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A Tale Of Two IT Procurements

David Blumenthal | The Health Care Blog | November 24, 2013

Recently, the President of the United States, the most powerful person on earth, the man whose finger rests on the nuclear button, struck a bold blow for . . . procurement reform? Read More »

AMA Says EHRs Create 'Appalling Catch-22' For Docs

Tom Sullivan | Government Health IT | May 3, 2013

As the healthcare industry moves to EHRs, the medical record has essentially been reduced to a tool for billing, compliance, and litigation that also has a sustained negative impact on doctors' productivity, according to Steven J. Stack, MD, chair of the American Medical Association’s board of trustees. Read More »

Commentary: It’s Time For Congress To Take On Patent Trolls

Gary Shapiro | Nextgov | August 5, 2013

Innovation is the backbone of the American Dream. Our nation has always encouraged entrepreneurs to turn their inventive and problem-solving ideas into the successful enterprises that drive our economy and create jobs. [...] Read More »

ED Physician Executive Slams EHRs

Scott Mace | HealthLeaders Media | January 28, 2014

Electronic health records "are not effective communications tools—not effective at all," says a self-avowed technology optimist who holds a dim view of current EHR capabilities, but has hopes for better systems to come. Read More »

EHR Rollout Gone Wrong In Rural Kansas

Genevieve Beaudoin | Healthcare IT News | September 14, 2012

Dispute between Cerner and Girard Medical Center goes to arbitration. One year after Cerner abandoned its EHR implementation project at Girard Medical Center, the two don't appear to be any closer to a settlement of their legal struggle. Read More »

FACT SHEET - Executive Actions: Answering The President’s Call To Strengthen Our Patent System And Foster Innovation

Press Release | The White House | February 20, 2014

FACT SHEET - Executive Actions: Answering the President’s Call to Strengthen Our Patent System and Foster Innovation Read More »

Hospital Takes EHR Heavyweight To Court

Erin McCann | Healthcare IT News | January 6, 2014

A rural Montana hospital has filed suit against big name electronic health record system provider NextGen Healthcare, alleging the company violated its contract by both failing to install an EHR system by the set deadline and not providing a system that meets 2014 federal meaningful use criteria. Read More »

How Congress Is Aiming To Defang Patent Trolls

Tim Fernholz | Quartz | October 24, 2013

A new bill in the US Congress is aimed at curbing firms that buy patents and use them aggressively to extract licensing fees—a.k.a. patent trolls. Read More »

Minimizing Legal Liability Or Upholding The Mission? - The Markingson Case Redux

Roy M. Poses | Health Care Renewal | March 15, 2013

There are new, and troubling developments in the long running case of Dan Markingson, the psychiatric patient and research subject who committed suicide while enrolled in a trial of anti-psychotic drugs at the University of Minnesota nearly 10 years ago. Read More »

Montana Hospital Sues Developer Over Electronic Health-Record Certification

Joseph Conn | Modern Healthcare | January 7, 2014

A small Montana hospital may be among the first of many providers to go to court to resolve their frustrations with electronic health record systems developers that are either lagging or failing to update their software to the new, more stringent testing and certification requirements of the federal EHR incentive payment program. Read More »

Patents As Weapons: How 1-800-CONTACTS Is Using The Patent System To Kill An Innovative Startup

Mike Masnick | Techdirt | April 26, 2013

We've talked many times about how patents are often used as weapons to kill innovative startups that threaten legacy players. Ryan alerts us to a perfect example of this in practice. 1-800-CONTACTS, the giant online contact lens/glasses space, is trying to kill off an upstart innovative competitor called Ditto... Read More »

Transit Agencies Are Finally Fighting Back Against An Infamous Patent Troll

Emily Badger | The Atlantic Cities | June 26, 2013

For several years now, a curious company called ArrivalStar – which has no website, appears to produce nothing, and is oddly registered in Luxembourg – has been systematically suing public transit agencies in the United States. [...] Read More »

Why Most Brazilian Women Get C-Sections

Olga Khazan | The Atlantic | April 14, 2014

In many parts of the world, women are having more Cesarean sections than medically necessary. Recent abuses of pregnant women in Brazil have sparked a small, vocal movement of activists who want mothers to have more say in the delivery room. Read More »