Unity Farm Journal - Third Week of February 2016

A few years ago, I wrote about keeping warm in New England when  alpine climbing in -40F weather. Over the weekend at Unity Farm, it was -35...

Enabling Nationwide Interoperability

Today’s post is co-written by Micky Tripathi, CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, and me. It’s been over 10 years since ONC head...

Unity Farm Journal - Second Week of February 2016

Stormaggedon arrived this week.    Heavy, wet snow covered the entire farm like a paste, breaking trees, puncturing holes in the hoop house,...

Embracing the Cloud

As I have written about previously, CIOs across the country are telling me that expectations for IT delivery are at an all time high.    Mor...

Unity Farm Journal - First Week of February 2016

The germination station I built last week has worked fabulously.  500 sprouts of romaine, bibb, boston, greenhouse, and red lettuce are grow...

On the Road to Interoperability, Industry Collaboration Drivers Wanted

The following is a guest blog post from Tom Skelton, CEO, Surescripts.     I've asked the leaders of number of health information exchan...

Unity Farm Journal - Fourth Week of January 2016

We’ve passed the coldest part of winter and already our thoughts are focused on the germination of our Spring crops and planning for the gro...

The Senate HELP Committee Draft Legislation

On January 20, Senators Alexander and Murray released the  Bipartisan Senate Health Committee Staff Draft of Bill to Help Improve Health Inf...

Unity Farm Journal- Third Week of January 2016

The farm is covered with snow and it’s 10F.   The yearly 3rd week of January chill has arrived.   The chickens and guineas are roosted in th...

Passing the Baton

After 10 years of work, today I passed the baton of leadership for US standards harmonization efforts to Arien Malec and Lisa Gallagher.   H...

The Future of Meaningful Use Stage 3

This morning, thirty-one healthcare organizations sent the following letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell.   Given the recent comments of ...

Unity Farm Journal - Second Week of January 2016

I’ve finished the University of Massachusetts winter semester and submitted my final homestead map - pictured below. It contains: *Woodshed ...

Unity Farm Journal - First Week of January 2016

The citizens of Unity Farm have experienced a deep freeze this week - nightly temperatures in the single digits.   How have they fared? The ...

Keeping Your Equanimity in 2016

2016 is a year when CIOs will feel even more overwhelmed than last year - demand will exceed supply (no matter what your budget), the pressu...

Unity Farm Journal - 5th week of December 2015

It’s been a great first week with pigs.  Hazel Marie, the 100 pound two year old pot belly, experienced her first snowfall.   Although I’m b...

The 2016 Standards Advisory

ONC recently released the 2016 Standards Advisory.  I think this document is more important than Meaningful Use or Certification in acceler...

Unity Farm Journal - Fourth Week of December 2015

Last week I mentioned the Unity Farm Christmas list. I’ve been an avid student of permaculture - creating an ecologically sustainable farm t...