Monthly Archives: February 2005

Coverage from HIMSS

Posted on February 21, 2005 by Neil Versel

I have a mountain of material from last week’s HIMSS conference, but no time to write anything here because I have been cranking out the stories for Health-IT World News and for the British e-zine E-Health Insider. I have to … Continue reading →

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Cynicism?

Posted on February 15, 2005 by Neil Versel

DALLAS—Is it me, or is the health IT community, save the eternally optimistic vendors, becoming increasingly cynical about electronic health records and interoperability? Dave Garets, the CEO of HIMSS Analytics, described himself as a cynic in presenting some recent HIMSS … Continue reading →

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Moving forward, slowly

Posted on February 13, 2005 by Neil Versel

DALLAS—I’m taking every opportunity at the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems physician IT symposium, a pre-conference program at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society meeting here, to discuss my view that there is a disconnect between healthcare … Continue reading →

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A step backwards

Posted on February 3, 2005 by Neil Versel

My health insurance this year (or at least until my COBRA benefits run out) switched to Aetna from Cigna. Benefits and co-pays, including the three-tiered drug formulary, basically are the same, and my regular internist is in both PPO networks. … Continue reading →

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