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The Google backlash at HIMSS

The Google backlash at HIMSSNaw, its not abotu "standads"Its abotu who has the best produt and highest reliability which of course leaves Google out in the cold.RE: The Google backlash at HIMSSWhy the disdain for Cerner? I've just started reading your blog, but it doesn't seem you care too...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Strategy, HeathCare, Cerner Corp., HIMSS, EMR, Google Backlash, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

HIMSS moving on interoperability roadmap

HIMSS moving on interoperability roadmapHIMSS and InteropTalk about Interop is cheap and now that CCHIT is putting pressure on these vendors, they have to at least talk about it and have little showcases like the Interop Forum at HIMSS.But talk to any of the multitudes of small ISVs about what...

Tags: HIMSS

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Additional Resources

Where does Google Health go from here?

Google Health is going after all the industry's stakeholders and will let the open source process deliver applications, based on personal health records, which may or may not be free. Google and some of its Google Health partners called ZDNet soon after participating in a Webcast for...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Personal Health Record, Google Health, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-19

VistA dieing of starvation and neglect

VistA dieing of starvation and neglect...McCain is a f*cking idiot! Gee some patriot he is, eh?"[B]Ideology, a desire to privatize all government functions. “John McCain has come out for closing the VA and giving everybody vouchers,” Longman said.[/B]"And privatizing our government... don't you people get it? When you privatize we...

Tags: Government, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Purchasing & Procurement, Microsoft Windows Vista, Medsphere, OpenVistA CIS

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Why are reformers destroying Veterans' health computer system?

Why are reformers destroying Veterans' health computer system?...And people wonder why I hate corporations so much! Here is a perfectly functioning system of which I am a member of as a disabled veteran and now because of greed, we have to have our services jeopardized?!This is total bullsh!t and exactly...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Maduro, Cerner Corp., health care

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

Can Tolven give Medsphere the lift it needs?

Medsphere's efforts to revolutionize hospital computing with an open source code base (derived from the VA's VistA system) got a big boost at HIMSS with news it would partner with Tolven Inc. The reason is only now becoming apparent. Tolven's founders, most of them former Oracle executives, have...

Tags: Medsphere, Tolven Inc., TolvenHealth, Tolven Institute, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Eclipse co-founder Skip McGaughey on Open Health mission

Skip McGaughey, who was the original co-chair of the Eclipse Foundation while at IBM, has a new mission, to bring that same open source collaboration to health care. McGaughey, who has been based in Asheville, NC since launching Eclipse, is the first head of the Open Health...

Tags: Health Care, Eclipse, Standards, McGaughey, OHT, Kestrel, Terminology People, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Pennsylvania joins Health Information Exchange movement

Pennsylvania has become the latest state to join the rush toward Health Information Exchanges HIX, through an executive order signed by Gov. Ed Rendell. An HIE provides a framework for sharing medical records among doctors and hospitals. Often, as in the Pennsylvania case, it's pushed by industry...

Tags: Pennsylvania, Health Care, HIE, Healthbridge, eHealth Initiative, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-02

Midland hospital proves open source savings

Midland Memorial Hospital got an $18 million EMR system for $7 million, thanks to open source. David Whiles, the hospital's director of information systems, told ZDNet that after a year in operation he's finally ready to brag about his Medsphere OpenVista installation. Midland signed...

Tags: Hospital, Midland Memorial Hospital, Open Source, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-12

A complete EMR system for half the money

Midland Memorial Hospital is finally ready to brag about its Medsphere EMR system, installed for $7 million when other vendors were asking at least $18 million. Director of IT Systems David Whiles and his 30-person staff removed the hospital's patient charts a year ago and are now calculating their return...

Tags: Hospital, Midland Memorial Hospital, Systems David Whiles, Midland, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-12

Murphy's law, or why WinTel wins

Murphy's law, or why WinTel winsIn the case of ditching Wintel......you just do it. Buy a naked computer (or if you have an old one lying around, use that), take an inventory of the hardware so you know what drivers you need, use the evil FDISK program to obliterate...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Esperanto, Wintel, Murphy, open source, English Language

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

Google vs. Microsoft game is afoot

GPLMedicine advocate Fred Trotter right has given some inspection to both Google Health and Microsoft's HealthVault, coming down solidly on Google's side. Trotter writes that Google Health's privacy policies and APIs are superior to those of Microsoft HealthVault, and its access control system looks better. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Flaw, Trotter, Games, Security, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-04

News to know: Microsoft StartKey; SaaS; NeoOffice; Intel Atom; Apple

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft preps StartKey: A 'Windows companion' on a USB stick Will OOXML get the ISO standards nod? It's not a given. Dana Blankenhorn: The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISO Ed Bott: A real-world Vista...

Tags: Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-03

What price disclosures deliver is transparency

A new think tank study dismisses a proposal from Iowa Republican Charles Grassley to require disclosure of medical device pricing. (Picture from the PiperReport.) The hit piece was commissioned by AdvaMed, the device industry trade group, and claimed that there is little market competition, that search costs are...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-29

The Google backlash at HIMSS

The gang at Modern Healthcare Online detected a notable backlash against Google during this week's HIMSS show. There was a "Little Red Hen" feeling about the complaints, an impression that hospitals have spent 40 years preparing this automation bill of fare but now the Googlers were going...

Tags: Cerner Corp., Google Inc., Siemens AG, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., McKesson, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Google's Schmidt talks (about nothing you care about)

Update: Elinor Mills and Dan Farber have more on this would be Eric Schmidt interview. Also see Techmeme. Here's my rant from before: Life is just so tightly scripted for the technology bigwigs. Google CEO Eric Schmidt sat down with News.com and wouldn't stray far from the...

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Health Care, CEO, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-28

Value in hospital branding

Branding is a hush-hush topic among hospital administrators. Most prefer to think of reputation. That's different. You throw out a name at someone, they nod, and that's a good reputation. They throw a name at you, that's branding. Individuals like Rusty...

Tags: Brand, Mayo Clinic, Technology, No., Branding, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-28

How big a threat is good Microsoft?

One point was made to me repeatedly while covering the HIMSS show for ZDNet Healthcare this week. (Drawing by Matt Elder.) All this "good Microsoft" stuff about supporting open source, abut placing code on Codeplex, and about keeping open source projects "in the loop" regarding format changes,...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-28

News to know: EC vs. Microsoft; Google Sites; Evernote's incredible search; iPhone roadmap

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: EU slaps Microsoft with $1.35 billion fine Mary Jo Foley: European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable? Dennis Howlett: Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record fine John Carroll: Microsoft vs. the EC, round 236 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Nanotechnology, Hacking, Software As A Service (SaaS), Security, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-02-28

HIMSS moving on interoperability roadmap

One of the big problems in hospital computing has long been simple interoperability. Given the high sales cost and high value of a hospital sale, vendors resist this. Proprietary protections make the HIMSS show floor look like a trip back to the 1980s. There are big booths...

Tags: Open Standard, Goal, Workflow, Hospital Computing, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-27