Beyond the Field of Dreams

Large organizations, including government agencies, universities, and companies, often develop new products and services for which the demand seems quite low. These mystery launches recall the mantra popularized by the 1989 film “Fields of Dreams”: “if we build it, they will come.” Even in the fantasy world of the movie, it was clear that building […]

Blue Button Technology: Empowering Patients

Blue Button technology, an electronic link gives patients the ability to download his or her entire medical history from their service provider’s EHR site, is soon to be made a standard feature available to all federal healthcare recipients.  First implemented in the trailblazing Veterans’ Administration My HealtheVet EHR system, the technology is a huge step forward in […]