EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 5/16/24 – HIStalk
I was back in the patient role this week, visiting a different hospital for my annual MRI. I was glad that the high-risk clinic at Big Academic Medical Center offered me the option to…
Continue ReadingI was back in the patient role this week, visiting a different hospital for my annual MRI. I was glad that the high-risk clinic at Big Academic Medical Center offered me the option to…
Continue ReadingI have friends who work for Ascension. The concerns coming out of their facilities, which are offline due to a ransomware attack, are quite serious. It sounds like they haven’t done adequate downtime preparation,…
Continue ReadingThe American Medical Informatics Association is working with the Patient ID Now Coalition to persuade members of Congress to reject language in Section 510 of a 2025 appropriations bill that continues to ban the…
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I volunteer as an instructor at an outdoor school every few months, but I ended up missing a full year of sessions due to schedule conflicts. This weekend, I was back at it….
The hot topic in the virtual physician lounge this week was that another company has decided that delivering healthcare is more difficult than it thought.
Across the board, members of a primary care discussion…
Following my recent piece on bro culture, a number of people reached out to me to share their opinions about culture changes in healthcare and healthcare IT over the years. One of them, who…
Continue ReadingThe CMS Innovation Center has announced its proposed Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), which will incentivize coordination during surgical procedures and for the 30 days following the procedure. The model is expected to improve…
Continue ReadingI recently spent some time in Silicon Valley, meeting with both existing and potential new clients. I have to say, this is the greenest landscape I’ve seen in this part of the world in…
Continue ReadingIt’s long been known that women make many healthcare decisions for their families, if not the majority of healthcare decisions. A study published last month in JAMA Network Open shows that patients who are…
Continue ReadingI spent this weekend at a class reunion for my medical school. They host a reunion event every year, but the attendees are only invited in five-year increments. It was interesting to see the…
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