[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Scott Warner, MLT (ASCP), a laboratory manager and author of ''Stepwise Success'' on ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals.]  In my last blog, I whined about the computer's metaphorical space. And while it might be perceived as infinite, it really doesn't exist at all. Everything is ...

I was listening to National Public Radio (NPR), and much to my surprise the topic was on the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs). The Obama administration has set aside $19.2 billion of stimulus funds for doctors and hospitals making the switch to EHRs. This NPR segment discussed the progress made so far with ...

When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally released the long-awaited proposed definition of meaningful use as it applies to electronic health records (EHRs), it opened up a 60-day public comment period. In the spirit of ''full'' disclosure, the government has posted some of these comments on a Web site. Here are just a few ...

Jobs I'd never want: First Doc, aka the President's primary care physician. Think about how Ford's physician must have cringed whenever he took a spill on the stairs, or the constant concern of how all that stress could be affecting Clinton's thumper. And, if the smoking rumors are true, the current White House medical staff is probably hard at ...

[Editor's note: This is a guest post from Scott Warner, MLT(ASCP), a laboratory manager and author of ''Stepwise Success'' on ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals.]  At a recent user group meeting in Bar Harbor, Maine, a speaker said that getting healthcare executives to invest in connecting computer systems was difficult. ...

For 7 months I have been traveling to and from the sunny west coast, working with an impressive team of professionals to help a large health plan develop a new claims system. I assisted in developing a quality review process that helped project managers benchmark their deliverables with leading practice documents. This was a new experience ...

I just got back from vacation. Not to some luxurious lodge or all-inclusive resort, no. I bussed, boated and biked around southern Nicaragua. My college roommate is in the Peace Corp. there, so another college roommate and I thought a few days off would be well-spent exploring our friend's locale. My Peace Corp. friend isn't much of a planner, ...

Editor's note: Associate Editor Mark McGraw filed this blog post while covering HIMSS10 in Atlanta. Dr. David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information technology, addressed an overflowing crowd of HIMSS attendees at this morning's keynote address. The timing seemed ideal, less than 24 hours after Dr. Blumenthal led an ONC Townhall ...

[This post is written by Lauren Underhill, Marketing Specialist at Nuance Healthcare.] Motivation leads to success, and most everything we do takes some measure of it to get us off the ground and running. You may not realize it, but even simple tasks as mundane as getting out of bed in the morning require a little planning, focus, and drive. You ...

What a week it's been for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Aside from celebrating the first anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), officials introduced several new comrades to the public. On Feb. 17, Joy Pritts was named chief privacy officer in the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health ...