Category Archives: Health Information Technology

Wing of Zock to Host Next Health Care Social Media Review

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Wing of Zock will be hosting the next Health Care Social Media Review on April 24! #HCSM Review, curated by Health Works Collective, is intended to showcase posts about the importance of health care social media use to both patients and … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Engagement, Health Care Innovation, Health Information Technology, Leadership, Newsroom | Leave a comment

Can We Put the Hospital Marketing Genie Back in the Bottle?

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

By Joanne Conroy, MD I am old enough to remember when physicians did not advertise. It was considered a professional ethical issue. Hospital advertising consisted of institutional “We’re here” ads.  Anything aggressive by docs or hospitals was considered bad taste… … Continue reading →

Posted in Brainstorms, Future of AMCs, Health Information Technology | 2 Comments

How Should Medical Education Prepare Doctors for the Networked Age?

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

I suspect that if you like Wing of Zock, you might like Millennial Medicine, a transformative meeting on the future of medical education taking place on April 26, 2013, in the Texas Medical Center. Rice University Professor Kirsten Ostherr and … Continue reading →

Posted in Future of AMCs, Health Information Technology, Medical Education, Technology | 1 Comment

#CPHC

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

By Gail Zahtz Editor’s Note: In observance of DC Social Media Week (#SMWWDC), Wing of Zock presents a series of posts on popular Twitter chats with relevance to readers in academic medicine. It started on Twitter, 140 characters at a … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Engagement, Health Information Technology, Technology | 9 Comments

Can EHR Use Lower ER Use?

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

By Scott Harris Patients who can get in touch with their regular providers outside of normal business hours don’t visit the emergency room as often as those who can’t, according to a new study. A report published in December by … Continue reading →

Posted in Health Information Technology, Newsroom, Patient Access, Patient Engagement, Patient Safety | 1 Comment

The chicken or the egg: do electronic health records reduce malpractice claims?

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

By Ulfat Shaikh, MD Originally posted Sunday, January 13, 2013 Electronic health records (EHRs) are touted by believers to be the cure-all for clinical evils. They promise to improve communication between clinicians, increase the efficiency of visits, reduce costs, prevent … Continue reading →

Posted in Future of AMCs, Health Care Innovation, Health Information Technology, Newsroom, Patient Safety, Primary Care, Technology | 2 Comments

2013 Prediction: Device Connectivity Infrastructure Key to Health Care Vision

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

A guest post by Stuart Long, chief marketing and sales officer, Capsule Tech, Inc. on the Health Exchange Community Blog caught our eye the other day. Long blogs about what is next in the field of data innovation for hospitals in the … Continue reading →

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Is a “Black Swan” Living in Houston?

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

By James E. Lewis, PhD Black Swan technologies or events are characterized by surprise first. That is, knowledgeable observers, think there is no such “thing”, if, indeed, the “thing” has even been considered by them.  In this context, the term … Continue reading →

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Montefiore Medical Center Study Shows Strength of Simulation Training

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

By Sarah Sonies Pilots-in-training don’t have immediate access to the cockpit of a Boeing 757. They are first placed in a simulator, navigating through bad weather, mechanical failures, and other adverse conditions to gain experience handling possible crises in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Care Delivery Innovations, Future of AMCs, Health Care Innovation, Health Information Technology, Medical Education, Newsroom, Patient Safety, Professional Development, Quality Reporting, Technology | 1 Comment

Chart Review: A New Carnival for Academic Medicine Blogs

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Chart Review, our new monthly feature where the editors at Wing of Zock highlight our favorite blog posts from the previous month. We focus on blogs about academic medicine, whether from the perspective of … Continue reading →

Posted in Chart Review, Community Engagement, Health Information Technology, Human Capital/Management, Leadership, Professional Development, Quality Reporting, Research, Technology | 1 Comment