On today’s show, we talk about USAC’s rural health program and the process that healthcare providers must undertake to receive subsidies for critical telecommunications links to rural facilities. Even if you work in a large metropolitan area, if your hospital or clinic is partnering with smaller facilities or has outreach facilities located in rural parts …
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Apr
18
Analysis of ARRA Funding for Health IT
For today’s podcast, I did some research at http://www.recovery.gov , looking for recipient reports for “Health IT”. The results were pretty interesting. In the show, I talk about some of the information that I found, some trends that I saw, and talk about a few of the more humorous projects (like one for the study …
Mar
17
FCC National Broadband Plan Report Analysis
As many of you are no doubt aware, the Federal Communications Commission released their much anticipated National Broadband Plan on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The plan is about 360 pages long and includes a lot of good information about the current state of broadband in the United States, as well as some ideas on what …
Feb
19
Are IT Certifications Worth Anything?
On this podcast, I talk about various technology certifications and their value to the IT organization. Everyone wants to know, “what is the best IT certification to get”. Personally, I think that certifications have lost some of their luster over the years, primarily because the role of the IT organization has changed from being a …
Jan
18
Tactics versus Strategy – Continued Discussion
Last month’s podcast regarding transitioning from a tactical to strategic organization received a number of emails. However, one email was a from a CIO of a mid-sized, multi-facility institution that recently lost his job, because of all things…he was too focused to strategy. After spending some time writing back and forth, I decided that I …
Oct
14
How Do You Use Consultants?
I would like that thank all of you that have listened to the podcast with Maj McClung and LTC Curee from Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Ft. Gordon, GA. That podcast’s topic was “who owns the EHR / EMR”, and it has by far been the most popular show here at ITPodcast.org since …
Aug
12
Who owns the EMR / EHR
On this show, I have an interview with U.S. Army Major Eric McClung and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Curee. Maj. McClung is the Chief Information Officer for Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Ft. Gordon, GA. LTC Curee is the Regional CIO for the Southeast Regional Medical Command (SERMC). Our discussion is about who owns …
Jul
03
ARRA and “Meaningful Use”
As I said on the last show, the Kuskokwim River break up here in Bethel, Alaska brought around some great fishing and hunting, and it has been a busy project season at work as well. The best part is the sunset at 1:00am, with the perpetual dusk and dawn, there is always enough light outside to …
Feb
10
Who’s it gonna be for HHS Secretary?
On this podcast, I talk about who will be selected as the nominee for the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary now that Senator Dascle has withdrawn from the process. If you listen to this show, then you are probably watching this selection as closely as I am. This whole show is dedicated to the …
Nov
09
Express Scripts Gets an Extortion Letter
On today’s show, I go through our typical overview of some of the most pressing stories that have the potential to affect what is happening in the world of healthcare IT, and I talk a bit about what recently happened to Express Scripts and the attempt to extort money from the company as their patient …
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