Christina's Considerations

4th Annual Survey of Health Information Exchanges

The eHealth Initiative (eHI) is launching its Fourth Annual Survey of Health Information Exchange at the State, Regional and Community Levels and you are invited to participate by including your health information exchange efforts. Read more →

Tulane University, SPHTM

In the 2008 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools, U.S. News and World Report ranks the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine No. 13, three notches higher than its previous ranking. Tulane's A.B. Freeman school of Business... Read more →

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE

Below is information on a conference I received from Will Ross in Mendocino, CA. Northern California is beautiful, so learning more about health information exchange isn't the only reason to attend! Friday, July 20, 2007 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM... Read more →

HIMSS Survey

In April, HIMSS released the results of their 18th Annual Leadership Survey and one of my RHIO friends (who doesn't work in healthcare) wrote to ask me what I thought about the results on page 22. He was surprised to... Read more →

Bankers & RHIOs

Now here is a concept... Let's invite bankers to participate in our community RHIO and have them help figure out a way for us to finance this thing! This is an example of what it means to really involve all... Read more →

Benefits of Information Technology

In a recent Washington Post article there were some wonderful examples of how health information technology and mobility made it easy for some physicians and caregivers to exchange health information on their patients with other providers after Katrina. My favorite... Read more →