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personal notes

Condolences to some well-known people in health IT

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Neil Versel

It’s been a sad couple of weeks for at least four people I know in and around health IT, and I want to send personal condolences to them and their families. On March 26, Dr. Mark Frisse, the Accenture Professor … Continue reading →

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My HIMSS will be all about quality and patient safety

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Neil Versel

As regular readers might already know, 2012 was a transformative year in my life, and mostly not in a good way. I ended the year on a high note, taking a character-building six-day, 400-mile bike tour through the mountains, desert … Continue reading →

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My first portal experience

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Neil Versel

Yes, after all these years of writing about EMRs, EHRs, PHRs, patient portals and the like, I have had my first real personal experience with a patient portal, courtesy of my internist. He still has a small practice, with four … Continue reading →

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Health eVillages is Monday’s AOL ’cause of the day’

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Neil Versel

Health eVillages, which I am on the advisory board of, has been selected as AOL’s “Cause of the Day” for Monday. That means it’s highlighted on the home page of AOL. If you have an old smartphone you’re not using, … Continue reading →

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Eric Dishman needs a kidney

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Neil Versel

You all know Eric Dishman. He’s the director of health innovation and policy for Intel’s Digital Health Group, and a regular speaker on the health IT circuit. He did a podcast with me last fall on the topic of connected … Continue reading →

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A dubious honor from Health Wonk Review

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Neil Versel

For the very first time, I captured the top spot on the biweekly Health Wonk Review blog carnival, this time hosted by Dr. Jaan Sidorov of the Disease Management Care Blog. Unfortunately, I had to endure my dad’s untimely death … Continue reading →

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Mark Versel, 1944-2012

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Neil Versel

My father passed away late last Friday night from a most insidious disease called multiple system atrophy (MSA). It’s a rare, progressive, neurodegenerative condition that presents itself with symptoms similar to those of Parkinson’s disease, but it is far more … Continue reading →

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Poor healthcare quality hits home

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Neil Versel

My dad, who already was dealing with a serious health issue, was hospitalized a week ago with what turned out was a urinary-tract infection. That cleared with antibiotics in a couple of days, but then he developed a fever, so … Continue reading →

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New technology for the 90-plus set

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Neil Versel

Meet my grandmother. She is less than two weeks away from her 93rd birthday. She lives alone, in the same apartment she and my grandfather retired to in 1984 (my grandfather died in 2001). Her closest relative is 100 miles … Continue reading →

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Help free Warren Weinstein

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Neil Versel

As you may know, Warren Weinstein, the American kidnapped in Pakistan in August, is a family friend. I posted about him shortly after the kidnapping, but took the post down at the request of the Weinstein family. Now, with the … Continue reading →

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