Reinvestment Act

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Meaningful Use: The Elephant IS In The Room

Gilles Frydman | May 18, 2009

Comparative Effectiveness: a comparison of the impact of different options that are available for treating a given medical condition for a particular set of patients. Such studies may compare similar treatments, such as competing drugs, or they may analyze very different approaches, such as surgery and drug therapy. The analysis may focus only on the [...]

The Markle Foundation’s work on Meaningful Use

e-Patient Dave | May 10, 2009

Last night I posted my own thoughts on the definition of “meaningful use,” a term that will have significant impact on our next-generation medical records systems. To me it’s vital that the term be defined to include full access for you and me (patients) to our own medical data. I’ve come to the conclusion that [...]