Archive for August, 2010

Men, Directions and Data Governance

Men hate asking for directions. Does this tendency affect how they perform data governance tasks? Jarrett Goldfedder explores the phenomenon.

Ideas towards Smarter Healthcare

Marty brainstorms some ideas of how data management, data governance and data quality initiatives can work towards building smarter healthcare.

Two States, Two Approaches to HIE

Chad examines two very different approaches to building a statewide health information exchange. New Jersey and New Mexico face the same challenge but are employing different tactics to foster data exchange success.

“A Thousand Flowers Blooming”: Springtime for HIEs

The recent federal announcement of $547 million in grants released to facilitate health information exchanges (HIEs) at the state level is like spring hitting the data exchange landscape. How can state designated entities and HIEs make the most of the grant money? Lorraine Fernandes explains.