“Paging Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard” Last week was a new experience for me in many ways. I attended the first annual Imprivata Healthcon user conference. And while this blog is about my experiences on the road representing RES at industry events and such, technically this week I was not “on the road”. Healthcon 2012 was hosted in my home town of Boston Massachusetts, right on the historic Charles River with splendid views of Harvard, MIT, Fenway Park and the Boston skyline. And the best part was, at the end of the day, I got to get into my car and go ... READ MORE>>

Turn your head and cough… It seems to me that more and more hospitals and healthcare organizations require sensitive patient information before you even describe what your ailment even is. The simple name and address form of yesteryear has easily turned into pages and pages of questions on everything from past medical history, contact information and even billing and payment data. Think about it this way. You go to the “Doctor” (even that is a loose definition these days) and before you even say my back hurts you are handed “the clipboard”, with a pen branded with a pharmaceutical company logo. You take your clipboard to a seat ... READ MORE>>