Archive for March, 2009

Hospitals keep records proprie…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Hospitals keep records proprietary to keep patients in network. You imagine only one vendor being able to service your car? Portability now.

Doctors managing “personal” re…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Doctors managing “personal” relationship with hundreds/thousands of patients.. Couple hundred calls a day. CRM-like solutions = non-existent

#healthcare IT solves industry…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

#healthcare IT solves industry problem where no success metric & biz intelligence are gathered or measured. Did Dr. Or drug make you better?

$2.4t healthcare economy w/$80…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

$2.4t healthcare economy w/$800b in waste! Now we’re pouring tens of billions into industry in next 2 yrs. http://ping.fm/DO87M

But archaic biz processes in h…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

But archaic biz processes in healthcare really ready to scale and update? http://ping.fm/DO87M

ARRA stimulus & other intiativ…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

ARRA stimulus & other intiatives pour more money into healthcare industry to propel forward… Maybe more/faster than any industry, ever?

talking fair bit about @Allscr…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

talking fair bit about @AllscriptsMisys from Chicago. Glenn Tullman’s well positioned. thoughts on HITRUST as industry solution to privacy?

Twittering all day on conversa…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Twittering all day on conversations with Congress, here on behalf of you Chicago tech… Tell me what you want shared? @terryhowerton

#healthcare IT big money not “…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

#healthcare IT big money not “coming”, it’s already here. Regulation already outdated. HIPPA didn’t contemplate HIEs or EMR from Google etc

#healthcare IT … Chicago’s #…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

#healthcare IT … Chicago’s #Allscripts wrote e-prescription standard… EMR toward 50k small doctor offices. Whole industry needs to adopt

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The future voices of ChiTech Academy

I just returned from a visit to Chicago Tech Academy and my first visit with an assembly of the 150 new freshmen... and I am inspired! This third class of students seems to be the most inquisitive, the most engaged and the most eager bunch of students I’ve met at the new high school. The reputation of ChiTech after the fi...