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I've previously written about multitasking and work induced attention deficit disorder .I've also written about the burden of having two workdays every 24 hours - one for meetings and one for email  Yesterday, I was sent a post from the Harvard ...

Feed Item - 4 April 2012

Kathy returns to chemotherapy tomorrow although the numbness in her hands and feet has not changed and she now has a probable tear of a ligament in her right knee, which gives new meaning to limping through her treatments.Many people responded to my Mar ...

Feed Item - 5 April 2012

Although I normally write a cool technology update on Friday, today I want to share an important survey - the   2012 Deloitte-AMIA Health Informatics Industry Maturity Survey targeting US-focused provider, health plan and life sciences organizations. ...

Feed Item - 6 April 2012

I was recently asked by BIDMC clinical leaders to describe the difference between the Medicare Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program  and the Meaningful Use Stage 1 core requirement to e-Prescribe.Some clinicians are receiving Medicare penalties/f ...

Feed Item - 9 April 2012

Today I'm presenting an overview of our new clinical trials/clinical research business intelligence system, called Clinical Query to the BIDMC Chiefs and Vice Presidents.Here are the slides I'll use .The principle behind Clinical Query is that invest ...

Feed Item - 11 April 2012

Although Kathy's body is sore and her hands/feet are numb, her mood is good as we finalize our house sale, pick out the chickens we'll raise on the new farm, and prepare for the life ahead instead of looking back on our old life and the events of the pa ...

Feed Item - 12 April 2012

I've written several posts about the issues that keep me up at night.  Here's what I wrote in 2011 .Today, my team presented a list of risks to the Compliance, Audit and Risk Committee at BIDMC.   Here's my list of top risks for 2012:1.  Old Internet ...

Feed Item - 10 April 2012

I've written several posts about BIDMC's use of "private cloud" approaches to host electronic records and gather community-wide quality data.   Healthcare organizations have avoided the use of "public cloud"  because of HIPAA/HITECH privacy concerns ...

Feed Item - 13 April 2012

Kathy and I move from our current house to our farm on April 27, so we have just one weekend of packing to go.    Nancy P from Dallas posted a spectacular comment that is so accurate and timely I had to share it broadly:"K. and J. - You may enjoy my 30 ...

Feed Item - 16 April 2012

Meg Aranow, the former CIO of Boston Medical Center and now a principal at Aranow Consulting recently assembled several of the IT leaders in Boston to discuss opportunities for reducing costs and enhancing infrastructure by pooling our collective re ...

Feed Item - 17 April 2012