Robert Wood Johnson Foundation senior program officer Michael Painter, MD, discusses how the meaningful use program is creating an electronic records and exchange infrastructure that stands to benefit public health.
Roger Foster continues his look at how government and private health agencies can harness big data to the betterment of public health. In this article, Foster delves into ways that data analytics can both enhance patient care and cut costs.
The upcoming presidential election may come down to Colorado, Virginia and Wisconsin, if Stuart Rothenberg is correct. And swing voters everywhere may be too busy watching 'Dancing with the Stars' to make any decisions before autumn.
The national debate around healthcare has intensified in the 2012 elections. Government Health IT is deciphering the political doublespeak and asking the questions our readers find most pertinent – about politicians, healthcare policies and delivery system reform at the federal, state, and local levels.
In this episode of the Political Malpractice podcast, Senior Editor Mary Mosquera discusses legislative wrangling inhibiting health insurance exchanges and looks at some states that are making tangible progress anyway.
Jon Lindekugel, president of 3M Health Information Systems, speaks with Government Health IT about the newly open sourced health data dictionary and its potential implications for improving healthcare. Hint: Accurate, consistent, and complete clinical documentation. MORE
To meet the demands of a growing healthcare industry, HIMSS offers advice for experienced informatics experts and novices to the health IT workforce alike. MORE
John Moehrke explains why so many discussions around healthcare metadata are unproductive, and delves into the purpose of metadata, and the Dublin Core. MORE
Increasingly, it seems, health IT policymakers, observers and vendors alike are turning to the topic of interoperability and information exchange. MORE