Observations 8 May 2009
It has been a relatively quiet week, news-wise talking. Which was to be expected, after HIMSS, WHCC and Health2.0. Most of the news was about meaningful use. It gave me the chance to do some other...
View ArticleObservations 13 May 2009: The Dutch are amazing!!!
I am at the WHCC Europe 2009 in Brussels, my first trip since I was really hit by the consequences of my chemotherapy. And it is not easy. Even more, because there is no internet in the rooms, due to a...
View ArticleObservations 25 May 2009 – about numbers
It was my intention to write an observation today on something remarkable which I already mentioned a couple of months ago: “do these studies really have any value at all, looking at the numbers...
View ArticleInteroperability Summit: Establishing the Infrastructure for Health Assurance...
Establishing infrastructure for health assurance and disease prevention through healthcare transformation was the theme of this invitation-only event. The meeting was sponsored by the American...
View ArticleThe Beauty of ICMCC News Page
Marcel Salathe is the author of an applet that made this rendering. You can see it in action here. Lodewijk Bos .
View ArticleObservations 23 June 2009: Declaration
It had to happen. After weeks of following the discussion “meaningful use” it became obvious that the patient should be part of the equation. And it did happen. Yesterday “A Declaration of Health Data...
View ArticleObservations: EHR, the experience of an English practice
During the 2007 ICMCC event, Dr. Amir Hanan presented this excellent paper called: “Towards a “Partnership of Trust“”. Dr. Hannan, see here a guest article on the ICMCC Blog by Bettine Pluut, is...
View ArticleObservations: Three Years as Chemo Patient
It is three years ago today that I started chemotherapy for a B-cell plasmablastair non Hodgkin cd20 negative. More details you can find here. You can also read there why I publish much less on this...
View ArticleObservations 14 August 2009: e-Consults, are they safe?
Gathering the news items for the ICMCC News Page I came across this anonymous post “It’s a Virtual World Out There – The New Dawn of Telemedicine“. And one remark triggered my need to react and post...
View ArticleObservations 28 August 2009
I see many news articles and scientific publications pass by every day. And sometimes you come across an article that makes you think that it is not only right to the point, it is also showing you the...
View ArticleObservations 30 August 2009: Theft
THERE IS NO REASON TO CARRY AROUND ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS, ESPECIALLY NOT IN BULK. Many stories have been published about breaches in EHR security, hospitals hacked, USB sticks lost, laptops stolen....
View ArticleObservations 29 September 2009: Kennedy takes the wrong turn on EHR
“People Can Opt Out of Listing STDs, Abortions in Gov’t-Mandated Electronic Health Records, Patrick Kennedy Says” was the heading of an article in the US CNS News from September 28. “So, obviously, for...
View Article1 Hospital = 220 patients times 15 seconds = 55 minutes saved per day
What wouldn’t we gain in health care if we did the obvious but unusual? For example, collaborating with medical equipment manufacturers in addition to better teamwork? Imagine the tangible and less...
View ArticleMeaningful use, where is the patient?
In March this year the issue of meaningful use appeared in the USA EHR implementation discussion. The ICMCC News Page has an extended overview of meaningful use related articles. In the beginning the...
View ArticleHealth 2.0 from a distance, once more
The fall edition of the Health 2.0 Conference is behind us. And, as usual, I have not been there. You can find a summary of blogposts about the San Francisco edition on the ICMCC News Page. Like with...
View ArticleJournal of Participatory Medicine; congratulations!
On 21 October I was in hospital with a severe cellulitis, with sometimes sky-high fever and as only participatory aspect making an arm available for the much needed antibiotics drip. Although I am home...
View ArticleThe U.S. Democratic Healthcare Reform Bill Proposal
At the ICMCC News Page we try to stay out of politics as much as possible. We try to give a good overview of new developments in Health Information Technology, covering both news and scientific...
View ArticleKeeping track
The ICMCC News Page is becoming more and more a source of information on medical and care ICT, not just the place for the latest news. The site also has a large database with scientific articles, at...
View ArticleGrateful
From the very first days of ICMCC I have stressed the importance of the delivery of information. The ICMCC Record Access Portal was a first major effort to make information on a specific subject...
View ArticleHealth IT: To Good to Be True?
The Obama administration has made Electronic Medical Records and Health Information Technology a centerpiece of its Health Reform proposals, suggesting that millions of dollars can be saved from fraud,...
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