Christina's Considerations

Green Biohazard Medical Waste

At a recent meeting, I met Brian Williams (800 787-1704) from Trinovamed. His company processes biohazard medical waste, sharps and HIPAA documents with a novel on-site system utilizing Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2). Brian said the process has the following benefits: reduces... Read more →

Stimulating the NO Economy Continued

In 2005, I posted on the subject of stimulating the New Orleans economy after hurricane Katrina devastated the area. Since then I've thought of a few more of my favorite things and found a couple of new ones. och Plantation... Read more →

Final CA HIE Strategic Plan

How did I spend my summer? Aside from writing my book, I worked with California's new Deputy Secretary for Health Information Technology and stakeholders around the state to rapidly create our Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange Strategic Plan.... Read more →

Social Technologies in Healthcare Survey

A new HIMSS Vantage Point Survey (five questions) explores the topic of the use of social technologies in healthcare. Please take this short survey and share it with your connections before the deadline -- November 27, 2009. Read more →

Pandemic Toolkit for Human Resources

I've been trying to find the time to outline some of the HR issues related to a pandemic, but first things first. In the meantime, one of my connections here in California sent me this resource of policies, protocols, templates,... Read more →

La Grâce du Ciel

My parents sent me a YouTube video that is amazing! It is one of my very favorite songs -- Amazing Grace -- and it is sung in Cajun French. My all time favorite version is sung by Mr. Arron Neville.... Read more →

Medpedia

A few months ago I was invited to be part of the Medpedia Project, a technology platform for the worldwide health community. The goal is to create a repository of up-to-date unbiased medical information, contributed and maintained by health experts... Read more →

CAeHC webinair on FBI's Cyber Program

Those who are interested in health information exchange (HIE) privacy and security may want to check out the next CAeHC webinar on Tuesday, November 10 at 1:00 PST. The speaker is Special Agent James Harris, supervisor of the FBIs Sacramento... Read more →

H1N1 Mis-information and Flu Film Festival

Someone from a local college sent me an email that is circulating among the faculty and students with some prevention advice for the flu. While it might sound like it could work, one of our public health medical directors reported... Read more →

Geaux Saints!

Wow!!! Another football game that kept me on the edge of my seat all the way through. I don't know if my heart can take another Saints game. Last night -- two heart attacks! Huhhhh! Breath! I am really proud... Read more →

Looking for a great new boss!

Jury duty (all six weeks of it) is over, final edits are being made on my book and the big push to get California's strategic plan(s) completed for accessing the ARRA HITECH funding is over. I'm still working with the... Read more →