http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/ Shahid Shah blogs about healthcare IT with an emphasis on e-health, EMRs, data integration, and legacy modernization. . en-us Copyright 2010 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:43:39 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.21-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss SoftwareAdvice.com recently posed the following questions to its readers in a survey format: "Are more doctors buying electronic medical records than before? Or, has the Stimulus bill only brought out the tire kickers?". The results of the survey are available... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2010/01/dont_drink_the_kool-aid_tips_for_easing_into_medical_technology_if_youre_afraid_of_emrs.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2010/01/dont_drink_the_kool-aid_tips_for_easing_into_medical_technology_if_youre_afraid_of_emrs.php Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:43:39 -0500 sshah I get tons of email for healthcare IT advice (which I love, so keep the questions coming) and every once in a while a question comes along that I decide to answer here since I think it will be interesting... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/11/clientserver_vs_aspweb-based_in_healthcare_it.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/11/clientserver_vs_aspweb-based_in_healthcare_it.php Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:32:26 -0500 sshah In June I had the privilege of chairing and keynoting the Healthcare New Media Marketing Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. I really liked the event because the attendees were actual practitioners from the provider space (many hospitals, health systems, etc). It... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/07/a_tour_of_the_healthcare_new_media_marketing_landscape.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/07/a_tour_of_the_healthcare_new_media_marketing_landscape.php Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:32:31 -0500 sshah The National Institute of Health Commercialization Program (NIH-CAP), designed to assist promising life science companies bring their technologies to market, is a nation wide program funded by NIH and managed and executed by Larta. I will be speaking at the NIH... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/05/getting_tech_products_into_the_healthcare_market.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/05/getting_tech_products_into_the_healthcare_market.php Tue, 19 May 2009 07:21:25 -0500 sshah The general hype of Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) has calmed down quite a bit which means that practicality and reality is settling in for the design pattern. With concepts like Web Oriented Architecture (WOA) and Resource Oriented Architecture (ROA) getting more... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/05/soa_in_healthcare.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/05/soa_in_healthcare.php Thu, 07 May 2009 09:03:03 -0500 sshah Earlier this week Nari Kannan asked "Why is Healthcare IT slated to become a Huge Gold Rush?" His question is prudent and timely but his comparisons may not have really hit the mark. Let's look at the examples he gave... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/04/why_healthcare_it_is_in_the_state_that_its_in.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/04/why_healthcare_it_is_in_the_state_that_its_in.php Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:13:00 -0500 sshah As we all know, healthcare applications come and go but data lives on forever. We've seen that since the beginning of the computer industry; when we move from legacy systems into more "modern" architectures, we often leave behind applications but... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/04/healthcare_data_models_matter.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/04/healthcare_data_models_matter.php Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:04:24 -0500 sshah As a thought leader in the healthcare IT space I get a lot of emails that blame physicians for not changing their behavior and better accepting information technology. The IT solutions folks and vendors often complain "if only physicians would... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/04/no_physicians_are_not_information_technology_averse.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/04/no_physicians_are_not_information_technology_averse.php Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:45:53 -0500 sshah There's been plenty of discussion in both literature and general media about how most software projects fail. There are plenty of reasons for failed projects: from inadequate requirements gathering to poor project management to plain incompetence. Some of the problem... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/04/if_you_cant_repeat_it_dont_bother_automating_it.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/04/if_you_cant_repeat_it_dont_bother_automating_it.php Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:02:19 -0500 sshah The ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) (stimulus bill) is going to pump billions of dollars into the healthcare IT ecosystem. I'm not in complete agreement with how that money is going to be spent nor do I think it... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/04/plan_an_exit_out_of_your_it_systems_when_you_first_install_it.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/healthcare/2009/04/plan_an_exit_out_of_your_it_systems_when_you_first_install_it.php Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:55:05 -0500 sshah