The Barriers To Sharing Digitial Medical Records Come From Hospitals Too
As you may have heard, the NY Times recently published an article lambasting EHR vendors (Epic in particular) for creating barriers to share patient medical records in a digital fashion (or EHR interoperability as those of us in the industry call it). This is somewhat of an about-face for the Times on their opinion of the … Continue reading
The Changing Hospital Feeder System
The act of a major tertiary care hospital acquiring a number of smaller community hospitals is not a new concept. In terms of healthcare business models, the industry is fairly monochrome. Strategically speaking, the idea is to siphon or “feed” patients from hospitals that are providing a standard level of care to the more advanced … Continue reading
Aaron Berdofe, MHI - Health Informatics 