Marcia Gulesian, The Information Technology Forum
“In the examples above, as in clinical terminology, words can take on different meanings depending on factors like time or place (i.e., context).
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KevinMD.com
“Boston’s Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital is engaging in a year-long project called OpenNotes, which will look at what happens when patients are given real-time unrestricted access to their medical chart.
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Sarah Bruce, e-Health Insider
“Cisco has released results from a survey of patients taking part in a Scottish telemedicine trial, showing that almost 100% were satisfied with the technology used to remotely assess minor medical conditions.
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Eric Wicklund, Healthcare IT News
“Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions is teaming up with a broad-based coalition of Connecticut healthcare providers and employers to launch a statewide health information exchange.
Transforming Healthcare in Connecticut Communities (THICC) – a collection of hospitals, physician practices, employer groups and insurers – is seen as the first step in forming the “physician office of the future” by creating an HIE that will link electronic health records.
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FierceHealthIT
“UnitedHealth Group [NYSE: UNH] and Cisco [NASDAQ: CSCO] today announced they are partnering to build the first national telehealth network, which will give patients access to physicians and specialists when in-person visits are not possible.
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Anne Zieger, FierceHealthIT
“If this week’s announcement from UnitedHealth Group is any indication, things have changed permanently for the national telemedicine scene.
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David More, Australian Health Information Technology
“On the basis that what is reported, and it is similar to what I have seen in drafts of the Final Report, this seems to be what the NHHRC has in mind.
Let me say clearly and directly I disagree with just about every aspect of these proposals.
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Goomedic.com,
“Its rare to fine a tutorial or an explanation to how medical related developers translate some ideas to real world application.
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Soma Das, The Financial Express
“Telemedicine, healthcare education and training, clinical trials, health insurance, contract research and manufacturing are some of the key areas in the healthcare sector that would attract private equity (PE) investment in the future, says a CII report.
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ABN Newswire
“iSOFT Group Limited (ASX:ISF) Australia’s largest listed health information technology company today announced that it renewed a contract, worth EUR3.33 million (A$5.9 million), to support and maintain its regional primary care solution with the Castilla la Mancha Healthcare Service (SESCAM) in Spain for a further four years.
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Denise Silber's Blog
“Prononcez le mot Wikipedia devant certaines personnes du secteur de la Santé et la fontaine de critiques se met en marche….
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The Medical News
“The Australian Medical Association (AMA) which represents than 27,000 doctors across Australia has criticised the government’s plans for ‘e-health’ medical records reform.
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CORDIS ICT Results
“Comfortable smart clothes that monitor the wearer’s heart, breathing and body temperature promise to revolutionise healthcare by reducing hospital visits and allowing patients to lead more active lives.
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Alana Listoe, Helenair.com
“As difficult as it is for adults to cope with a mental illness, the obstacles are multiplied when diagnosing and treating children, especially in a large, rural and sparsely populated state like Montana.
An estimated 30,000 adolescents in Montana between the ages of 9 and 17 had a diagnosable mental health condition in 2006, with 16,500 of them experiencing a significant emotional disturbance that year.
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Chuck Webster, Electronic Health Record Workflow Management Systems
Today’s trend is to add more and more EMR features. At first only the most important features are created and special attention is paid to simple and elegant usability.
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Sky News
“Australians would be able to examine their own medical records online and would have access to subsidised dental care under a health system overhaul recommended to the federal government.
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Patrick Hoge, San Jose Business Journal
“Intel Corp. wants to be a player in the health care technology business.
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Healthcare & Technology
“As published on the AMIA Website and in EMR Daily News, AMIA commented that “meaningful use” of HIT will
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Alice Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week
“The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) would set criteria for certification of health information technology and authorize multiple organizations to test whether vendor systems meet that criteria under a plan offered by a federal advisory workgroup.
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Stephen Strauss, CBC News
“Going to a doctor’s office often seems like a ramble down memory’s windy, overgrown cow path. They want you to recite your whole life in sickness and in health, and that’s hard because you so easily forget your diseased past.
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