« esante.gouv.fr »: un portail au service de l’e-santé
Alain Clergeot, La Santé dans la Cité
“Aujourd’hui, jeudi 24 juin 2010, je ne pouvais passer sous silence l’ouverture du portail media « esante.gouv.fr »
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A los consumidores también les gustan los juguetes médicos
Apiscam
“Un nuevo mercado ha nacido en el seno de la tecnología médica y no gracias a los operadores tradicionales del sector sanitario, sino a los empresarios comunes. Se trata de la aparición de productos que hasta hace poco tiempo eran impensables: son híbridos entre dispositivos médicos y artilugios de consumo, diseñados para proporcionar a los consumidores soluciones en el seguimiento activo de su salud.
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Dreams and nightmares: practical and ethical issues for patients and physicians using personal health records
Wynia M, Dunn K. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethicsm, 38(1)
Electronic health records for patients, personal health records (PHRs), have become increasingly popular among policy makers and purchasers, but uptake among patients and physicians has been relatively slow. PHRs have varying uses that might make them more or less appealing to different stakeholders.
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The Road to EMR adoption: A Q&A with Heather Haugen and Jeffrey Woodside, Part 2
Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“This is the second installment of the interview conducted with Heather Haugen and Jeffrey Woodside, MD, whose book, Beyond Implementation: A Prescription for Lasting EMR Adoption, was published in May.
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Los pacientes vascos interactuarán con los servicios de Osakidetza
Gorka Artaza, Diario Médico
“El Servicio Vasco de Salud ha puesto en marcha el proyecto O-sarean (Osakidetza en red), el Centro de Servicios de Salud Multicanal de Osakidetza, para ampliar el número de vías por las que la ciudadanía podrá interactuar con el sistema sanitario. “El objetivo de este proyecto es acercar dicho sistema a la ciudadanía utilizando las tecnologías de la información y comunicación”, ha señalado Rafael Bengoa, consejero de Sanidad del Gobierno vasco.
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Healthcare Workers Wonder: How Did We Ever Live Without Our i-Devices?
Gienna Shaw, HealthLeaders Media
“I recently asked a group of healthcare workers “What’s the one technology you can’t live without?” It probably won’t come as a big surprise that many of the answers began with the lowercase letter “i.” In fact, some of the folks I queried sent their answers via devices beginning with that very same letter.
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Study shows promise for electronic pill bottle
Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners Healthcare, announced Wednesday encouraging initial findings from a medication adherence study, using a wireless electronic pill bottle to remind patients with high blood pressure to take their medication.
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Vendors Target Europe
Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News
“Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft HealthVault and Chicago-based HIMSS Analytics have set up shop in Europe.
Microsoft has established UK HealthVault with corporate sibling MSN and sponsorship from Nuffield Health, a network of 30 private hospitals and 50 fitness centers.
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Does mHealth really need to be free?
David Doherty, mobihealthnews
“Rob Havasy, a Business Analyst and mHealth Strategist at the Center for Connected Health, has posted a somewhat confusing article entitled “The Uncertain Price of mHealth.”
The basic premise is that the move from flat rate unlimited data to tiered data plans is something that “will surely impact smartphone use in mHealth.”
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CDC pilot uses EHRs to trigger alerts
Joe Carlson, ModernHealthcare
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is running a public health pilot program in the Chicago area in which 10 providers on the same electronic health-record system are supplying information that could be used to trigger alerts on food-borne diseases, CDC officials said Tuesday.
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E-Records Could Be Hazardous to Your Health
Jesse Emspak, IBTimes
“Putting medical records online is a problem for privacy advocates, but it could be dangerous to one’s very health as well.
Imagine a patient at a hospital given the wrong drugs, or doctors unable to treat anyone because the computers in the hospital go down. Sharon Hoffman, a professor of law and bioethics at Case Western Reserve, says such scenarios are all too possible when dealing with electronic health records.
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L’e-santé a son portail officiel et professionnel
SuperGelule
“Et l’e-santé eut son site internet officiel. Annoncée ce matin-même par l’ASIP santé (l’ASIP santé, c’est l’agence des systèmes d’information partagés de santé), le tout nouveau portail esante.gouv.fr devient le lieu de rencontre et de partage officiel pour tous les acteurs de toutes échelles impliqués dans le développement de projets e-santé en France.
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The Importance Of Reporting In Your EMR
Shawn Riley, HealthTechnica
“We know the basics of the EMR: an EMR or electronic medical record is a computerized record created in hospitals and other medical institutions. This system allows storage of data in a format that can be easily retrieved and manipulated when required. Implementation of this system will increase the quality and cost of medical care by decreasing the errors and by reducing the time taken for each treatment.
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The public and the Internet: Multifaceted drives for seeking health information
Boot CRL, Meijman FJ. Health Informatics Journal, 16(2)
The aim of this study was to gain insight into people’s drives, or motives, for seeking health information on the Internet. A systematic literature review, restricted to handbooks and reviews, was conducted by searching the databases of various disciplines. Each drive was translated into the context of health information. Five drives were retrieved from the fields of psychology, mass communication, library and information science, and medical science: drives regarding the retrieval of knowledge, social contact or support, tempering uncertainty, entertainment, and self-actualization.
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EMR Usability: Let the Market Decide
Glenn Laffel, EHR Bloggers
“As any left-handed person that has struggled to use a pair of scissors or a fountain pen will verify, the design of a tool impacts the quality of the work done with that tool. That’s true for electronic health records, as well. EMRs support complex cognitive processes, and the way they are designed directly impacts the speed and accuracy of a clinician’s work.
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Out-of-hours GPs say care record is saving lives
Alisdair Stirling, Pulse
“A survey of 53 out-of-hours GPs by computer firm Adastra, which provided them with access to the care record, found 69% had used it on the day they were questioned, and 35% that it had ‘informed clinical decisions today’.
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EMR glitches could increase providers’ liability risk
Debra Beaulieu, FiercePracticeManagement
“While medical practices slowly but surely begin adopting electronic medical records, in part to close potential gaps in patient safety, two Case Western Reserve University professors are warning providers that EMRs are not mistake proof–and could even increase their risk of malpractice liability.
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The Summary Care Record is too important to go quietly
David Lloyd, Pulse
“Despite the negative spin given to the latest independent report on the SCR in the national press from Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, she herself makes the point that it is difficult to research the introduction of a new and complex system into clinical practice and that the advantages may be subtle.
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Record collection rocks doc’s world
Michelle Rindels, The Union
“A lot can go wrong with paper medical records — just ask Kathy Morris, a nurse and staff development director at Golden Empire Convalescent Home.
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Healthcare ICT ‘cuts costs and waiting times’
Euractiv
“Patients in emergency departments enjoy shorter waiting times when innovative communications technologies are deployed, according to a study by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
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