Biography for Dan Bowman
Dan Bowman serves as senior editor of all of Fierce's Health IT publications (FierceHealthIT, FierceMobileHealthcare, FierceEMR and FierceMedicalImaging), and contributes to Fierce's other healthcare publications. Prior to joining FierceMarkets in 2008, Dan worked as a sports copy editor for several newspapers, including the Washington Post and the Washington Times. He's a huge basketball fan (playing and watching), religiously follows the Knicks and loves a good book. He's based at FierceMarkets' main office in Washington, D.C., and can be reached at dbowman@fiercemarkets.com. You can also follow his tweets @FierceHealthIT and find him on LinkedIn.
Articles by Dan Bowman
Mostashari: Study on e-access and medical imaging doesn't get all the facts
National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, M.D., wrote a scathing post Tuesday on the Health IT Buzz blog in response to the study published this week in Health Affairs that concluded that
CSC agrees to provide EHRs to the U.K.
Despite the U.K. Parliament's determination last summer that the National Health Service's investment in Computer Sciences Corporation to provide electronic health records to providers in that
Mostashari to Brailer: 'Tremendous movement' ahead for Health IT
National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, M.D., predicted 40 percent of primary care providers will have a basic electronic health record by the end of this year and that half will have
Docs more likely to order additional imaging tests with electronic access
Technology isn't necessarily a cure-all for rising healthcare costs, if a new study published in the March issue of Health Affairs is any indication. According to the study, electronic access to
Facebook posts to increase patient engagement
Shared patient stories and contests are two of nine kinds of Facebook posts that can increase patient engagement at hospitals, according to MedCity News. Mayo Clinic, for instance, is known to
NIH's Genetic Testing Registry up and running
Last week, the National Institutes of Health launched its online Genetic Testing Registry, according to iHealthBeat. The registry will allow users--doctors, researchers and consumers--to search for
Impact of Meaningful Use Stage 2 will be far-reaching
Now that the dust has settled from the announcement Meaningful Use Stage 2, various healthcare professionals, bloggers and vendors, by now, all have weighed in with their take on the proposed rule.
Data mining tool helps researchers sift through radiology report images, text
While data mining has been a hot button issue of late, with some hospitals criticized for using information gathered from patient records to market to well-to-do patients, researchers in Germany
Researchers using IT to simulate clinical trials for newborn screenings
New research set to be conducted by the University of Michigan could affect the kinds of tests used to screen newborns for various harmful diseases and disorders, the school announced this week. The
Survey: ICD-10 delay could be 'catastrophic'
A one-year ICD-10 delay would be "costly, but manageable," but a two-year delay could be "catastrophic," according to respondents of a recent survey conducted by data exchange technology developer
