Mistrust of motives hampers health IT
The key to protecting privacy is to eliminate the motive for violating it.
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Privacy fears slow health IT push
Until we settle on a unique identifier for all personal databases privacy is unachievable.
Reform attention turns to business models
We know what works. The only question is what will make it happen, the private sector or the political system.
Allscripts has not launched open source medicine
AllScripts did not introduce open source to health IT. It opened an app store.
IBM convinced clouds are the way to health
Collecting EMR data on your patients by hand, and turning a hard drive into your file room, is not the future.
Can HealthPoint model work in America
It's sort of an Amway model, only more systematized. The question is whether paranoia over privacy and the qualifications of the outreach staff would ever allow this to go forward in America.
MedTera does its best on patient education
MedTera uses a sponsorship business model with publishing metrics to increase patient compliance with medical directives.
Medicare hires CSC but with short leash
Berwick signed a short-leash computing contract and appointed a respected reformer to head his innovation unit just before testifying to Congress for the first time since his recess appointment.
Autonomy to deliver diagnostic help with or without EMR
Autonomy can leverage your EMR system with decision support or deliver intelligent rules based on its own databases.
SureScripts becoming a health ISP
SureScripts will soon deliver Continuity of Care Records (CCRs) on its network and enable secure e-mailing between doctors.