Another milestone on the journey forward…
Peter Neupert, Neupert on Health
“Over three years ago, we started on a journey — to empower consumers with tools to help make better health decisions and drive better health outcomes.
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Patients like me declare our health data rights
The Value of Openness
“We the people…have the right to our own health data.”
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Electronic Medical Records: What Parts Should Patients Be Able To Alter?
DrRob, Better Health
“I have heard a lot of talk about ownership of medical information. Bloggers like e-Patient Dave, and Robin are strong advocates for patient ownership of their information.
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A Declaration of Health Data Rights
Matthew Holt, The Health Care Blog
“THCB & Health 2.0 are happy to be a small part of a very important declaration, made today by a mix of patients, physicians, technologists and concerned citizens.
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A Dream of Reason
Brian Klepper and David Kibbe, The Health Care Blog
“Today’s unveiling of a Declaration of Health Data Rights is an important action, long overdue, that represents a collaborative effort by a group of health care professionals – activists, entrepreneurs, technologists and clinicians – all colleagues we hold in high esteem.
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Declaration of Health Data Rights
Adam Bosworth's Weblog
“In this post I want to talk about an overdue revolution – a revolution in health care.
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Money and Meaningful Use
GLG News
“Ever since the HITECH provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act were introduced on February 17, 2009, even casual observers of the industry have been waiting to see how “meaningful use” would ultimately be defined.
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Larger Meaningful Use Requirements, but Less reward
John, EMR and HIPAA
“To start off my discussion of meaningful use, I have to hit on something that just feels wrong. It’s a concept that’s been going around for quite a while.
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Doctors report on telehealth success in enhancing patient quality of life
Sam Collins, Healthcare IT News EU
“Telehealth is enhancing the quality of life for patients and offers a cost-effective model of care for the management of long-term conditions, according to a panel of leading UK healthcare and local government professionals.
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A new approach to certification
John Halamka, Healthcare IT News
“Last week I spoke with Mark Leavitt, the CEO of CCHIT, about his best thinking regarding certification in a post-ARRA world.
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Medical informatics journals impact factors; JMIR now no. 1
IMIA News
“Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR – www.jmir.org), an open access Internet journal, created 10 years ago and edited by Gunther Eysenbach, is now the number 1 journal in the list of twenty medical informatics journals reported.
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True Goals Of Electronic Medical Records
Khalid Al-Maghaslah, Titin.net
“Medical records transfer patients’ information across time and space. Projects that focus on this role of medical records focus on legibility and availability of patients’ data. Yet, ignoring the second role of medical records _intellectual tool_ compromises EMRs being effective communication tools.
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iMedica named preferred EHR vendor by NJ Physicians
Kyle Hardy, Healthcare IT News
“New Jersey Physicians, a physician advocacy organization formed in 2007, has named Dallas-based iMedica the preferred electronic health record vendor for the state’s physicians.
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Digital records are good, but what about all that paper?
Anne Zieger, FierceHealthIT
“Electronic medical records are a unique proposition. While just about any IT installation has to integrate with existing databases or networks, very few are crippled without uploading a bunch of data stored on paper.
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Interoperability – Credit Cards as a Model for Health Information Sharing
Ryan Ricks, EHR Scope Blog
“Isn’t it amazing how we can travel the world and pay for nearly anything with a credit card? This is possible because credit cards are simple: they use a standard device; they are relatively secure; and they use a common data standard.
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Virtual check-ups pick up
ITWeb
“Remote medical monitoring systems will impact the way doctors and hospitals interact with patients in the future, says Medtronic.
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Beth Israel Patients To Get A Look At Online Doctors’ Notes
Medical News Today
“A Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center project called “open notes”‘ will make doctor’s notes available to as many as 35,000 patients online along with the rest of their medical records for a year, the Boston Globe reports.
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Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC
To make our news supply even more easily accessible, we offer now for free the ICMCC Toolbar. Direct links to all parts of the ICMCC website, RSS feeds and main news topics, directly from the ICMCC Toolbar. Available for Firefox and IE.
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‘Telemedicine’ house helps older people stay safe and independent
Sam Lister, The Times
“It sounds like a fantasy straight from The Truman Show: a house that monitors your every move, from bedside to bathroom and from medicine cabinet to fridge. The aim, however, is to help the elderly to lead safe and independent lives.
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‘Future of medicine’ demonstrated at Bunkie General Hospital
Jeff Matthews, The Town Talk
“On Friday, Hines led a telemedicine demonstration at Bunkie General Hospital, showing off the equipment and techniques that he hopes will spread and move rural hospitals throughout the state toward the cutting edge of treatment.
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