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Improving on Principles
In a world full of contrasting theories and bittersweet concepts, I have a single favorite: The Peter Principle. The Peter Principle is most commonly known in the context of bureaucracy, for which it concludes that competence is destined for failure. The example goes...
Epic’s CHR plans are off the (Block)chain!
Epic needs to make sure that any editing of a specific CHR record (or ledger, using the above example) is completed throughout the network to maintain source-of-truth. Then there’s a concern about keeping that source centrally, in a single place. Even with secondary...
Friending by Numbers.
As the adage goes: "You can pick your friends, but you can't pick how many". Well, doesn't sound quite right, but turns out it's very true. It's not your fault though, it's just Dunbar’s Number. How many acquaintances can you handle? 150, give or take. The number is...
Women-Owned Business: Top 50!
Indulge us for a moment, if you would. In a rare moment of hubris, VOV Enterprises would like to congratulate ourselves on being listed in the January 19th, 2018 edition of the Rochester Business Journal, ranking in the Top-50 Women-Owned Businesses. Top...
The Road to Health is Paved with Good Intestines. *
If the US is spending 5% more GDP on healthcare than the next highest country, what’s the cause? The findings were fairly conclusive; Administration Costs and Pharmaceuticals are bearing the force. I have this strange drive to at least comprehend ninety-percent of...
Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.
VOV Enterprises has returned from our first-ever showing at HIMSS18. If you were there and had a chance to stop in and meet us, we sincerely appreciate you taking the time. If you didn’t, lucky for you our smiling faces can be found on our Contact Page. As the...
Being A Data Guy, I Want To Help You
The first thing you’ll realize as you start reading this: you already know infinitely more about the healthcare industry than I do. I not only admit this freely, but I think it’s an important distinction to be made. Furthermore, it’s one that might make my perspective...
Data Corruption, Data Corruption
I was an intern at the University of Chicago, barely awake after a long night of call in the ICU. As I was presenting a new admission from the prior evening to the attending, he mercifully stopped me in my tracks while I was relaying numbers from the ventilator and...
The Future of Healthcare
In this period of dramatic change in the delivery of healthcare, the 2017 Becker’s conference was a great opportunity to gain valuable insight and information on the trends affecting our industry. Here are a few thoughts we came away with: Emerging Trends In...
Why VOV?
Welcome to VOV’s first blog post. Let’s spend this first one giving you a bit of our company’s story – who we are, what we do and why, and how we think we fit into healthcare today.