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Who should Own a Patient’s Health Data, Where should they be Stored, and How should they be... by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A thought-provoking conversation on LinkedIn ( see this link ) examines whether the patient data stored in the national health information network (NHIN) will, within the next ... Read on »

Screenshots of Two Novel Health IT Programs by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In an effort to "raise the bar" of health IT creativity and utility, I'm posting screenshots of two novel health IT software programs we've been developing: the Life ... Read on »

Simple, Low-Cost, Secure Health Data Exchange by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The following diagram presents our novel, economical way to exchange patient health information, from anywhere, easily and securely. The system uses Microsoft Office to send c ... Read on »

Health IT: Comparing Cloud Computing and Desktop Applications (Part 2) by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy This post is a continuation of the debate about the pros and cons of Cloud versus Desktop computing, which starts at this link. The cloud computing expert I've been debating ... Read on »

Health IT: Comparing Cloud Computing and Desktop Applications by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I just responded to a comment posted to Linked-In at this link. The comment began: Health care IT is moving from desktop application to complex multi-faceted Enterprise system ... Read on »

Promoting Community Wellbeing by Fostering Mind-Body-Spirit Development by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I just submitted an idea to the Changemakers, an organization that describes itself as "...a community of action where we all collaborate on solutions." They are loo ... Read on »

Increasing Global Empathy by Understanding the Essence of Humanity by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy For the past three decades, I've been envisioning ways to foster the realization of positive human potential and wellbeing. Toward that end, I've long imagined a world where p ... Read on »

Convergence of 3 Core Healthcare Reform Issues: American values, personal responsibility, and... by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy This post is a submission to the Hastings Center's Values and Health Reform Connection, a new group blog on American values and why they matter in health reform. In th ... Read on »

Live Video of our Node-to-Node, Publisher/Subscriber Architecture in Action! by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Two weeks ago, at this link, I discussed the need for a convenient, low-cost, resource conserving, and secure way to exchange patient health information using a decentralized ... Read on »

An article I posted on the HealthCare Technology Forum: Dueling Data Formats by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I recently became a founding member of the new HealthCare Technology Forum (HTF), which is a virtual space where people involved in health IT, from around the world, can meet ... Read on »

A Conversation with Dr. Pandey on Healthcare Transformation by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Dr. "Ravi" Pandey is president of BIPRO Inc., a consulting company, which focuses helping organizations across the globe to achieve sustainable growth in performance ... Read on »

Evidence-Based Practice and Psychotherapy by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy An e-mail recently sent to members of OpenMinds.com raised three questions about the implementation of evidence based practice (EBP) in the field of psychotherapy. As a clinic ... Read on »

American Values and Healthcare Reform by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Chris Fleming of Health Affairs recently posted and article about American values and health reform at this link. In it he writes: During the current health reform debate, bot ... Read on »

Personal Responsibility: A Thorny Issue in Healthcare Transformation by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In my last post— Criteria for a Sustainable Health System —Cindy Weinmann made this excellent comment about personal responsibility.Principles are interesting and ... Read on »

Criteria for a Sustainable Health System by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy On his blog, Vijay Goel, M.D. posted five criteria for a sustainable health system. He wrote: Sustainable health reform requires a solid foundation…unfortunately the pr ... Read on »

Kudos to Dr. Blumenthal! by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy As reported at this link in a new items item titled "Blumenthal calls for more study on uses of health IT," Dr. David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health ... Read on »

A Novel Way to Exchange Patient Health Information by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy An interesting post on THCB by Margalit Gur-Arie—titled "What if I Had to do HIT All Over Again?"—critiques the very large, very expensive and very clunk ... Read on »

A Principled and Pragmatic Approach to Healthcare Reform by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy On 8/13/09, Paul Begala's Washington Post article titled Progress Over Perfection made the case that our country needs the "right blend of principle and pragmatism" ... Read on »

A Quick Way to Rein in Medical Costs by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I've been participating in an excellent conversation on healthcare reform between healthcare providers, patients, and others, which has been taking place at this link. In this ... Read on »

Empathy, Taxes, Personal Responsibility, and Healthcare Reform – A Timely Debate (part 2) by Steve Beller Doctor of Philosophy

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In a prior post, I examined the how empathy (i.e., the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another), which is often lacking from the healthcare reform debate, ought to be a ... Read on »

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