This year has been awesome. It marks a special beginning for E'April PR. My Fashion Public Relations Company. It started like an impossible idea but I am making it POSSIBLE. E'April Public Relations will achieve great strides in 2013 and beyond with God on our side. Like a small tree we will nurture it into a great brand. A respectable Public Relations ...
This year has been awesome. It marks a special beginning for E'April PR. My Fashion Public Relations Company. It started like an impossible idea but I am making it POSSIBLE. E'April Public Relations will achieve great strides in 2013 and beyond. Like a small tree, we will nurture it into a great brand. A respectable Public Relations firm that small businesses ...
At the recent Dell World conference I had the opportunity to try out a slew of new Windows 8 devices. I was struck by how many potential healthcare applications this new platform and the mobile devices it has spawned will be available. Windows 8 could have some significant ramifications for use in healthcare. As Denise Amrich, RN and a healthcare advisor for the U.S. ...
I was fortunate to be invited to Dell World last week and I'll be writing more about some of the new products and services unveiled, especially as they relate to healthcare. I was quite happy to see that many of the sessions were livestreamed and made available around the world. The keynote address by Dell Founder Michael Dell and President Bill Clinton is well worth watching. ...
The ONC held their 3rd Annual Meeting on 12/12/12. Some of my favorite videos from the webcast are below. If, like me, you were unable to make this years meeting, then you will find them very interesting.The Year of Meaningful Use: Leaders of the ONC State MU Acceleration Challengeembed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" bufferlength="5" flashvars="&author=TV Worldwide&file=onc/121212_ONC_0835_Meaningful_Use.flv&image=&title=The ...
EHR incentive payments have reached over $9 billion to 177,100 physicians and hospitals through November and are estimated to reach $10 billion by the end of the year. Robert Anthony, from the CMS Office of eHealth Standards and Services, gave an update at the December 5, 2012 meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee (see below). “We saw a large number of hospitals come in November: 525 hospitals were paid by either ...
On saturday 24th November 2012 , the second edition of the Ghana Fashion Awards took place at the Plaice Event Center, Trade Fair. The night was packed with glitz and glamour and fashion lovers across the industry. At the end, eleven winners emerged and are:POPULAR MAKE-UP ARTISTE OF THE YEAR: Lydia AshiteyFASHION RETAILER OF THE YEAR: FC Beauty KlinikCONTRIBUTION TO ...
The stars seem to be aligned for rapid progress in health information exchange. We are fast approaching a point in the development of the Health Internet where ubiquitous exchange of health data to improve care coordination and health care quality and ultimately lower costs might be possible. We still face some problems, and standards and policies must be aligned, but there is some great synergy in play that will help ...
On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing entitled "Is 'Meaningful Use' Delivering Meaningful Results?: An Examination of Health Information Technology Standards and Interoperability" to examine progress on the development and implementation of interoperable technical standards ...
At the Health Tech Council Semi-Annual Meeting Dr. Douglas (Doug) B. Fridsma, MD, Ph.D., Chief Scientist & Director of Science & Technology at the ONC was presented with the ‘Best of HealthTech Award.’ Dr. Fridsma led a session on using innovative analysis of data and information sharing with mobile technologies in healthcare organizations. The main focus of the keynote entitled “Using Health IT to Support ...
Alisa Hotel was the venue for talented designers in Accra to showcase their creativity at the maiden edition of the Citi FM's Expressions of Accra-Thread of time.Gracing the runway included Karlren, Jacqui Johnson Couture Solutions, Afromod trends, Msimps, Sa4a, Elikem The Tailor, Fannyann Clothing, Bath Industries, Ds Clothing, Dom 21, Kabengo, Dei D’zines and Ashnorr.Showcasing ...
In the heated election season I thought it would be a nice break to remind ourselves of our constitutional form of government via a humorous civics lesson from Bugs Bunny.Daffy Duck for President is a children's book, published by Warner Bros. and the United States Postal Service in 1997 to coincide with the release of the first Bugs Bunny U.S. postage stamp. The book ...
The use of electronic health records is linked to significantly higher quality care, according to a new study¹ by Lisa Kern and her team, from the Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative in the US. Their work appears online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, published by Springer.Electronic health records (EHRs) have become a priority in the US, with federal ...
Exercise is now a “vital sign” for all Kaiser Permanente members. While they have their weight, height and blood pressure measured before a doctor visit, patients are asked how often they exercise so that doctors can follow up. A Kaiser Permanente study 'Initial Validation of an Exercise “Vital Sign” in Electronic Medical Records' published in the journal Medicine & Science ...
I am now at the WIRED Health Conference, which is being simulcast in a free live-feed at www.wiredhealthconference.com. The WIRED Health Conference will be an exploration of the challenges and opportunities of data-driven medicine. This is going to be a great launching point for me to head to San Francisco for Strata Rx (more on that in a later post ;-)I'd encourage you to watch ...
I'll be starting this week at the NY eHealth Collaborative’s (NYeHC) Digital Health Conference. This conference brings together a diverse group of healthcare professionals to hear insights, ideas, and analysis from leaders in the health IT community. With keynote speakers like David J. Brailer, MD, Ph.D., the Chairman of Health Evolution Partners and Stephen J. Dubner, ...
On October 11, 2012 the EHR|HIE Interoperability Workgroup, a New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) led consortium of states and vendors; and Healtheway, the newly formed public-private partnership of the eHealth Exchange (formerly referred to as the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) Exchange) made a joint announcement on the selection of the Compliance ...
On October 4, 2012, Politico hosted a conversation about the role and future of accountable care organizations and their effect on providers and patients. Guests included former CMS Administrator Don Berwick, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) President and CEO Karen Ignagni, Bruce Fried of SNR Denton, Premier VP Joseph Damore, and Robert Laszewski of Health Policy and Strategy ...
The ONC’s Direct Project gives healthcare organizations the opportunity to exchange structured and free-form content.“I’d like to make a bumper sticker,” says Brian Ahier, president of Gorge Health Connect, Inc. “It would say, ‘Kill the fax.’”Fax machines have been a staple in the health information exchange (HIE) process for years, but Ahier and others are questioning their continued usefulness as vehicles to transmit ...
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) is a White House initiative to work collaboratively with the private sector, advocacy groups and public-sector agencies overseen by U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Five companies working to develop trusted electronic identity technologies to combat identity theft, ...
Kicking off National Health IT Week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in conjunction with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) hosted the second Consumer Health IT Summit on Monday, September 10, 2012. The Summit was geared towards individuals who are trying to advance consumer access to health information and brought ...
In the hyper partisan atmosphere of a national election there is a great debate on the proper role of government and the utilization of regulations versus free market approaches. I have always believed the meme promulgated by Tim O'Reilly and others that government functions best as a platform for innovation in the role of convener and collaborator. This is one of the bedrock principles of ...
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