Articles
David More, Australian Health Information Technology
“This is all a bit of a worry as e-Health is certainly seen around the world as one of the enablers of health system sustainability long term.
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Australia | Tags: e-Health
MedInformaticsMD, Health Care Renewal
“Yes, as records go digital, cultures clash: the culture of medicine, and the culture of the Barbary pirates.
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Health Information Technology
Neil Versel, FierceHealthIT
“The Military Health System will redesign its IT infrastructure and beef up its electronic health records to become more comprehensive and longitudinal, according to a newly released strategic plan. It is the first time since 1999 that the MHS has had a formal strategy for information technology and information management.
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA
Pamela Lewis Dolan, AMedNews
“Much research has been conducted to show the many health care benefits associated with using mobile technology, especially the smartphone. But there’s no clear-cut choice on which phone makes the most sense for physicians.
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Applications, mHealth, smartphone
Johnson TA, Indian Express
“Tucked into the Intel website is a section where the computer chip giants ‘Imagine the possibilities’ for future computer technologies.
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: India | Tags: Rural, Telemedicine
Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC
Deadline call for papers ICMCC 2010 Event extended till February 15.
25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | EHR: EHR | Tags: Digital Homecare
Edward Pullen, KevinMD
“The majority of Americans have a great deal of personal health information in their physician’s medical record. Many of these physicians have an electronic healthcare record (EHR) to store this information.
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Confidentiality, Costs, Personal Health Information
Greg Mercer, The Record
“Waterloo Region’s hospitals may need a lot of things as they grapple with an aging population and other major shifts in the way we treat the sick. But one of them isn’t more money, say their bosses.
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Canada | EHR: EHR | Tags: Hospitals
Shefin, BiomedME
“For several years, the healthcare industry has been talking about Electronic Health Records. This article mainly deals with what exactly is Electronic Health Records or EHR and what are its key building components?
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | EHR: EHR
A Pakistan News
“eHealth solutions may help the nation to face the prevailing challenges , said Director General Health, Dr Rashid Jooma while addressing the inaugural session of the two-day international conference of eHealth Association of Pakistan held at Aga Khan University Hospital.
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Pakistan | Tags: e-Health, Telemedicine
Wes Rishel, Gartner
“Sir Blogsalot has written quite a bit about the idea of simple interoperation, each post developing some aspect of the idea.
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Interoperability, Messaging, Patient, phr
Heather Leslie, Archetypical
“If we want to compare and review blood pressure (BP) over time from all sources and clinical situations, then they need to be recorded in a consistent manner. We also need a common structure to facilitate accurate data exchange without manipulation.
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25 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | EHR: EHR | Tags: Archetypes, HealthVault, HL7, openEHR
The Nation
“E-health is still an elusive concept in Pakistan, but it surely has a deeper concern and relevance to our local environment. Interestingly, very few healthcare professionals are now involved in promoting e-health in our country.
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24 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Asia | Tags: Communication, e-Health
Martin Young, KevinMD
“As I explore the latest EMR offerings, and read all the blogs and media releases for and against EMRs, I am forced to wonder, “Has anybody ever asked us doctors what we either want or need?”
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24 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Touchscreen
Heather Leslie, Archetypical
“Clinicians, have you ever had a look at the data structures underpinning your EHR – the models of clinical content? If you don’t understand the principles of what your data structure is then your EHR may not do, or ever be able to do, all the things you need it to do to record your clinical notes.
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24 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | EHR: EHR | Tags: Clinical Content
Victoria Advocate
“How can caring be expressed through the latest healthcare technology? That’s the question a UHV nursing faculty member answered for the first time in a recently published article.
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24 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Nurses, Telehealth
GLG News
“Talks of health care automation and Electronic Medical Records reached new heights. The engine behind the renewed interest is a $19.2 Billion included in the stimulus package.
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24 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Implementation
Kansas City Business Journal
“Saint Luke’s Health System has started providing pulmonary services to Missouri inmates remotely through its telemedicine program.
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23 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Hospitals, Telemedicine
Alice Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week
“Dr. Larry Garber has been preparing for Washington’s $17 billion booster shot for the adoption of electronic health records for months, if not years.
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23 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Adoption, Incentives
John, EMR and HIPAA
“I’ll start off with one unexpected benefit of an EMR: audit logs.
There’s so many things you can do with audit logs. It resolves so many issues with accountability for a record.
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22 January 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Audit, Benefits, Patient