Dana has just written a new article Why are reformers destroying Veterans’ health computer system. It focuses on the disastrous centralization movement within the VA. Specifically it references Roger Maduro’s impeccably researched editorial in the Jan 2008 edition of Vista News which Roger edits.
Roger and I tend to see this issue in the same way. […]
I use this forum to grip quite a bit. When someone does something silly or stupid, I do not hesitate to blast them. It is only fitting that when someone does something right, they get equal time for praise.
Skip McGaughey and his new group the Open Health Tools seem to qualify. Here is what they […]
In further evidence that the Microsoft HealthVault team might actually be making good on a move towards real openness. Sean Nolan has addressed some of my criticisms in a post entitled Sharing Data using HealthVault
I have updated the post in question to correct the errors that I had made. However, even with the correction […]
At work, I often have to use a Windows machine. Despite my opinions regarding FOSS software, Windows is a fact of corporate life. Often, I cannot even dual boot. *sigh*
However, when I do have to use Windows, I do not like to go far without my *nix power tools. Here is a list of tools […]
Houston has the largest medical center in the world. I am starting a new networking group in Houston called HIT in Houston
I plan to discuss current events, and Health IT trends as they apply to Houston, T.X. Soon I hope to begin holding monthly meetings through meetup.com and I already have a Linked In Group […]
An article I wrote about Vendor Lock-in in health software has been published in the recent Fall 07 edition of EHR Scope. From the article:
You can fire your paint store, your dentist, your lawyer, your mechanic and even your
doctor. You can fire them for any reason. Yet you cannot fire your proprietary EHR software vendor. […]
Sometimes I wrestle with how to communicate my feelings on the medical licensing. I view medical licensing as a moral issue. Some proprietary vendors get really offended by this view. Others see my point as I intended it, to place medical licensing in the moral sphere instead of the practical sphere. I recently posted over […]
I just had a great meeting with Dr. Winn over at eMds this week. Dr. Winn and I have been in discussions for months regarding how e-MDs might be able to leverage Free and Open Source software. I cannot discuss much until the proverbial ducks are in the proverbial rows, however, I can tell you […]
Medsphere could have been the “RedHat of Medical IT” that our community desperately needs. Instead they are the “Enron of Medical IT”. For those that are not aware, Medsphere sued their own founders, Scott Shreeve and Steve Shreeve for $50 Million Dollars. As it turns out evidence that at least some of Medsphere’s claims were […]
I have been running Postnuke as my blog engine for as long as I can remember. I have received complaints from a fellow blogger that it is difficult to track what I am doing via a single RSS feed. Now I need to blog something that requires a picture. To accomodate the new requirements I […]