
Simpler Direct Directories
Alan Viars is making the case for simpler direct directories. He has allowed me to republish some of his ideas here!! A couple of weeks ago, I attended ONC’s Direct Bootcamp in Crystal City, VA. A hot topic at the two-day conference was the notion of a “Provider Directory” that incorporates Direct email addresses. I also read […]
Novice EHR Development is now unethical
The original Hipoocratic Oath states: I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work. One modern version reads: I will not be ashamed to say “I know not,” nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills […]
Direct should be in NPPES
For those wondering, the Direct Project is a secure email protocol based on SMTP/S-MIME for doctor-doctor and doctor-patient secure communication. It is all-but-required in Meaningful Use version 2 and it is intended to replace the fax machine for the transfer of health information in the United States. I had a hand in designing the protocol. […]
Expert Healthcare Hackers
(This is a preview of a talk that I am going to give next week at Healthcare::Refactored, with Karen Herzog) There are two definitions of the word “Hacker”. One is an original and authentic term that the geekdom uses with respect. This is a cherished label in the technical community, which might read something like: “A person adept at […]
How to change the world over the weekend
I love hackathons. I love winning them. I love competing in them. I love winning them. I love judging them. I also love not losing them. This weekend, I am acting as a mentor to the first Health 2.0 hackathon in Houston Texas. As far as I know (which is not that far, really) this […]
Two important dates
There are two events coming up soon that you do not want to miss. The first is not this weekend but next: The Houston Health 2.0 codeathon is happening (March 23-24 at Platform in Rice Village) The second is Health::Refactored from the Health 2.0 conference series. That happens on May 13-14 in Mountain View, CA. […]
DocGraph has funded!
Our crowdfunding attempt to make doctor data freely available to everyone has succeed. 88 people contributed more than $23,000! We are temporarily reopening the effort, if you would still like to get the data at the bargain basement price. Thanks to the Medstartr team for all of their help! […]