Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“This September a wound care telemedicine program will launch in the northwestern area of France in Lower Normandy, according to a report in a local newspaper. A key driver for the pilot is the lack of doctors and trained nurses in the region and subsequent high number of emergency room visits.
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Andy Oram, O'Reilly Radar
“I think the collective awe of health care aficionados at the Open Source Convention came to a focal point during our evening Birds of a Feather session
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Matt Cover, CNSNews
“Dr. David Blumenthal, the Obama administration’s National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, said on Tuesday that patients can choose to omit procedures such as abortions and positive HIV tests from the electronic health records (EHR) that every American is supposed to have by 2014 under the terms of the economic stimulus law that President Barack Obama signed last year.
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Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“Earlier this month, a physicians group in Australia with more than 17,000 members, inked a deal with that country’s wireless operator Telstra to develop mobile medical services.
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Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News
“Authorized Temporary Certification Bodies – or ATCBs – will be ready soon, stakeholders confirm.
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CMIO
“There is no EHR on the market today that does all of the things required for physicians to successfully meet Stage 1 meaningful use criteria, according to an American Medical Association (AMA) statement released this week.
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Apiscam
“Conocer la opinión de los farmacéuticos de oficina de farmacia sobre la situación actual de la implantación de la receta electrónica (RE) es el objetivo fundamental de un sondeo realizado en 27 provincias españolas a cerca de 1.200 farmacéuticos por iniciativa del Club de la Farmacia, de Almirall, y que tiene por título Receta Electrónica. Una realidad.
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Smart Healthcare
“The LMC says that of the 82,000 records which have been uploaded in the South Birmingham primary care trust area, 8,200 contain errors as a result of a failure to update data on medication and allergies. South Birmingham was one of the first areas to start turning patient records into SCRs.
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CMIO
“EHR implementations are the top priority among healthcare IT professionals, with 85 percent indicating that they are either in the midst of an EHR project or plan to start one within the next 18 months, based on a survey from Embarcadero Technologies.
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Bonnie Strong, HT Consulting
“Now that the long anticipated Final Rule on Meaningful Use has been released, those in the world of healthcare can finally roll up their sleeves and begin the daunting task of developing a roadmap to meaningful use.
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Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News
“Federal officials responsible for writing the meaningful use rule defended it before a wary congressional panel on Tuesday, that had questions for most every facet of the rule.
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Jean DerGurahian, HealthITExchange
“How much will it cost to implement health information exchange processes? According to one federal council, not that much, really.
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Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“Even hospitals and physician groups need to market their facilities and services, but when it involves gleaning marketing information from patient data in EHRs, well, it’s not so simple.
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Katherine Hobson, WSJ Health Blog
“When we wrote about the response to the government’s final “meaningful use” requirements for electronic medical records, there was a notable absence: the American Medical Association.
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Bakersfield Express
“Gray isn’t going to meet her dermatologist in person. That’s because the doctor works in San Francisco.
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Dean Olsen, The State Journal-Register
“There are no psychiatrists anywhere in Mason County, but with the help of Mason District Hospital and Springfield health-care providers, people with mental illnesses are receiving “virtual” visits from mental-health specialists an hour’s drive from here.
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Emily Long, NextGov
“Standards that define what constitutes an official electronic health record aren’t strict enough to justify the billions of dollars in incentives the government plans to pay physicians and hospitals to install the systems, Republican lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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Scott Hewitt, Technorati
“In the short time I have been writing for Technorati, I’ve touched on such light and airy topics as immigration reform, Donald “I Want to Kiss the British Health System on the Mouth…with Tongue” Berwick, and the gradual collapse of the so-called Obama honeymoon.
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Shield RR et al, Annals of Family Medicine, 8(4)
PURPOSE:
Although there is significant interest in implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), limited data have been published in the United States about how physicians, staff, and patients adapt to this implementation process. The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of EHR implementation, especially regarding physician-patient communication and behaviors and patients’ responses.
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Longo DR et al, Annals of Family Medicine, 8(4)
PURPOSE:
Diabetes self-management is essential for diabetes control, yet little is known about patient preferences for sources of health information or about the extent to which information is sought directly or received passively through various media sources. The aim of this qualitative study was to identify how individuals with diabetes seek and use health care information.
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