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Has Economic Stimulus Created Buyers or Merely Tire-Kickers?
November 11, 2009 7:28 PM by Bob Mitchell
I posted a blog recently about Software Advice posting a survey on its site. Here's the results of their survey about whether stimulus money for electronic health record/electronic medical record (EHR/EMR) adoption was creating any buyers or just tire-kickers. Read More...
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The Impact of Economic Stimulus on EMR Adoption
October 28, 2009 4:31 PM by Bob Mitchell
Software Advice is hosting a survey on its blog until Oct. 29 about the impact the federal economic stimulus bill has had on EMR adoption rates. The article and survey to the link are located here: http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/medical/obamas-emr-stimulus-of-2009-creating-buyers-or-tire-kickers-1102709/ Read More...
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The Pitch: Watch My Video
October 20, 2009 8:55 AM by Bob Mitchell
There I was on a recent afternoon searching for more details on the term "meaningful use of an electronic health record," when I started poking around YouTube to see if there were any videos by David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, national coordinator for health Read More...
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ADVANCE Launches Aspirations in Publishing
May 21, 2009 12:08 PM by Bob Mitchell
A funny thing happened on the way to the reporter's pencil and notebook. ADVANCE for Health Information Executives welcomed many IT executives' expertise to our pages over the years, and they ended up using that relationship to launch their own publishing Read More...
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IT's Role During Tough Economic Times
May 14, 2009 9:43 AM by Bob Mitchell
A recent survey by Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based ProTech highlights some interesting insight onto what IT professionals are doing in these tough economic times. Eighty-nine percent of respondents surveyed said IT is playing a significant role in enhancing Read More...
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Tough Economic Times Present Opportunity for Publications
April 28, 2009 10:37 AM by Bob Mitchell
Times are tough. And, while I'm not standing in a line for food, yet, I'm horribly saddened by the way the U.S. economy has headed south. I blogged on ADVANCE for Health Information Executives' Web site in December 2007 about what I saw as the tea leaves Read More...
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Computer Science Majors on the Rise
April 17, 2009 10:31 AM by Bob Mitchell
Okay, let me say this as quietly as possible...IT'S OKAY ONCE AGAIN TO MAJOR IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING! Quiet enough? According to a recent post on the Computing Research Association's (CRA) Web site, CRA's Taulbee Survey of PhD-granting computer science Read More...
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Dateline: Chicago -- HIMSS
April 8, 2009 11:51 AM by Bob Mitchell
Well I had tried to post a blog entry on Tuesday, but didn't have a chance. A couple of things to note was an interesting presentation on Wednesday morning by Alan Greespan. Greenspan noted the huge increases in medical expenses, 20 percent faster than Read More...
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Dateline: Chicago -- HIMSS Day 1
April 6, 2009 9:53 AM by Bob Mitchell
This is Bob Mitchell, managing editor of ADVANCE for Health Information Executives reporting from the HIMSS conference in Chicago. It's cold, cloudy and it snowed a few inches Sunday evening. Here are some highlights from the first day of the conference: Read More...
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Finally, Some Hopeful News About Health IT Spending
March 26, 2009 10:08 AM by Bob Mitchell
After weeks of downright horrible news on the economy, it's nice to see good news -- even if just a glimmer. A survey published this week by TNS Global, a global market information research firm, offers health care IT suppliers hope in these horrible Read More...
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Cloudbusting
March 10, 2009 8:46 AM by Bob Mitchell
With your head in the cloud as you hear Kate Bush's ethereal voice singing Cloudbusting, her shrill voice is trailing off..."The sun's coming out..." We were sitting in an editorial planning meeting awhile back and the topic of cloud computing came up. Read More...
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Grabbing a Headline or Two
March 3, 2009 10:22 AM by Bob Mitchell
Cynical comments about CIOs on a recent blog post caught my attention. Not only are CIOs the individuals who get the dirty jobs of having to reduce staff, cut dollars and hold everything together, now they have to be a punching bag, too. I, honestly, Read More...
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Things You May Have Missed: Part 2
February 24, 2009 10:43 AM by Bob Mitchell
Several of your CIO colleagues were honored, promoted or took new positions recently. My congratulations go out to Pat Skarulis who was named CHIME-HIMSS CIO of the Year recently. I haven't had the privilege of working with Pat, but her colleagues at Read More...
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Focusing on Data Center Efficiencies
February 20, 2009 10:11 AM by Bob Mitchell
The next time you're stoking the fire in the furnace of your data center you might want to think about how efficient the data center's operations really are. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently Read More...
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Approve or Deny Merger: The Story of Two Stacks of Paper
January 20, 2009 12:29 PM by Bob Mitchell
I sure wish I could take a peek inside of Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario’s office. Which stack of paper is taller? The one favoring the proposed merger between Pittsburgh-based Highmark, Inc. and Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross Read More...
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