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The Perils of Perfunctory Medicine

Greg Gillespie | May 21

I recently took my four-year-old son into the dentist for a teeth cleaning, and the first thing that happened, per usual, is that a technician came into the room and said it was time for X-rays. That’s just a given during a trip to the dentist; has been since I was a kid and had to be dragged to the dentist in chains (just hated getting my teethed cleaned, almost as much as I disliked brushing them, or so I’m told).

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Dreams on Parade at Health 2.0 Event

Gary Baldwin | May 16

There was a bit of a schizophrenic feel to the Health 2.0 conference earlier this week in Boston. Half the companies in attendance are obscure names at best in the I.T. market.

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Trying to Put the R.I.P. on ICD-10

Greg Gillespie | May 16

So the American Medical Association is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ease off the pedal a bit on ICD-10. Pushing the deadline back by two years would be a good start, according to the AMA, but just a start.

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FROM THE HUMAN SIDE

The Fallacy of Zero Tolerance … in Hiring

Jim Gibson | May 15

As search consultants, we are usually viewed as trusted advisors and extensions of the management team. So, knowing when to push back on a client, and when to just defer to the client’s opinion and judgment, is one of the trickier parts of our job. It’s a good example of when it’s more art than science.

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Stage 2 Crunch Time Comes for CMS

Joseph Goedert | May 09

Industry stakeholders have filed comment letters on the proposed Stage 2 electronic health records meaningful use criteria, and now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will start to digest it all.

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Random Access: Observations on Health I.T.

ICD-10 Chills and Thrills

Gary Baldwin | Apr 27

Last December, I prepared a cover story for our print magazine, “Here Comes Trouble,” that laid out the top ten fear factors facing the industry in the transition to ICD-10. After recently attending a leadership conference on ICD-10 sponsored by The Advisory Board, I could easily add another 10—or more—fear factors to the list.

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