Windows on my world – it’s time to take a break
If you had two months off work to do anything you wanted to do, what would it be? Spend more time with family? Travel to far off lands? Enroll in a class? Go on a diet and get in shape? Learn to cook? I suppose the possibilities are endless. Well, that...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - February 27, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
The inevitable, evolving intersection of ICT and Healthcare Delivery in New Zealand
It was a cloud-free, warm and very pleasant day yesterday in Wellington, New Zealand. After three long days of continuous meetings with Microsoft customers, partners, public health officials, clinicians, healthcare executives and press in both Auckland...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - February 20, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Baby You’re a Firework – Hot Healthcare Innovation in Australia
Let’s face it. International business travel is grueling. Between jet lag, irregular meals, and meetings that often run from dawn well into the evening, it's not all that romantic. Business travel on Valentine’s Day is even less so. That’s why last evening...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - February 15, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
It’s a small world after all - staying connected on business travel in Australia
Yesterday morning I arrived in Brisbane, Australia. After a 14 hour direct flight from LA, I was more than ready to get a little exercise before heading full speed into this year’s multi-city business tour in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. That will...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - February 12, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Microsoft Health Users Group Innovation Awards - Call for Entries
Dear HealthBlog readers. For the first time in more than a decade, I won’t be attending HIMSS this year. I’ll certainly miss seeing so many of my friends and colleagues who make the annual trek to what is unquestionably one of the leading Health...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - February 4, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Microsoft Surface for work AND play - The best of both worlds
Having just returned from a business trip to the East Coast, I thought I would share a couple of experiences with my Surface RT device that both surprised and delighted me. You already know that I think the Surface Tablet will prove popular with clinicians...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - February 1, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Future Vision Health – not so future anymore
After what seems like too long a time confined to my Microsoft office in Redmond, next week I will hit the road to visit with some of our customers and partners in the greater Louisville area. The reason for my visit is an invitation to provide a breakfast...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - January 24, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Clinicians start your engines! Surface Windows 8 Pro available February 9th
Fellow doctors, if the current crop of popular slate tablet computers have been letting you down; if you have been loving the form factor but frustrated by what you can’t do with it or run on it; if you or your IT department are increasingly worried about...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - January 22, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Healthcare or Housing? What’s wrong with this picture?
I came across a report that has me shaking my head. A new Commonwealth Fund report provides the following information on projected average family health insurance premiums as a percentage of median family income 2013 to 2021. Here’s the data: Projected...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - January 16, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Physician use of electronic health records – reading between the headlines
Two articles, both in Healthcare IT News, caught my attention today. The first was an article by Erin McCann that reports on the results of a new survey. It suggests that the use of electronic health records (EHRs) by family physicians in America could...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - January 15, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Calling Dr. Office – HIPAA applies to schools, universities too
If you work in healthcare, you’d have to have been living under a rock not to know about HIPAA, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Among other things, HIPAA specifies how doctors, hospitals, clinics and anyone else who is...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - January 14, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
The Laws of Subtraction - Are they applicable to healthcare?
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend a lecture on the Microsoft campus given by visiting author, Matthew May ( The Elegant Solution, In Pursuit of Elegance, The Shibumi Strategy ). Matthew May’s (left) latest book is titled, The Laws of Subtraction...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - January 9, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
Taking a deeper look at top healthcare IT trends and predictions for 2013
Happy New Year to HealthBlog readers around the world. I hope you had a wonderful holiday. As evident from this post, I’m now back in the saddle after enjoying more than two weeks away with family and friends. It seems that the blogosphere is exploding...(read more) (Source: HealthBlog)
Source: HealthBlog - January 2, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: hlthblog Source Type: blogs
