Interoperability and Health IT

01/13/23

January 13, 2023

You may think that a weekly blog featuring movie vignettes would, on this particular Friday, invoke one of the twelve Friday the 13th movies produced since 1980. Alas, we are…

07/8/22

July 8, 2022

We all have our version of going to church. It is the place you go so you can feel good in not-so-good times. Sometimes, church is cranking AC/DC in your…

06/24/22

June, 24 2022

If you’re a French bulldog, you’re understandably upset this week. Winston the Frenchie lost the Best in Show prize to a slobbery bloodhound named Trumpet at the 2022 Westminster Dog…

06/17/22

June 17, 2022

It feels like 1993 in here. We’ve got Laura Dern, Sam Neill, and Jeff Goldblum coming together again in the latest Jurassic Park movie: Jurassic World Dominion. We are also…

06/3/22

June 3, 2022

Life is complicated — even strange. The news is full of violent, sad, and frustrating truths, and yet this month is also filled with celebratory graduation ceremonies for young people…

05/20/22

May 20, 2022

Did you miss us? We didn’t post anything last week because it was Friday the 13th and we didn’t want to tempt fate. But on this day in 1932, Amelia…

05/6/22

May 6, 2022

Now that we have a president who resembles a cardboard box more than a one-man hurricane, we are seeking our current news event drama elsewhere. The last couple of weeks…

04/29/22

April 29, 2022

On April 27, 2022, the HHS Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) celebrated its 18th birthday. ONC shares its birthday with Eric Schmidt, who knows quite a…

04/22/22

April 22, 2022

It is no secret that trying to fix the healthcare system is challenging. When things are complicated, it is helpful when people articulate clear messages — like when Tom Hanks…

03/18/22

March 18, 2022

March is an odd time of year, with Chicago making its river green on purpose, the Senate trying to make Daylight Savings Time an all-the-time thing, and the weather unable…