Robert Rowley, EHR Bloggers
“Hospitals will be hard pressed to meet Meaningful Use standards for Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementation. Small and rural hospitals are especially affected. Such is the finding of a recent survey of 3,101 hospitals surveyed by the American Hospital Association.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“The not-for-profit Sutter Health network, in Sacramento, Calif., is helping its patients connect not only with its resources, but also with doctors, clinics and ERs nationwide, using a free application that they can download on their smartphones.
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Evan Steele, HISTalk
“The HIT Policy Committee’s creation of a new Quality Measures Workgroup last week is the most recent in a string of actions confirming that meaningful use has not been defined meaningfully for specialists — and that it is not likely to be. Despite the fact that this new workgroup is charged with prioritizing Stage 2 quality measures and analyzing gaps in Stage 1 criteria, the 18 physicians selected for the 24-member group are primary care providers* — a fact that surely raises concerns among specialists.
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Jean DerGurahian, HealthITExchange
“Stakeholders can add two more phrases — directed exchange and meaningful consent — to the health information technology lexicon as they continue to understand the recommendations federal policymakers are considering for the meaningful use rollout.
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Amelia Hill, The Guardian
“The stethoscope – medical icon, lifesaver and doctor’s best friend – is disappearing from hospitals across the world as physicians increasingly use their smartphones to monitor patients’ heartbeats.
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Leslie Tamura, Washington Post
“Rockville rolled off his bed and gashed the bridge of his nose. Rohan’s dad, not knowing whether he should focus on getting the bleeding to stop or go immediately to the emergency room, snapped pictures of the cut with his BlackBerry and sent them to his doctor friend, Neal Sikka.
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Anthony Guerra, InformationWeek
“Having worked with them in two industries over the last 10 years, I can tell you that CIOs are a pretty unflappable bunch. They’re used to seeing inside and outside influences — the government, their CEOs, and corporate boards — upset the five year plan apple cart they’ve meticulously constructed to bring their organization through the coming years, so they’re also used to revising, and sometimes scrapping, their strategic plans.
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Laura Landro, The Wall Street Journal
“It’s a simple step, but one many doctors forget to remind patients to take: Wear a medical-alert bracelet.
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Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced that it has authorized the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology and the Drummond Group to certify EHR products to qualify for the federal incentives for meaningful use of EHRs.
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Jonena Relth, Healthcare Talent Transformation Blog
“We’re finalizing the WBTs for our hospital client in NY in the next two weeks and thought you might like to hear how it’s going. As with every hospital or hospital group, this one has been unique.
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Sox CM et al, J Med Internet Res, 12(3)
Background:
The development of health information technologies should be informed by iterative experiments in which qualitative and quantitative methodologies provide a deeper understanding of the abilities, needs, and goals of the target audience for a personal health application.
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Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“A recent report shows that despite the big push for health IT adoption, only 2 percent of hospitals in the U.S. can meet the federal government’s criteria for meaningful use of EHRs. Are you surprised?
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Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News
“The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) and the Drummond Group are the first to pass government muster as authorized to test and certify electronic health record systems to qualify for meaningful use incentives under the stimulus package. There are more to come.
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Jim Gaddis, HIMSS News
“As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the federal government has dedicated billions of dollars to incentivize the adoption of healthcare information technology nationwide.
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Joseph Kvedar, The cHealth Blog
“I was recently asked to predict what our Center would be like 10 years hence. Stated another way, the question was: “What is your ten year vision for your Center?” My initial reaction was, “Of course I should be able to articulate that.”
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BusinessWire
“The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), Chicago, Ill. and the Drummond Group Inc. (DGI), Austin, Texas, were named today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
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John Farrell, The Mobility Blog
“With 50 percent of consumers saying they want a personal monitoring device prompting them to make improvements in their health, could a marriage between mobile devices and personal health records completely change the way health care is delivered in the United States?
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Susannah Fox, e-Patients.net
“Talking about people Googling for health info is boring. Talking about how health is becoming social online is interesting — even exciting. People are sharing and critiquing what they find. If they don’t find what they need, they are creating it.
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John, EMR and HIPAA
“Alfred from Infomd.net recently made the following comment:
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EMR Daily News
“While many healthcare providers will be moving toward electronic medical records in the next year, not all will be reimbursed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Of the roughly 300 EMR vendors, only 70 were previously CCHIT certified.
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