Christina's Considerations

Social Media Center at HIMSS11

I'm going to Orlando next month to the big HIMSS Conference and want to share the HIMSS11 Blog post describing the Social Media Center; and some of the activities that will be taking place. If you are planning to attend,... Read more →

Purple Gold (Tiger in Me)

I like this song! Read more →

Meaningful Use Stage 2: Longitudinal Health

I prepared something for the request for comments on Meaningful Use Stage 2 and thought I'd share it with my blog readers, as well. If you are a clinician involved with longitudinal health, I'm especially interested in what you think.... Read more →

World Hospitals and Health Services

The International Federation of Hospitals included the white paper I wrote last year for the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center in their December issue of the journal World Hospitals and Health Services. We were really pleased to have the opportunity... Read more →

The goal: A single workflow for physicians

Last week I heard a physician describe how a single workflow is needed for EHR, telemedicine and health information exchange. I appreciate him putting a simple term to what I've been thinking. Read more →

SoCal HIMSS 2nd Annual HIT Conference

The Academic Alliance of the HIMSS Southern California Chapter is hosting a Health IT Conference on March 9th from 7 am to 5 pm in Los Angeles. I've been invited to participate in the Tele/Wireless panel to focus on the... Read more →

Mental Illness in Our Society

Katie Couric addressed mental illness this week and I've heard about several people who were concerned about the behavior of Jared (including law enforcement) and took some form of action. However, I haven't heard that anyone referred him for treatment... Read more →

Predictable Tragedy in Arizona

The Wall Street Journal had an opinion by Dr. E. Fuller Torrey yesterday that is accurate in its claims of emptying state mental hospitals without having sufficient supports in place to care for those with serious mental illness. In addition,... Read more →

The State of Social Media for Business

SmartBrief has a new research report presenting data that can help you drive your organization's social media strategy. I really liked theme 3: It takes time for companies to incorporate social media effectively. Read more →

What could happen if you don't have a social media policy?

I don't know how he did it, but Nurse Phil at Health is Social , one of healthcare social media's royalty, went over the top with this vcast demonstrating what could happen if your hospital doesn't have a social media... Read more →

California Hospital Mortality (2008-2009)

It has been a while coming, so it was no surprise to see OSHPD release the mortality rates for California's Hospitals. I think the risk-adjusted data is wonderful for benchmarking and improving performance. I do recommend that consumers and others... Read more →

How 'bout them Tigers!

What an exciting Cotton Bowl! It was a great 41 to 24 win for LSU! Read more →

Translated Disaster Preparedness Information

If you are looking for a resource for disaster preparedness health information in multiple languages, you might try looking at what Health Information Translations has available. Read more →

End of Life Care: Debating Reimbursement for Important Conversations

There is a huge debate among politicians about whether CMS should reimburse physicians for discussing end-of life issues with their patients. As you can imagine, these are serious conversations and they take a little planning and time. I have something... Read more →