Heart Attack

 

medical records, policy issues, Why PM

Save lives first, *then* compete: Simple Interop for Healthcare

This post is my own expression, not an official view of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Vince Kuraitis and David Kibbe are running an excellent series, “Is HITECH Working?”* In last week’s entry they linked to this slide deck by Wes Rishel and David McCallie of IT consulting firm Gartner. See discussion before watching.

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e-patient stories

ER tweet: “If my husband dies, I’m going to go [eff]ing ballistic”

When Benn Rosales had a heart attack in December, his wife Lani, a very active member of the Twitterati, tweeted throughout the experience. Afterward she thought to compile those tweets as a record of Benn’s e-patient experience: “this hospital is understaffed and we’re being sh*t on because of it. if my husband dies i’m going [...]

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e-patient stories, general, medical records, policy issues, reforming hc, Why PM

My Father’s Medical Record Fiasco

Guest post by Alan Viars (@Aviars), CEO of Videntity Systems, Inc. This past year my father required open heart surgery. This is a short article about the hurdles we (his family) encountered along the way. I’ve changed the names, because it is not my intention to embarrass particular hospitals or physicians. The issues I raise are [...]

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