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The Direct Project has teeth, but it needs pseudonymity

How patient pseudonyms can inspire trust in the Direct Project's network.

by Fred Trotter | @fredtrotter | +Fred Trotter | August 24, 2012

Yesterday, Meaningful Use Stage 2 was released. You can read the final rule here and you can read the announcement here. As we read and parse the 900 or so pages of government-issued goodness, you can expect lots of commentary and discussion. Geek Doctor already has a summary and Motorcycle Guy can be expected to help us all…

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The state of Health Information Exchange in Massachusetts

Health IT and HIE advances in Massachusetts may lead to national shifts.

by Nate Osit | @NateOsit | +Nate Osit | June 21, 2012

Although health information exchange should be identified as a process, having the structures and organizations to facilitate exchange is a challenge facing health care. A recent conference articulated these issues, and presented clear plans on how Massachusetts is addressing them.

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The Direct Project in action

Houston's healthcare community is deploying a Direct Project pilot.

by Fred Trotter | @fredtrotter | +Fred Trotter | February 24, 2012

Jim Langabeer, CEO of Greater Houston Healthconnect, discusses the implementation goals and hurdles related to a Direct Project pilot program.

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Direct Project will be required in the next version of Meaningful Use

The Direct Project is poised to become the first health Internet platform.

by Fred Trotter | @fredtrotter | +Fred Trotter | February 23, 2012

Given the way that healthcare is financed in the U.S., it's reasonable to expect that many doctors will have a Direct email address to communicate with other doctors and their patients in a few years.

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SMART challenge and P4: open source projects look toward the broader use of health records

by Andy Oram | @praxagora | +Andy Oram | March 23, 2011

Many of the building blocks have recently fallen into place for
seamless data exchange between a patient and multiple care
organizations to support such things as real-time interventions in
patient behavior and better clinical decision support.

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