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Christina's Considerations
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Writings on my favorite professional topics - hospitals, workplace effectiveness, regional health information exchanges and health information technology, and healthy children and families.
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How ta tawk rite!
At the risk of ruining the respect my readers have for me and my reputation, I want to share a little of my heritage and New Orleans as friends and family once again leave for higher ground. (I pray we...
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Walktober 2008
Walking is good, especially in the cooler month of October. A good tool for planning your outings can be found at https://www.mapwalk.com/. If you want more elaborate tools to move your family or co-workers try http://www.walktober.com/.
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Web 2.0: New Vocabulary for Health Policy
One of my JHM columns was recently referenced in the Jefferson Medical College Newsletter. It is a nice overview of some of the new terms and technologies that facilitate linkage and communication. They truly are tools of the future for...
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Louisiana HIE Expands Rural Data Access
My daughter is currently in rural Louisiana visiting with family, so typing this post is hitting home. The last issue of Health Data Management magazine had a supplement titled "Top Technology Innovations 2008" and it included an article about the...
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Maui Age Wave
The Journal of Health Information Management has an article on the New Frontiers in Home Telemonitoring, which speaks to the concept of Aging in Place. The article addressed quality and cost results, as well as, other benefits. There is a...
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Open-Source HIE Technology
California HealthCare Foundation has released the technology used to power the SBCCDE. The open-source HIE technology (unless it has been enhanced recently) is view only, but is quite effective at moving health information between providers in a secure manner. Some...
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Physicians in History
The history of medicine is fascinating to me, so the WSJ post on the doctors who signed the declaration of independence was a nice find. Just in case you are interested, my favorite book on this topic is the Pulitzer...
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Gas Prices and Obesity
Healthcare Intelligence Network has an interesting post this week on the possibility that as gas prices rise, obesity will fall. I hate to event admit that this might be a good idea, but the health of our families and children...
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UCLA Hospital - Moving Day!
The long awaited moving day for the Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center came and ended today by noon -- much sooner than expected! I was an observer and will post on some of the highlights later in the week. The...
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Satisfied Patients and the Bottom Line
I really like the magazine Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare and highly recommend it to anyone working in healthcare. The March/April 2008 issue included an article Satisfied Patients Lower Risk and Improve the Bottom Line that really ties customer service...
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