Christina's Considerations

PHI Compliance: What It Is and How To Achieve It

This guest post from Nightfall (a cloud-native data loss prevention solution) is written for organizations that partner with those in the healthcare industry, but I share this post to help educate consumers. One reason is I often hear "you can... Read more →

Disrupting the Healthcare Ecosystem - Again!

The healthcare system has been evolving over a long period of time. And, it seems, this evolution has been picking up speed given the rapid advancements we have experienced over the last few decades. Part of this evolution has been... Read more →

The ROI of DICOM: A Candy Striper's Story

I'm teaching this week - health informatics to nurses, public health and health administration students. Last week we discussed standards and interoperability; and it reminded me of a story. The memory was triggered by student discussions. One said it must... Read more →

Future of Mobile Apps: Location Services

Years ago, as I prepared to write a book on use of social media in healthcare, I signed on and really liked FourSquare. They split the app a couple of years later and it lost value for me. But, I... Read more →

Population Health: Management Policy Technology

Improving the health of any population requires management, policy and technology systems and processes. These can be complex and dynamic. Earlier this year, I read Population Health: Management, Policy & Technology and was drawn to the chapter of HIE governance.... Read more →

Securing Health Information on Mobile Devices

For the last two years I've been writing articles for Multibriefs and the healthcare associations that distribute their content. It is part of the reason my blog isn't getting the attention it has in past years, but having my thoughts... Read more →

Blogging and Teaching

Tomorrow is the first day of my 2015 Annual Online Seminar for ACHE and the topic we will explore is a Digital Revolution: How Health IT can Improve Access, Quality, Safety and Efficiency. I've enjoyed guiding the participants through the... Read more →

Millennials: Greatest risk to corporate data security

A recent online survey was highlighted in HealthMgtTech.com and it shines a bright spotlight on something I've spoken about as it relates to social media. The survey found that Millennials, workers age 18 - 34, have the highest mobile data... Read more →

Criminal Attacks on Healthcare Organizations Increase 100%

I've posted on data security and breaches for the last few years and know that many healthcare providers have struggled to make sense of the warnings. The latest warnings come from a report that hightlights new security threats to patient... Read more →

Direct Accounts for Rural Providers in 2014

California Health eQuality (CHeQ), a program of the UC Davis Health System Institute for Population Health Improvement, has just announce the formation of California Direct, and the availability of free Direct accounts for rural providers in California. These Direct accounts... Read more →

Pressure to Attest for Meaningful Use

I recently received a question via a referral from a friend and want to share it with my readers. The scenario and question are: My husband is an ER doc, board certified in Family Practice. Under the ACA primary care... Read more →

EHRs and Malpractice

Early in my blogging career, I wondered about the impact of EHRs on malpractice rates. I even spoke to a couple of friends who worked for carriers, but at the time it was a bit too early for anyone to... Read more →

Colorado's Medical Neighborhood & HIE

When I first started blogging, one of my favorite topics was on health information exchange and RHIOs. It made sense because had been working with RHIOs and data exchange projects and there were still many questions among my peers about... Read more →

Congress on Healthcare Leadership 2013

The American College of Healthcare Executives is holding its annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership in just over two weeks (March 11 - 14, 2013). I'm attending and will sharing my thoughts on the good, bad and ugly of social media.... Read more →

Hospitals: Take down those walls!

A new article in HealthcareITNews highlights the hospitals of the future and their need to become more virtual. I love the five key design elements for hospitals of the future -- without walls: The ability to design a digital profile... Read more →

Health Information Technology for Healthcare Leaders

For the last two years I've been presenting a six-week online seminar exploring health information technologies for the American College of Healthcare Executives. This followed an invitation from them to write a column on technology for the 2007 issues of... Read more →

Meaningful Use Stage 2 Comparison: Infographic

This morning in my Tweetdeck inbox I received this infographic from the tweeps a healthPOINT at Dakota State University. I like to see my health IT friends using social media for more engaging education. Read more →

Meaningful Use: Transforming Patient Engagement

This morning sent out a press release for Tower and also want to also share it with my blogosphere readers. As always, I'm interested in your thoughts and hope you will consider leaving a comment. (PDF Version of Press Release)... Read more →

Best Practices in Healthcare Disaster Recovery Planning

The shift to more digital healthcare environments means that health IT disaster recovery planning is even more critical than it was in the past. Not long ago, Health Management Technology had an article that does a nice job of taking... Read more →

Health IT ROI - Value to the Enterprise and Patient

Building Out Your Health IT ROI - The Value to the Enterprise and the Patient This latest article for HIMSS Clinical Informatics Insights explores how enterprise portals can help hospitals tie disparate systems together, so that the data and information... Read more →

Liking, following, linking, tagging, stumbling: social media is changing the nature of health-related interactions

Earlier this year I was invited by the eHealth Initiative to participate in a focus group for PwC Health Research Institute's newly released report entitled, “Social media likes healthcare: From marketing to social business.” It included both consumer and industry... Read more →

Southern California HIMSS Annual Healthcare IT Conference

The Annual Healthcare IT Conference of the SoCal Chapter of HIMSS is coming up quickly on April 4th in Los Angeles. It is a great networking and learning event for healthcare professionals, but it is also a wonderful opportunity to... Read more →

Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information

I believe we all realize that as the industry moves to electronic health records, patients' PHI is more susceptible to exposure. Last year, in an article on the cost of data breaches, I referenced the a project of the American... Read more →

BYOD or BYOT

Just before HIMSS12, I learned about BYOD/BYOT (Bring Your Own Device/Technology). Evidently, businesses and some healthcare organizations are encouraging, or allowing their employees, to use their latest and greatest (personal) mobile gadgets (smartphones, tablets, etc) to connect into their information... Read more →

What I saw/learned at HIMSS12 - Highlights

It has taken me a while to catch up and recover from being at HIMSS12 last week, but I've finally had a chance to sit down and reflect on what I saw and learned during that busy week. So below... Read more →