Healthcare IT Guy
Blog URL http://www.healthcareguy.com
Located Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Tags healthcare, medical, technology, information, devices, database
This blog features healthcare IT news and opinion, expert commentary, tips, tricks, and free technology strategy advice.
Latest Blog Posts
- Guest Article: Open Source EMRs for free clinics on Nov 15, 2009 in Uncategorized
Kevin Clifford and I were chatting about his experiences in taking a Michigan-area free clinic live on an open source EMR and I was very interested to share it with others. Kevin said he volunteered at the free clinic because he wanted to serve his c...
- Don’t drink the Kool-Aid: It’s ok to be afraid of bloated EMRs and ease into medical technology on Nov 15, 2009 in Uncategorized
SoftwareAdvice.com recently posed the following questions to its readers in a survey format: “Are more doctors buying electronic medical records than before? Or, has the Stimulus bill only brought out the tire kickers?“. The results of th...
- Breaking into the Healthcare IT job market on Nov 11, 2009 in Uncategorized
One of the most popular questions that I am routinely asked about is how to get a job in the (now hot again) healthcare IT market. I was doing a little poking around on JuJu.com, a job search engine, and the nice folks there gave me some interesting...
- And there were 2: Drummond Group Plans to Certify Electronic Health Records on Nov 5, 2009 in Miscellaneous
I saw this on PRweb today: Drummond Group Inc. announced today that it will submit to become a certifying body upon the release of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) requirements for certifying bodies for E...
- And then there were 2: Drummond Group Plans to Certify Electronic Health Records on Nov 5, 2009 in Miscellaneous
I saw this on PRweb today: Drummond Group Inc. announced today that it will submit to become a certifying body upon the release of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) requirements for certifying bodies for E...
- DeepDyve: Like iTunes for Scientific and Medical Papers & Research on Oct 29, 2009 in Miscellaneous
John Biggs at TechCrunch says DeepDyve is like iTunes for Scientific and Papers. The DeepDyve site, launched today, offers full-text search of scientific articles along with 99 cent downloads and a subscription service that allows you to read as many...
- Health Wonk Review: Killer viruses and the undead public option on Oct 29, 2009 in Miscellaneous
This week’s Health Wonk Review (our Health Policy and IT Carnival) is available at Tinker Ready’s Boston Health Blog. It’s got lots of scary photos but don’t let that keep you from seeing what’s going on this week.




