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regulations

Patients with complex cases don’t want multiple provider portals, Rady CIO says

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Neil Versel

How about some real, original content for a change? Yeah, that’s why you started coming to my blog in the first place, isn’t it? You’re tired of nothing but video embeds from others and short, offbeat attempts at humor. I … Continue reading →

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Guest podcast: Deborah Gordon of Network Health talks reform with Sivad Solutions

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Neil Versel

Last September, I was a guest on a podcast hosted by Todd Schnick and Charles Davis of Sivad Business Solutions. Afterwards, we decided to share content if and when it made sense. That hasn’t happened until now (actually last month … Continue reading →

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HIMSS CIO survey visualized

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Neil Versel

I already reported the results of the annual HIMSS healthcare CIO survey in a story I wrote for InformationWeek the other day. Since everybody seems to love infographics these days, HIMSS produced one visualizing some of the highlights, including the … Continue reading →

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Health Wonk Review gets hung up on insurance

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Neil Versel

The last edition of Health Wonk Review prior to the Nov. 6 presidential election falls into the familiar big-media trap of portraying the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, as being only about health insurance and of effectively … Continue reading →

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‘Meaningful use’ Stage 2 visualized

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Neil Versel

This may have made the rounds a month ago, but I just starting to dig myself out of a major work hole I’ve been in for a good six months, thanks to the terminal illness and subsequent death of my … Continue reading →

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Sampling of opinions on meaningful use Stage 2

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Neil Versel

I’ve been an absentee blogger yet again the last few weeks. Here’s something to chew on while I get caught up, a sampling of all the statements I received regarding the Stage 2 final rules for meaningful use, in the … Continue reading →

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Video: Dell Healthcare Think Tank at HIMSS12

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Neil Versel

The video from the Dell Healthcare Think Tank dinner at HIMSS12 last week, which I participated in, is now available. It’s long, but if you’re into health IT policy and healthcare reform, it probably is worth your time.

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HIMSS12 notes

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Neil Versel

I’ve just returned home from HIMSS12. As usual, it was a grueling week, made more grueling by the fact that I arrived a day earlier than usual. But I do have to say that this was the least stressful HIMSS … Continue reading →

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Podcast: HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber previews HIMSS12

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Neil Versel

I’m about to head to the airport for my flight to Las Vegas and HIMSS12. As has become customary before each year’s HIMSS conference, I sat down with H. Stephen Lieber, CEO of HIMSS, this past week to discuss the … Continue reading →

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Yes, the Stage 2 ‘meaningful use’ proposal will be out before HIMSS

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Neil Versel

There have been a lot of reports of late that HHS will publish its notice of proposed rulemaking for Stage 2 of the “meaningful use” EHR incentive program some time in February. That information is based on an e-mail update … Continue reading →

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