Attention vendors: Are you meeting with reporters during HIMSS13? Here are some tips to make the meeting more meaningful for you and the reporter. Translation: Here's how to get free ink out of the meeting.

The rise of health information exchange allows for the movement of clinical information between very different health care information systems, while, at the same time, maintaining the meaning of the information. However, while we may have system-to-system data integration in place to support HIE, the larger issue is how to bring this information to human beings.

One site, one screen, one time a day, gives you a quick snapshot of the news and easy links to the stories that interest you. That’s what trade press social media sites can offer.

How does public cloud computing and patient portal development come into play? Cloud-based patient portals provide some key advantages, in terms of development, deployment, and operations ...

Perhaps Gov. Christie should bone up a little on the obesity issue, an alarming trend that is slowly engulfing our nation. Carrying large amounts of weight basically sets the stage for diabetes, congestive heart failure and even cancer. That’s the consensus of medical scientists, not political scientists.

Physician Peter Anderson talks about his experience in re-shaping his medical practice into a patient centered medical home.