Editor-in-Chief

Greg Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief at Health Data Management, has served a variety of editorial roles with the magazine over the past decade, including Managing Editor, Senior Editor and News Editor. HDM has been recognized for its superior editorial content by the American Business Media’s Jesse H. Neal Awards, as well as editorial awards from the ASBPE and ASHPE.

Greg previously was the editor of THE INSTITUTE newspaper of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a publication that went out to the more than 300,000 members of the world’s largest technological association. Prior to that he worked for a number of East Coast and Chicagoland newspapers, covering everything from criminal courts to sports, arts and entertainment.

The Perils of Perfunctory Medicine
May 21, 2012 I recently took my four-year-old son into the dentist for a teeth cleaning, and the first thing that happened, per usual, is...

Trying to Put the R.I.P. on ICD-10
May 16, 2012 So the American Medical Association is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ease off the pedal a bit on...

Down the Rabbit Hole
March 26, 2012 Lucky for Alice that the U.S. Post Office didn’t set up shop in Wonderland, because this is exactly how my latest visit...

Opening Remarks
February 28, 2012 …

HIMSS12 Theme Was Data Sharing; Big Issue Was Scalability of Trust
February 28, 2012 The theme of HIMS12 was data sharing, but governance issues and management of provider directories and digital certificates...

Enough with the Empowerment, Let’s Get to Customer Service
February 17, 2012 Health care empowerment is really about customer service, though health care social media has a role to play....

Fairly Shocking: The Feds as an Efficiency Leader?
February 10, 2012 My father wasn’t the first or last to say that it will be a sad day indeed if the private sector ever gets lapped by the...

Vegas Baby!
January 12, 2012 That’s why I love big conferences … things always seem to come to a head when you get the I.T. leaders, vendors and...

Guns and Patients: We’re Here at the Crossroads
December 1, 2011 A Florida law restricts physicians from talking to patients about guns and firearm safety unless they believe the information...

Setting a Bad Example
October 31, 2011 It's a rare day that I don't have a conversation with someone who's trying to get a handle on a patient population ...

Fishing Lessons for Health I.T.
October 14, 2011 Fishing is perceived by those who don’t do it as a form of mindless relaxation. But it’s really just the opposite ...

Caveats Abound on Patient Access
September 15, 2011 The CMS plan to provide patients with direct access to test results via laboratories is a double-edged sword.

Privacy and Security: Are We Looking in the Wrong Direction?
July 14, 2011 ... If I found out my medical chart was breached, I’d feel somewhat violated that someone knew I was being treated for,...

Now We've Moved On To 'Transparency'
June 17, 2011 Last year's AHIP Institute was all about "bending the curve," but the health insurance industry seems to have collectively...

I Don't Expect Irrational Exuberance At This Year's AHIP Show
June 13, 2011 The AHIP Institute for health insurers kicks off later this week, and it's going to be fascinating to see what a difference a...