The California HealthCare Foundation released a report by Forrester Research last week titled “Open Source Software: A Primer for Health Care Leaders” (http://www.chcf.org/topics/iew.cfm?itemid=119091). Its conclusion begins, “conditions are fertile for open source solutions to take root in health care.” Since my open source knowledge is right up there with most CIOs and health care executives
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Is it just me, or are we having a sudden epidemic of privacy and security breaches in health care organizations? Quite a few examples have been reported in newspapers and on TV lately, including the embarrassing “backup left in the back seat” exposure at Providence Health System. Patients are angry, lawyers are salivating, and those
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A disclaimer: I’ve worked at three organizations that were named Most Wired. In no case did we really believe that our IT was any better than anyone else’s, but we sure bragged about our victory at every chance. The Most Wired survey season is upon us again. Eager candidates yearn for the recognition and improved
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