Matthew Grob, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, Solution Partner, EMC Consulting

Home is where the heart is ... monitored

February 28, 2012
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Matthew Grob, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Gaius Plinius Secundus, a Roman philosopher better known as Pliny the Elder (or just Pliny to his friends), said “Home is where the heart is.” Almost 2,000 years later, who would have thought home is where the heart - and other organs - could also be monitored and managed? More

The perils of mobile health

 February 10, 2012
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Matthew Grob, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
I promised readers a follow-up to my last entry, “Look Ma, No Wires” but I thought that with the upcoming HIMSS annual conference and the number of people in one place who will be relying on mobile devices while away from the office, it was a good opportunity to make people aware of the perils of using these devices. More

Look, Ma - no wires!

January 26, 2012
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Matthew Grob, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
I started thinking about what will happen when my kids look back at videos shot when they were young. What about those images will look old-fashioned to them? And I realized that they would ask me one simple question – “What’s with all the wires?” More

Getting 'Siri-ious' about healthcare

 January 12, 2012
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Matthew Grob, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
With increasing focus on the patient’s role in accountable care, particularly around management of chronic conditions, I decided to see how Siri could help a healthcare consumer in that regard. More