Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY
“A boom in medical technology over the past decade or two has led to a surge in certain medical tests and increased prescription drug use, say authors of a report that provides a snapshot of Americans’ health today.
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e-Patient Dave, e-patients.net
“I’d like your help preparing thoughts and testimony for a policy meeting I’ve been invited to attend in Washington next week.
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Joseph Kim, Medicine and Technology
“Here’s some interesting data from a market research report generated by SK&A: “36.1 Percent EHR Adoption Rate in Physician Offices”.
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Robert Connely, The HIE Blog
“I believe that meaningful use (MU) and the continued advances in technology will usher in a wave of disruptive innovations that will ultimately have a significant impact on healthcare costs and quality. MU sets the stage by expanding the definition of an EHR to include modular applications designed to create, maintain, and exchange a limited, standardized data set.
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ScienceBlog
“Nurses who provide telephone advice services have to balance the conflicting demands of providing appropriate medical advice and acting as a gatekeeper to limited healthcare services, according to a review in the March issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.
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Denise Silber's Blog
“This April 6–7, the Health 2.0 Europe conference will feature the many ways in which Web 2.0 tools are providing innovative solutions to, amongst others, our fundamental need for self-expression, known more recently as “user-generated content”.
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Anne Marie, Wishful thinking in medical education
“So after 16 months of blogging, twittering and social bookmarking how do I find social media to be useful to my work as a GP? Ummm. Well, I don’t really….yet. Let me explain.
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The Value of Openness: The PatientsLikeMe Blog
“In March 2008, a story by Thomas Goetz appeared in the New York Times magazine about PatientsLikeMe (”Practicing Patients”). Thomas has now expanded on that reporting with a new book, The Decision Tree, that explores how new tools like PatientsLikeMe can help individuals engage in their health and make better, more informed choices.
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Alice Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week
“The Veterans Affairs Department is already a step ahead of the rest of the federal government in promoting telehealth, also called telemedicine. Now VA is jumping forward again by proposing to double its telehealth investment over two years.
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John, EMR and EHR
“I’ve been really interested in the various standards of interoperability in healthcare. I previously posted a bunch of random items related to CCR and CCD in healthcare. I remember when CCR first came out. It was a very exciting movement to try and make EMR software interoperable.
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John Moore, Chilmark Research
“In a number of interviews with leading HIE vendors, it is becoming clear that the clinical standard, Continuity of Care Document (CCD) will be the dominant standard in the future. The leading competing standard, Continuity of Care Record (CCR) appears to be fading with one vendor stating that virtually no client is asking for CCR today.
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Deborah Yao, Mercury News
“A tap on the HealthMap iPhone application brings up a cluster of red pins on a map, representing nearby cases of swine flu. Another tap brings up a form for ordinary Americans to add to the collection by reporting bouts they have or know about.
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Sarah Bruce, e-Health Europe
“St Vincent Hospital Group in Dublin has reduced its did-not-attend rate by 30% after implementing a messaging system that notifies patients of their appointments and allows them to reschedule.
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Rich Silverman, PC HealthStop
“The American Academy of Neurology convened a work group to look at EMR/EHR systems and formulate a set of recommendations for neurologists as they evaluate systems for their practices.
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KevinMD.com
“It’s commonly thought that the current generation of medical students are more technologically savvy, and thus, able to better utilize electronic medical record systems.
But an interesting study found that’s not always the case.
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Sarah Bruce, e-Health Insider
“A patient safety charity has alleged that around three quarters of NHS trusts have failed to comply with at least one patient safety alert issued by the National Patient Safety Agency.
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Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“The meaningful use workgroup, which reports to HHS’ Health IT Policy Committee, recommended a reduction in the number of measures providers would need to meet in order to qualify for federal incentive funds under CMS. From the overall feedback CMS has received since the meaningful use criteria was released at the end of December 2009, it’s the right thing to do.
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ICTzorg
“Nictiz heeft de ict-standaarden bij twintig telezorginitiatieven in de cure-sector laten onderzoeken door TNO. Het rapport pleit voor meer standaardisatie. “Systemen zijn slecht te koppelen”.
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Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, InformationWeek Healthcare Blogs
“Looking to get into health IT, but don’t have a background in healthcare? Practice Fusion might be the place for you.
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Advance
“To help guide institutions as they scramble to receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) electronic health record (EHR) incentives while maintaining a thoughtful approach to implementation, ECRI Institute (www.ecri.org) has published a Health Devices guidance article outlining what hospitals need to be thinking about — and doing — right now.
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