Original Article by Melissa Harris, February 22nd, 2021 www.governmentciomedia.com Getting to interoperability standards is a journey, not a destination, and requires close collaboration with all parties. Federal health data officials called to view health information interoperability as a journey to be developed with end users and iterated over time rather than a major destination to [...]

Original Article by Ben Moscovitch, Project Director, Health Information Technology https://www.pewtrusts.org Survey shows clear majorities support better patient matching and access to records A survey released Sept. 16 shows that clear majorities of Americans support efforts to improve how their medical information is shared among doctors and clinicians, and that they want greater access to [...]

Original Article by www.smartmeetings.com Posted on December 22nd, 2020 Most of us, when asked to reflect on 2020, will quickly respond with “good riddance!” And there’s no doubt it has been the meetings industry’s most devastating year of our lifetimes. The economic losses, not to mention the personal ones, have been epic. It’s difficult to [...]

Original Article by www.theguardian.com Posted on December 21st, 2020 With many festive plans axed, Guardian readers share how they stay positive during trying times. With millions facing a last-minute cancellation of Christmas plans, and the UK still in the throes of a second wave of coronavirus, festive cheer feels hard to come by. We asked [...]

Original Article by www.cdc.gov Posted on December 13th, 2020 Now that there is an authorized and recommended vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in the United States, here are 8 things you need to know about the new COVID-19 Vaccination Program and COVID-19 vaccines. 1) The safety of COVID-19 vaccines is a top priority. The U.S. vaccine [...]

Original Article by www.auntminnie.com Posted on December 4th, 2020 RSNA 2020 Wrap-Up: Missing the RSNA Traditions With RSNA 2020 just concluded, what were the dominant themes at this week's virtual meeting? The editorial team of AuntMinnie.com offers some of their thoughts on what was hot this week -- and what they missed from the traditional [...]

Original Article by https://www.rsna.org Posted by Jennifer Allyn on October 26th, 2020 All virtual RSNA 2020 promises attendees a robust program full of Human Insight/Visionary Medicine While RSNA 2020's all-virtual annual meeting may feel different than previous meetings, attendees can count on RSNA to deliver a meaningful, interactive meeting experience and world-class programming to virtual [...]

Original Article by https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Posted by Irwin Redlener on November 23rd, 2020 Thanksgiving 2020 will surely be like no other in U.S. history. We are drifting increasingly into unprecedented territory as COVID-19 is raging out of control. The U.S. will certainly soon see a new, frightening milestone of 200,000 cases every day. Hospitalizations are increasing [...]