This conflict—managing controls in an open environment—is where mere paper policy fails. Implementing proper governance requires one to take the “people” perspective to be the most effective: How can we help the developers to do their work more efficiently? What are their suggestions? And, how can we help them “not” make their work more bureaucratic and cumbersome? Read More »

Patient privacy laws can be complicated. But people have a right to talk about their experiences. Given that, should doctors be more transparent with patient reviews? Should they be allowed to prevent communities from reviewing them online? Read More »

In the developing world, lack of infrastructure prevents health workers from delivering efficient healthcare to rural areas...Many gaps and shortcomings of health systems can be addressed using simple, locally appropriate communication technologies. Read More »

With thousands of Wisconsinites out of work, stress increased on safety-net programs like BadgerCare Plus at a time when lost jobs has led to lost health insurance...The stimulus dollars provided by the federal government for that program have dried up. That leaves a $1.8 billion hole in the state's 2011-13 Medicaid budget... Read More »

InterSystems, producers of the Caché database, have launched Globals, a fast, proven, simple, flexible and free databases, 2 months ago. But after the initial announcement, I couldn’t find and didn’t hear much about it. This until Rob Tweed[1] and K.S.Bhaskar[2] took the time to explained some of the differences between InterSystems Globals and GT.M, both systems being implemented on top of the MUMPS Global Persistent Variables .
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The nation’s major health insurers are barreling into a third year of record profits, enriched in recent months by a lingering recessionary mind-set among Americans who are postponing or forgoing medical care...Yet the companies continue to press for higher premiums... Read More »

Free and open source software isn’t just a good way to program — it’s giving students a leg up in their education and job prospects. Here’s how. Read More »

The House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs subcommittee sliced $136 million or 4.3 percent from the $3.161 information technology budget requested by the Veterans Affairs Department for 2012. Read More »

Not-for-profit hospitals that have advanced IT systems--and/or have received quality awards--tend to be more profitable than other hospitals, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings. Read More »

We hope that the willingness of the Global Fund to discuss and admit it has a problem with health care corruption will make health care corruption a little less anechoic, and lead us closer to concrete steps to address it. Read More »