In less than two years we have gone from Accountable Care Organization (ACO) as a concept, to ACO...
2013 – A Year of Surprises
In the blink of an eye, a New Year has appeared and with it the need to look into our crystal ball...
Cerner Takes a Road Less Traveled
Cerner is embarking on a journey of transformation. That transformation, if successful, will...
A Layer Above it All: Healtheway’s Value Prop
Now that NwHIN has been spun-out into the public-private entity Healtheway one has to wonder...
HIMSS’12 Take-away: Follow the Money
Last week we attended the big healthcare IT confab HIMSS in that grand city of sin, Las Vegas....
Who Will be the Salesforce.com of Healthcare IT?
Last week was the massive Salesforce.com user conference Dreamforce (massive in that there were...
Looking at Healthcare Through Payer Lenses: Part One
Attending the annual health insurers confab (AHIP Institute) last week gave one some insight as to...
Is Partnership for Patients Just Deja Vu?
On Tuesday, to a tremendous amount of fanfare, HHS announced it will invest $1B in the Partnership...
Robust Processes Supported by Health IT Core to ACO Success
On March 31st, the HHS's Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) dropped its neutron bomb...