Christina's Considerations

Rugged Mobile Computing in Disasters and Emergencies

I appreciate Health Management Technology's article on rugged computing devices and mobile health technologies for response and patient care during disasters, emergencies and in other extreme environments. http://www.healthmgttech.com/index.php/features/thought-leaders/when-it-matters-most.html Read more →

Partners Telestroke Program Selects Vidyo

I like Vidyo and I like telestroke, so I'm really happy to see the two merge in Boston with the Partners HealthCare Telestroke Program; supporting 27 hospitals throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Read more →

National Healthcare Decision Day

I wanted to post about National Healthcare Decision Day in advance, but life's activities kept me focused on other things. I do want to say that I like to hear what KevinMD has to say and really appreciate his post... Read more →

Consent Best Practices for HIEs

Exchanging health information requires individuals to grant permission for their records to move from one provider to another. The process of, and requirements for, obtaining individual consent for sharing information places more or less control of information use and disclosure... Read more →

Wikinomics

It took me a while, but I finally finished the book, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. I thought I'd provide the list at the end of the book that describes how leaders can apply the principles in their business... Read more →

Self-Assessments and Quizzes

Online health self-assessments are gaining in popularity. Not because I've seen a stat, but instead I see hospitals and other health organizations tweeting links more and more often. I also expect we will see increasing popularity of these offerings as... Read more →

Telehealth’s Untapped Potential

Great editorial on Telehealth’s Untapped Potential and the connect with electronic health records! Read more →

National Preparedness for Catastrophic Events

Thanks to the Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events I've learned that President Obama signed a new Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) on National Preparedness. The Directive outlines the President's vision for strengthening the security and resilience... Read more →

Three Aims of CMS & Well-Managed Healthcare Organizations

David Sayen, Region IX CMS Administrator, came to Ventura last week and presented on the vision of his department and accountable care organizations. Everything flows from their three aims: seamless coordinated care reduce per capita costs through improvement improve population... Read more →

eHealth & Boomers

I finally had a chance to read a book I picked up at HIMSS11 titled eHealth Patterns in the 21st Century. I didn't get very far before I found something I just have to include on my blog. They did... Read more →

Reining in Avoidable Readmissions

I've been having the readmissions pull-out from H&HN Magazineon my desk for a few weeks. The data and information includes some starting points for improving your hospital re-admission rates and avoiding the penalties that are coming. I thought the stat... Read more →

mHealth: Applications to Benefit Older Adults

The Center for Technology and Aging is a great resource for papers and funds to benefit aging in place. Their latest paper on mHealth technologies does a wonderful job painting the picture of how these tools allow for continuous, pervasive... Read more →

Got a bad project?

Lately, it seems music and healthcare go together. I've found another example for all of you out there who have ever had a bad project, or been savy enough to stay away. This one is from the hospital laboratory -... Read more →

9 No Nonsense Rules to Social Media

HealthBlawg has nine great rules for healthcare organizations to live by and remain HIPAA compliant. It is a nice brief review of what we all really should already know, but reminders can be so helpful! Thanks, HealthBlawg! Read more →

County/Parish Health Ranking Site

County Health Rankings is a site that allows users to view and compare counties on key indicators of health. I'll excuse the fact that they overlooked reference to the parishes of the great State of Louisiana, because this is such... Read more →