Month: August 2010

CCHIT certification of EHRs

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) is the body responsible for certifying electronic health record systems in the US since 2006. However, their role may be changing given some of the recent announcements. Chris Thorman has an excellent piece analyzing the situation and how CCHIT’s influence might change in the future. He’s titled…

2010/08/13
[upcoming] e-Patients: Changing the health care system in real-time

Here’s an upcoming conference that sounds very interesting. It’s being hosted by the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and it’s called “e-Patients: Changing the Health Care System in Real-Time“. The conference is scheduled for September 21, 2010 in Toronto. The objective of the program is: Our key objectives at this leading edge conference are to prepare…

2010/08/12
Vignettes about using Google to find health information

On the Official Google Blog, there’s an interesting series of stories about how people are using Google in their lives. The one that piqued my attention was on using Google to find health information. A cynic would probably point to this series as propaganda and PR, but I think there’s something quite compelling about the…

2010/08/12