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What is behind the Kaiser-IBM deal?

IBM is now in a position to drive open standards throughout healthIT, thanks to its own ability to scale, its position within the open source world, and the Kaiser contract, which covers 8.6 health consumers. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Job, IBM Corp., Kaiser, healthIT, Recruitment & Selection, Healthcare, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-17

HealthIT benefits tied to changing business models

The main goal of health reform is to transform business models. HealthIT is a carrot, it makes the new model profitable. But how many doctors will cross the business model bridge? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Patient, Business Model, Health Care, HealthIT, Strategy, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Management, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-10

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Are health IT vendors trying to pull a fast one?

Not sure about your last question, i guess he would be the best person...to ask.I think that sage, GE, siemans and mckesson do have the experience necessary to make good decisions, but these are also the guys who make software for the healthcare field.Maybe their vested interest also includes self...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Quality, HIT Standards Committee, Kibbe, health care

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

What is behind the Kaiser-IBM deal?

What is behind the Kaiser-IBM deal?Touchdown possibleAs long as the end product accommodates HMO & PPO type programs as well as various government systems, from VA & military families to Medicare and Medicaid. If these basic areas are covered then private insurance companies can be told to comply with...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Insurance, IBM Corp., Kaiser, KP HealthConnect, health care

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

The Utah way of health reform

The Utah way of health reformUtah NetCare PlanThanks for writing this article. I am kind of tired of blogs just copying the news articles. You have some original content in here. Thanks for that! I have a site about the Utah NetCare plan. It's purpose...

Tags: payroll solutions, Regulations, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, ERISA, health care, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

Class war and open source

Class war and open sourceThe US should learn something from IndiaIndia saw the light.FOSS is the way to prosperity.Many Americans would like to enjoy those benefits.There is a lot of that in the stimulusBoth broadband and healthIT got a big boost in the stimulus package -- more than the value...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

Avalere research demonstrates business model point

Someone needs to talk straight with the American people. The present fee-for-service business model of medical practice is doomed. It is unsustainable. Call it Medical Home, call it coaching, call it the new Medicare, but medicine is moving to a per-patient wellness business model, one in which good healthIT is...

Tags: Medicare, Business Model, Health Care, Avalere, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-11

News to know: Firefox, Palm, AT&T, Sprint, Facebook friends

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 "done," Firefox 3.5 beta 4 due April 14 Sam Diaz: Palm to SEC:...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Palm Inc., Mary Jo Foley, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Mice, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-03-11

HealthIT benefits tied to changing business models

HealthIT benefits tied to changing business modelsDoctors really have no excuse. Some just lazy learners.We just changed to an EHR system... we had one site that just seems incapable of coping and another site that ran with it and is back to normal patient load.Should we wipe the staff...

Tags: HealthIT benefit, patient, eHR

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

With health records security is an afterthought

The eHealth Vulnerability study released today sounds self-serving, but does make clear that health IT is something of a technology backwater where security and patching has yet to catch up with supply or demand. The group represents existing players in health care, security and IT, rather than the groups...

Tags: Security, Health Care, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-09-18

Today's Debate: Mandate electronic records by law?

The HealthIT Coalition, which includes groups representing workers, employers, and health care workers (but not hospitals, insurers or electronic medical record vendors) is pushing hard to mandate the use of information technology in all medical offices. The group's bill has some interesting sponsors -- Republicans Orrin Hatch...

Tags: Electronic Record, Health Care, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-09-18

Verifying medical credentials: Yet another Health IT task

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with the health infrastructure in tatters, authorities struggled to verify the credentials of doctors who arrived to offer help. Other areas also had trouble confirming qualifications of doctors who had left Louisiana to practice elsewhere. That particular aspect of the disaster made no...

Tags: Corporate governance, HEALTHCARE, health

Blog posts 2006-05-16