Read Dr. Hartzband insight on analytic systems innovations and trends for Community Health Centers.

Read Dr. Hartzabnd’s insight and reflection on the annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibit,  held this year  in Orlando, FL on February 23rd-26

In a new “technology in focus” article, columnist Neal Neuberger looks at the finer details of the sources, objectives and availability of  HIT program and funding initiatives.

As we enter the second half of the year, many of the long-anticipated provisions of the ACA are set to begin. In just a few months, starting October 2013, the health insurance marketplace open enrollment period will start, with coverage beginning in January 2014. Simultaneously, many of the consumer-oriented provisions of Meaningful Use Stage 2 …

I arrived at the HIMSS13 Conference (March 3-5 2013) with a unique perspective this year; having serving as an abstract reviewer for the Meaningful Use and HIE presentation tracks I had an inside view on what was yet to come.

Community health centers have gotten considerably more complex – both clinically and operationally – in the past 5 or so years.

The National Association of Community Health Centers Financial, Operations Management and Information Technology (FOM-IT) Conference took place on November 12-14, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV.As a technologist, this conference is always interesting for me, as it allows me to see what topics are of interest and significance to the health center community.

Simply stated, Health Information Exchange (HIE) is the electronic transfer of health care information across organizations within a community, health care delivery system, or geographic region, with the objectives of improving quality and reducing cost.

2012 meeting of HIMSS (Health Information Management Systems Society) in Las Vegas

The buzz on social media is fast and furious, and the popular spin is that social media will revolutionize clinician-patient relationships and transform the delivery of healthcare.