On a recent post titled " Improving Preventive Care Compliance " I nudged my clinical colleagues to be more proactive in reminding patients about needed preventive services. I made comparisons to service notifications that are typical in other industries...

Last week I received a postcard from my auto dealer. It was time to bring my car in for service.  They also send me email reminders and call me should I fail to make an appointment.  I get similar reminders from my dentist.  I even get...

Last week I was invited to provide the luncheon keynote to a group of hospital and health system executives in San Francisco. They had gathered under the auspices of The Leadership Institute to share best practices and hear from a select group of outside...

On several occasions , I've told you about some excellent work that is being done to help define a common user interface for clinical applications. This work addresses the important patient safety and user dissatisfaction issues that arise when clinicians...

Regular HealthBlog readers know that I'm a huge proponent of eHealth and tele-health as a means to extend healthcare information and services to citizens around the globe. In my world travels I see plenty of evidence that we are entering a new age in...

Yesterday, I had the great honor to provide the opening keynote for eHealth Canada in Vancouver, BC. Although I accepted the invitation to speak at the conference almost a year ago, nobody had to twist my arm. I always enjoy my visits to Vancouver. I...