Editorial Director

Gary has been covering health care since the early 1990s. Prior to rejoining Health Data Management in 2008, he served as technology editor for HealthLeaders Medi for nearly five years. At HealthLeaders, Gary won five national editorial recognition awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors. Gary also covered information technology for the American Medical Association’s weekly newspaper and has presented at numerous conferences. He has a masters degree in journalism from Roosevelt University, Chicago. gary.baldwin@sourcemedia.com

Do You Know a ‘Health I.T. Young Blood’ ? – Contest Underway
May 14, 2013 Entries are now being accepted for the second annual “Health I.T. Young Bloods” contest sponsored by Health Data...

Clarity or Confusion?
May 13, 2013 After reading about the recent release of hospital charge data by CMS, I immediately thought of the “average Joe”...

Do You Know a ‘Health I.T. Young Blood’ ? – Contest Underway
May 6, 2013 Entries are now being accepted for the second annual “Health I.T. Young Bloods” contest sponsored by Health Data...

Meet the Judges of the Annual Health I.T. Young Bloods Contest
April 30, 2013 Entries are now being accepted for the second annual “Health I.T. Young Bloods” contest sponsored by Health Data...

HDM Announces Second Annual Health I.T. Young Bloods Contest
April 23, 2013 Entries are now being accepted for the second annual “Health I.T. Young Bloods” contest sponsored by Health Data...

Mayo Goal: Avoid Analytics ‘Chaos’
April 19, 2013 When it comes to granting access to the analytics database, however, Mayo takes a measured approach. “We control the use...

Meet the 2013 Nursing I.T. Innovation Award Winners
February 25, 2013 Cullman (Alabama) Regional Medical Center took first place in the 8th annual 2013 Nursing I.T. Innovation Award contest, which...

At HIMSS, Size Matters
February 6, 2013 CIOs must approach the vendor hall with caution.

Memo to Gov. Christie
December 17, 2012 Perhaps Gov. Christie should bone up a little on the obesity issue, an alarming trend that is slowly engulfing our nation....

Meaningful Use Insights
December 3, 2012 At last week’s massive RSNA imaging conference, I attended a session on a topic that does not often come up in imaging...

Meaningful Use Insights for Radiologists
November 14, 2012 The fee-for-service model, which has been in place for decades, is again being challenged at the federal level.

The Medical Group of the Future
October 25, 2012 After three days of absorbing remarkably rich content at the Medical Group Management Association annual meeting, I humbly...

Do You Know an EHR Game Changer? Annual Contest Now Underway
October 23, 2012 Nominations are now being accepted for the 3rd Annual EHR Game Changers recognition program, created by Health Data Management...

Financial Healthcare Chickens Getting Close to Home—Literally
September 20, 2012 The Chicago Tribune published a story today that should give members of Congress—and the constituents they...

The United States of Denial
July 13, 2012 Which is worse? The Republican determination to kill the Affordable Care Act or the Democrats’ insistence that health...