- Wanted in Healthcare: More Wireless Devices for In-Home Patients
- Electronic health records improve care, but don’t save money
- The Disparity Information and Communication Technology for Developing Countries has in the Delivery of Healthcare Information
- Government Should Slow Down Race To Implement Electronic Health Records
- DoD yanked from health records project
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10 Most read 2013 articles week 5 May 2013
ICMCC Publications
ICMCC Bookseries
Future Visions on Biomedicine and Bioinformatics
Now available:
Handbook of Digital Homecare – Successes and Failures
Bos L, Dumay A, Goldschmidt L, Verhenneman, G. Yogesan K, Editors
Future Visions on Biomedicine and Bioinformatics
A Liber Amicorum in Memory of Swamy Laxminarayan. Part 1; Part 2
Bos L, Carroll D, Kun L, Marsh A, Roa L.M, Editors
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Announcement
I would like to thank all our readers for their loyalty to this site!
As you might have noticed, updating the site has slowed down considerably. I have been critically ill last September and had to pick up life almost from scratch. And I am still in recovery mode. It remains questionable if I ever will get back to what I have been doing before.
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Health and Techology
The Volume 3 Number 1 has been published
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A survey of research in WBAN for biomedical and scientific applications
Bhavneesh Malik and V. R. Singh
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Latest Blog
AHA-Erlebnis
Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC
Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC
I am not a US citizen, so I can’t officially react to the latest news from the US patient access front nor put my opinion on the “protest page“. What is going on. First see this post from the Healthcare IT News and following see the post my friend e-Patient Dave wrote about it.
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Supported Calls
Medicon 2013 (CfP)
Medicon 2013
Medicon 2013
CfP has been extended till May 10, 2013.
The general theme of MEDICON 2013 is “Research and Development of Technology for Sustainable Healthcare”. This decade is being characterized by the appearance and use of emergent technologies under development. This situation has produced a tremendous impact on Medicine and Biology from which it is expected an unparalleled evolution in these disciplines towards novel concept and practices. The consequence will be a significant improvement in health care and well-fare, i.e. the shift from a reactive medicine to a preventive medicine. This shift implies that the citizen will play an important role in the healthcare delivery process, what requires a comprehensive and personalized assistance. In this context, society will meet emerging media, incorporated to all objects, capable of providing a seamless, adaptive, anticipatory, unobtrusive and pervasive assistance.
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News
Last 2 Days
The Explosion of Computing Power
Source: David Ellis, H&HN Daily
“Accelerating advances in computing will affect health care. More computing power equals more automation; greater efficiency; lower costs; better clinical, administrative and logistical decisions; better clinical research and understanding; and, ultimately, better care for the patient and better support for those delivering that care — those left standing, that is, after the tsunami hits.
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Why EHRs are Data Systems, Not Information Systems
Source: Daniel Essin, Physicians Practice
“If your house is burning, you want the fire department ASAP. If you called the number for the fire department and got street sweeping or business licenses instead, you would be in big trouble. Words matter.
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Making Sense of Big Data in Pharma
Source: Thomson Reuters
“In this video, Andreas Matern, Vice President Disruptive Innovation, talks about how Thomson Reuters can apply a “little data” approach to your internal information. Helping you to find exactly what you’re looking for and generate new insights to drive innovation at your organization.”
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Study: Smartphone-enabled dermatology is comparable, less comprehensive
Source: Jonah Comstock, mobihealthnews
“A small validation study in Sweden suggests that teledermatology, conducted using an iPhone, a dedicated app, and a connected dermascope, can be roughly as effective as a face-to-face dermatology consultation.
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How can EHRs engage patients by integrating medical devices?
Source: Kyle Murphy, EHR Intelligence
“Patients with diseases such as diabetes produce valuable data regularly, some of which can prevent serious medical events from escalating if providers are able to intervene more quickly and directly. For these patients, medical device integration and patient engagement are seemingly one and the same.
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15% Of Physicians Declining EHRs: Deloitte Survey
Source: Ken Terry, InformationWeek
“Nearly all U.S. doctors responding to a recent Accenture survey said they use electronic health records (EHRs). But a new report from Deloitte shows a somewhat different picture: Just two-thirds of physicians said they have an EHR capable of showing Meaningful Use (MU), and 45% of the remaining third, or about 15% of all respondents, said they have no plans to purchase an EHR that meets MU criteria.
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Mobile technology could save billions of dollars on health care costs
Source: Rebecca Grant, Venture Beat
“Mobile devices could save the medical industry and consumers billions of dollars a year.
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Previous News Posts
Personal Health Record Use by Adolescents
Source: John D. Halamka, MedCity News
“In response to many questions about PHR use by adolescents, I asked Fabienne Bourgeois, the expert at Children’s Hospital Boston, to write this guest blog post –
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Don’t Forget: Electronic Health Records Are Benefiting Patients
Source: John Halamka and John P. Hoyt, iHealthBeat
“Since its passage three years ago, some in Congress have sought every opportunity to reduce funding related to the Affordable Care Act. It’s no surprise that the recent round of sequester cuts have targeted elements of health care technology infrastructure, including the health insurance marketplaces that are meant to be online later this year.
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Consumer Preferences Could Pressure Docs Toward EHR Adoption: Deloitte
Source: Brian T. Horowitz, eWeek
“Along with federal mandates and pressure from insurers, consumers’ views that doctors are not modern could be the push they need to implement health IT.
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On EHR data integrity: A patient’s perspective
Source: Deborah Kohn, Government Health IT
“Now that portions of patient EHRs and visit summaries are available via portals and meaningful use requirements, not only will the organizations’ internal users be complaining about system flaws, poor configurations or outstanding training issues — but so will the external users, the patients and recipients of the health information.
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Computer scientist publishes new algorithm cluster to data mine health records
Source: PHYSorg
“The time may be fast approaching for researchers to take better advantage of the vast amount of valuable patient information available from U.S. electronic health records. Lian Duan, an NJIT computer scientist with an expertise in data mining, has done just that with the recent publication of “Adverse Drug Effect Detection,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (March, 2013).
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Big data could mean big health cost savings and better outcomes
Source: Ann O'Dea, Silicon Republic
“Picture a scenario where, by collecting the right data and using today’s sophisticated analytics, our health system could predict when a patient with chronic conditions might get very ill and require hospitalisation, and intervene before that happens, thus saving the health system millions, and improving the outcomes for patients. A pipe dream? No, it is actually happening in the Basque country in Spain, where an e-health pilot is using today’s big-data technologies to do just that.
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AMA: Skipping ICD-10 for ICD-11 is “not recommended”
Source: Jennifer Bresnick, EHR Intelligence
“The American Medical Association (AMA) has released a report clarifying its position on the idea of skipping ICD-10 altogether and moving straight to ICD-11 when it becomes available in an unknown number of years. While the AMA has been protesting the implementation of ICD-10 for some time, and continues to do so, the report states that moving straight to ICD-11 is “fraught with pitfalls” and “not recommended.”
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Telemedicine on track for a mainstream breakthrough
Source: Dan Bowman, FierceHealthIT
“All signs point to telemedicine entering the mainstream healthcare industry. Maybe it’s fresh on my mind because the American Telemedicine Association’s annual conference–which took place in Austin, Texas this year–just ended, but there’s more to it than that.
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Father of telemedicine: Take the exam room to patients
Source: Neil Versel, mobihealthnews
“Telehealth holds enormous potential for transforming healthcare, but, to telemedicine pioneer Dr. Jay Sanders, the primary barrier is not financial. Instead, physician and patient attitudes about healthcare and health itself must change, said Sanders, who often has been called the father of telemedicine.
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MU for mHealth? Why telemedicine should get better faster
Source: Jennifer Bresnick, EHR Intelligence
“You’re not done once you’ve implemented your EHR. Whether you’re interested in joining a health information exchange or you’re shifting into accountable care, the EHR is simply the first piece in a complex web of information technology systems that will help your patients take charge of their own wellness, keeping your quality measures high and your dollars in your pockets. The continuum of care doesn’t start and end with the information typed into your EHR during an office visit.
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Will ‘Direct’ Exchange Doom HIEs?
Source: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, Healthcare Info Security
“Will the use of the Direct Project secure messaging protocol for the exchange of health data end up killing off some struggling health information exchange organizations once HITECH Act funding for HIEs ends during 2014? That’s a question some observers are asking.
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EHR Adoption in a Critical Access Hospital: Lessons Learned
Source: Heather Punke, Becker's Hospital Review
“At the Becker’s Hospital Review 4th Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 11, Devin Carpenter, RN, assistant director of nursing at Parmer Medical Center in Friona, Texas, shared tips to follow for a successful electronic health record implementation.
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The Rise Of mHealth And EHR Use, And The World Of Telehealth – Around Healthcare Scene
Source: Katie Clark, EMR and HIPAA
“mHealth is on the rise, and it looks like usage of smart phones among physicians is following that same trend. A recent study shows that usage rose about nine percent in 2012, which shows that it is becoming more accepted in the medical world. It will be interesting to see if it increases even more this year (I have a feeling it might.)
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10 Most read 2013 articles week 5 May 2013
Source: Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC
- Wanted in Healthcare: More Wireless Devices for In-Home Patients
- Electronic health records improve care, but don’t save money
- The Disparity Information and Communication Technology for Developing Countries has in the Delivery of Healthcare Information
- Government Should Slow Down Race To Implement Electronic Health Records
- DoD yanked from health records project
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Mhealth study in Brazil shows tech can help the poor
Source:
“Researchers have found that this technology can be very helpful to people living in the slums of Rio.
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Private clinic’s web portal unlocks patient information, resulting in better care and cost savings
Source: Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun
“The clinic, Continuum Care Centre, provides family physicians, specialists, health care professionals and home care services to 15,000 patients. It was a pioneer in adopting electronic medical records a few years ago and its most recent innovation, in late January, is an Internet platform called Health eGateway.
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U.S. Doctors Ramp Up ‘Routine’ Use of EHRs, E-Prescribing: Report
Source: Brian T. Horowitz, eWeek
“U.S. doctors have increased their adoption of digital health records and electronic prescribing at twice the rate of other countries, an Accenture survey revealed.
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EMR and HIE Use Increases Among U.S. Doctors, Survey Finds
Source: Rajiv Leventhal, Healthcare Informatics
“Ninety-three percent of U.S. doctors report actively using electronic medical records (EMR), and nearly half (45 percent) of doctors surveyed said they regularly access clinical data outside their own organization, representing a 32 percent annual increase, according to consulting firm Accenture.
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Why Telemedicine Should Be Integrated With EHRs, ACOs
Source: Ken Terry, InformationWeek
“A veteran observer of telemedicine says that it’s time for the various technologies grouped under that rubric to be integrated with mainstream medicine so that patients can receive the appropriate care from the right provider at the right site of care, while reducing waste and duplication of effort.
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Finding the value in HIE, IT integration will push adoption: Q&A
Source: Jennifer Bresnick, EHR Intelligence
“What’s in it for me?” isn’t an unreasonable question when it comes to healthcare information technology. Providers are being asked to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on new IT systems, and finding the business case for these massive investments is crucial to spurring adoption and improving healthcare at its core.
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Science/Reports
Science: Last 7 Days
Recent Reports
Making Sense of Sensors: How New Technologies Can Change Patient Care
Source: Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, CHCF
“Wireless communication standards have allowed sensors to develop from traditional forms — those that require the active involvement of the patient in collecting data, transmitting it, or both — to passive forms that do not need patient participation. The most fully passive sensors can provide constant monitoring of a person’s vital signs or other measures, and store that data or send it wirelessly to a care team.
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Health Online 2013: survey data as vital sign
Source: Susannah Fox, Maeve Duggan, Pew Internet
“Survey data is a snapshot of a population, a moment captured in numbers, like vital signs: height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, etc. People build trend lines and watch for changes, shifting strategies as they make educated guesses about what’s going on. What’s holding steady? What’s spiking? What’s on the decline?
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National eHealth Strategy Toolkit
Source: WHO, ITU
“This National eHealth Strategy Toolkit reflects the growing impact that eHealth is bringing to the delivery of health care around the world today, and how it is making health systems more efficient and more responsive to people’s needs and expectations.
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mHealth Politics & Economics Country report 1: Spain
Source: mHealth Vodafone
“One of the main attractions of mHealth applications for both patients and healthcare providers is they can offer an alternative to a long stay in hospital followed by a complex discharge process.
This has a positive impact for patients, their carers and medical teams, and a new study in the Spanish region of Catalonia is aiming to assess these benefits on a significant scale.
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Social media “likes” healthcare: From marketing to social business
Source: PWC
“Social media is changing the nature and speed of health care interaction between consumers and health organizations. This in-depth HRI report dives into what some of the largest health care companies are doing in and with social media.
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Sweden Health system review
Source: WHO
“Life expectancy in Sweden is high and the country performs well in comparisons related to disease-oriented indicators of health service outcomes and quality of care. The Swedish health system is committed to ensuring the health of all citizens and abides by the principles of human dignity, need and solidarity, and cost–effectiveness. The state is responsible for overall health policy, while the funding and provision of services lies largely with the county councils and regions. The municipalities are responsible for the care of older and disabled people.
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E-health in low- and middle-income countries: findings from the Center for Health Market Innovations
Source: Lewis T et al, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 90(5)
Health systems in low- and middle-income countries continue to face considerable challenges in providing high-quality, affordable and universally accessible care. In response, policy-makers, donors and programme implementers are searching for innovative approaches to eliminate the geographic and financial barriers to health.
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Turkey HiT (2011)
Source: WHO
“The Health system profiles (HiTs) are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of health systems and of policy initiatives in progress or under development. HiTs examine different approaches to the organization, financing and delivery of health services and the role of the main actors in health systems.
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Communications for change
Source: FrontlineSMS and Text to Change
“SMS can be an extremely effective campaigning tool, helping to drive positive social change by increasing awareness of key issues and giving people the information they need to take their wellbeing into their own hands.
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What’s Next? Perspectives of Health Technology Officers
Source: Harry Greenspun, Andy Wiesenthal, Deloitte
“Health care information officers face myriad challenges as they work to address their organizations’ information technology (IT) needs, from ICD-10 conversion to adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), among others.
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Latest
- Making Sense of Big Data in Pharma
Thomson Reuters
21 May 2013
- mHealth in Indonesia
Rosa Kang, Health Market Innovations
17 July 2012
- NHS Patients want to Video Call their Doctors
3gdoctor, mHealth Insight
16 July 2012
AHA-Erlebnis
Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC, 3 May 2012
I am not a US citizen, so I can’t officially react to the latest news from the US patient access front nor put my opinion on the “protest page“. What is going on. First see this post from the Healthcare IT News and following see the post my friend e-Patient Dave wrote about it.
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Guest Post: WHCC – Washington, DC, April 16-18, 2012
Mike Popovich, STC/ICMCC, 20 April 2012
As a public health information technology consulting company, it seemed unusual for STC to attend the recent 9th Annual World Health Care Congress, a three-day conference supported by all major health insurance companies, clinical provider networks, and emerging Accountable Care Organizations. The attendee list reads like a who’s who of the health care industry, all working to improve patient care while tackling today’s challenges.
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Glad to be Dutch
Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC, 26 March 2012
This morning I had a mail in my inbox from my good friend e-patient Dave. He brought to my attention a new blog post he produced over the weekend. Dave was the one who initiated the phrase “Give me my damn data“.
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ICMCC News
I am proud to announce that during the weekend of 2-3 June 2012 we passed the 100,000 unique visitors on the ICMCC website in 2012.
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From Friday 22 April through Sunday 1 May, there will be limited updates to the ICMCC News Page, due to Easter break.
ICMCC Website in 2010
Unique visitors: 134,278.
Visits: 3,881,356.
Pageviews: 8,328,098.
Hits: 10,410,476.
Since 1 January 2007:
Visits: 5,008,283.
Pageviews: 14,173,004.
Hits: 19,628,750.
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March 2012
26,120 unique visitors.
278,002 visits.
704,789 pageviews.
823,304 hits.
In 2012:
Total unique visitors: 69,064.
Visits: 938,132.
Pageviews: 2,520,705.
Hits: 2,927,125.
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