A simple country clinical informaticist and former ONC Chief Clinical Officer
Hanover, NH
Joined April 2008
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We are continuing to add new content & keep the Playbook up to date - see the section on telemedicine....
NEW: The Health IT Playbook has been updated to include #telehealth and #COVID19 resources. Check out the playbook to learn more: healthit.gov/playbook/patien… #HealthIT #PatientEngagement
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Kudos to Texas Children's Hospital pitching in and taking adult patients because as all pediatric caregivers know adults are just big kids.....
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This is shaping up to be a great session next Monday -- fundamentally important issue for interoperability & patient safety. Join us by registering at the link below:
REGISTER NOW – ONC Working Session: Patient Identity and Matching. events-na4.adobeconnect.com/… #PatientMatching #HealthIT
Work with some of the best folks in government. Join us.
Status Candidates: Interested in joining @ONC_HealthIT? We’re hiring Policy Analysts, Grades 9 and 11! 1st cut-off date for consideration is February 27th: usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetai…
Yesterday @ONC_HealthIT released an updated version of the Health IT Playbook. See Dr. Tom Mason's blog for details:
healthit.gov/buzz-blog/healt…
The ONC policy team is where great health IT policy things are happening. Great opportunity.
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Next week we all should remember to change the batteries on our smoke detectors - equally important today is getting unused prescription meds especially controlled substances out of the house lnkd.in/eizmbSY
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When CMS and ONC collaborate good things happen!
Just arrived in Boston for the Connected Health Conference! Time to find Dr. Andy Gettinger @ag1 and see what Boston has to offer two health IT nerds. #connect2health
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Clearly deep in thought on the excellent points made by the panel. So great to participate in the Second Stanford Medicine health IT meeting.
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As a patient I demand easier access to my health data & stronger consequences to those who abuse my trust: Getting Your Medical Records Through an App? There’s a Catch. And a Fight. nyti.ms/34mbbcD
As a teenager, 50 years ago today I watched the lunar landing live from LaRochelle, France. I remember the sense of awe in the room paralleled by a sense of international unity - one world. A future hope still....
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Remembering & learning about this incredibly influential piece of my medical upbringing: The Making of The House of God ja.ma/32q66iH
Pensive this month: yellow carded by WMATA which isn't bad and successfully navigated the CMS sign-up process which was surprisingly complex and I thought I was on top of this!
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Excited to hear thoughts & even more excited that ONC CMO, Tom Mason is on his way to Atlanta AHIP meeting. Lots we can accomplish in this space to reduce clinician and healthcare team burdens.
Equally important is emerging data in the literature which notes that patients who use that access experience better care and health.....
Did you know? Half of online medical record users report that they have access to their clinical notes. Learn more at: healthit.gov/sites/default/f… @myopennotes @vp_healthIT @NCIHINTS #HealthApps #PatientAccess
We have had some amazing nurses at ONC -- both past and present. Their perspectives representing more than 3 million nurses are invaluable.
Join us in showing appreciation to all the nurses who play a major role in our health care every day! #Nurses4HIT #NursesWeek
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This is shaping up to be even better than last year.....
ATTN: ONC’s 3rd Interoperability Forum #InteropForum is happening August 21-22 in Washington DC and by webinar. Mark your calendars! #HealthIT #InteropForum
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Excellent reviews and comments from a broad group of stakeholders. Looking forward to making revisions to the report and more importantly decreasing clinician burden.
TODAY: @ONC_HealthIT released 208 public comment submissions received for the Draft Burden Reduction Strategy for public viewing. To review: healthit.gov/burdencomments #ClinicianBurden #HealthIT
Great to see the academic community adding to our knowledge!
Great work by @MedStarHealth’s @dmarchalik pointing out EHR usability issues as a contributor to clinician burnout. @MedicalHFE’s EHRSeeWhatWeMean.org campaign shows real video examples of these issues. Everybody has responsibilities to improve clinician & patient safety.
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