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California HealthCare Foundation CEO Smith stepping down

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Neil Versel

This comes in late on a Friday, though not as late on the West Coast, where it happened: The California HealthCare Foundation announced that founding President and CEO Mark D. Smith, M.D., will be leaving the influential organization later this … Continue reading →

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When you talk health reform, don’t forget quality and IT, in that order

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Neil Versel

In my previous post, I was perhaps a bit too critical of Maggie Mahar in her hosting of last week’s Health Wonk Review. I noted that there was not a word about health IT in that rundown, but that’s not … Continue reading →

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EHR disadvantages disappear from Wikipedia

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Neil Versel

According to the Health Care Renewal blog, which chronicles some of the myriad problems in American healthcare, editors of the Wikipedia page for “electronic health record” keep deleting or changing the section about EHR disadvantages. Drexel University medical informatics professor … Continue reading →

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Podcast: IBM Distinguished Engineer Scott Schumacher envisions the ‘clinical hub’

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Neil Versel

In part two of my series from month’s IBM Exchange 2011, my guest is IBM Distinguished Engineer Scott Schumacher. In this lively podcast, Schumacher discusses Watson, disease management and the concept of the “clinical hub,” which envisions bringing together clinical … Continue reading →

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Clinical informatics certified as medical subspecialty

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Neil Versel

I just got word from AMIA that the American Board of Medical Specialties has officially accepted clinical informatics as a medical subspecialty. I’ll have more in a story for InformationWeek by tomorrow morning. I don’t have a link to the … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Gartner’s Vi Shaffer on HIE, ACOs and meaningful use

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Neil Versel

Back in June, I covered the Wisconsin Technology Network’s Digital Healthcare Conference in Madison. That conference featured a panel with Vi Shaffer, research vice president and industry services director for healthcare providers at Gartner, Judy Murphy, vice president of information … Continue reading →

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CMIOs wanted in the UK

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Neil Versel

I’m getting ready to head west for, among other things, the annual AMDIS Physician-Computer Connection in Ojai, Calif., a high-level gathering of chief medical information officers. After years of fighting for a seat at the table, CMIOs now are being … Continue reading →

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