The Best of MrHIStalk, Volume 1

Table of Contents

• Is Forcing Physicians to Use Computers a Flawed Paradigm?
• CCHIT Should Provide More Information to Purchasers
• Do Technology Surveys Rate the Hammer or the House?
• RHIOs Are Taking Away Resources From Better Projects
• Joe Sixpack’s Concerns About Privacy and Security Need to be Taken Seriously
• Just Back From HIMSS? Finish Implementing Yesterday’s Fads First
• Actions You Can Take to Make the HIMSS Conference Better
• Bump In the Road Shouldn’t Rattle IT Customers
• Open Source Won’t Break Commercial Vendors’ Hold on Market, Unless..
• Hospitals Need to Learn From Failed Transformation Missions
• Information Technology Can’t Easily Fix Health Care System Gaps
• Small Vendors With Good Ideas Can Carve a Niche In Health Care
• If You Want Testing For Usability, Reliability and Maintainability, Tell CCHIT
• Before You Buy, Look at The Impact on User Productivity
• Medical Equipment Sales Boom While Health IT Struggles
• Brailer’s Replacement Will Face Many Challenges
• Why Quicken for Health Care May Drive EMR Adoption
• Even With Certification, Customers Will Still Have to do Their Homework
• Vendors Should Make Software That Crusty Night-Shift Nurses Can Love
• USB Drives Will Help Consumers Quickly Access McClinics
• Your Co-Workers Are Your Biggest IT Security Problem
• When CIOs Are Under Pressure, Man of Action Syndrome Kicks In
• Vendors Seek to Diversify As the Hospital Systems Market Matures
• U.S. Hospitals Can Learn a Lot From Richard Granger’s Approach
• Consider Funding Health IT Projects Like Bill Gates Would
  

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