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In July of 1776, John Adams wrote a letter to his wife, Abigal Adams.  John laid down his vision of how America’s independence should be celebrated by generations to come and cordially offered up ways and methods: “[Independence Day]...

By Julie Mann on April 16, 2019 First period: Experiencing the Pain As a college intern, I worked for a minor league hockey team in the marketing department, where I fulfilled traditional public relations duties and various others, such...

  “Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make a difference.” – Mike Schmoker, former school administrator, English teacher and football coach, author. In the first of our series...

“To them though, not to us, we were just a catalyst for their imagination.” – Donald Sutherland With the upcoming mandates towards value-based healthcare reimbursements, patient care delivery and purchasing models, healthcare organizations will have to assume accountability towards...

Last Friday, it was a little after 8:00am and as I was sitting in a coffee bar in the A terminal of the Atlanta airport, after my scheduled Thursday 9:35pm departure to Syracuse was rescheduled for a 9:11am departure...

The road to a failed value-based program is paved with good intentions.  Many ‘fee-for-service to value-based’ transformations stall because leaders can’t show their stakeholders the value of their strategy.  Patiently building a strong business case can prove return on...

After spending decades in roles associated with deploying healthcare information technology solutions in both acute care and ambulatory settings, I’d venture to say that it’s relatively straightforward to make a judgement on technical success. But after that evaluation, customers...

I joined the Holon Solutions team of innovators almost a year ago.  I was impressed with the healthcare technology they created to solve an old problem: interoperability.  A result of the old problem: frustrated clinical users – spending more...

I have been in healthcare information technology for over twenty years.  It’s been quite the evolution in a very short time – from all paper to Electronic Medical Records, to Health Information Exchanges, to realizing a fully interoperable patient...