Ezra Klein, The Washington Post
“One of the stimulus’s lesser-known but more-important efforts was the massive push to get doctors to use electronic medical records.
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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare
“Medical offices owned by hospitals and health systems saw the biggest jump in electronic health record (EHR) adoption rates between January and October 2010, according to the latest results of an ongoing survey released Monday by SK&A, a provider of healthcare information solutions and research.
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Robert Rowley, EHR Bloggers
“Return on Investment (ROI) has been difficult to quantify for physician practices’ adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology. A new study published by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) sheds new, significant data on this question.
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Monifa Thomas, The Beacon News Sun-Times
“Emergency room doctors are using iPads to order lab tests and medication. Plastic surgeons are using them to show patients what they might look like after surgery. And medical residents are using them as a quick reference to look up drug interactions and medical conditions.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“The use of social networking in healthcare is fostering greater online collaboration that can lead to improved health outcomes and drive down costs, according to a new report from the Healthcare Performance Management Institute.
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ITU
“Although the report is aimed at colleagues at developing countries, we think that anyone involved in Mobile Health will find it interesting. We are convinced that the report will provide useful information to everyone and especially to those who are preparing to introduce Mobile Health in their countries.
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Karen Dearne, The Australian
“The Senate community affairs budget estimates hearing ran over time and Medicare’s attendance was cancelled.
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Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
“Think you entered the digital health age when your doctor switched from paper charts to computerized medical records? Think again: An e-chart stored in one doctor’s computer too often can’t be read by another’s across town.
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Neil Versel, FierceHealthIT
“With costs falling and video quality rapidly improving, more healthcare providers are taking a serious look at videoconferencing for telemedicine, helping to standardize the field while also extending the reach of healthcare professionals, according to a report from Frost & Sullivan.
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Caroline Helwick, Medscape Today
“Medical practices that have implemented an electronic health record (EHR) system report better financial performance than those that have not, according to a new report by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Results were announced here at the MGMA 2010 Annual Conference.
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Kim W et al, Journal of Medical Systems, 34(6)
HL7 (Health Level 7) is a standard developed for exchanging incompatible healthcare information generated from programs or devices among heterogenous medical information systems. At present, HL7 is growing as a global standard. However, the HL7 standard does not support effective methods for treating data from various medical sensors, especially from mobile sensors. As ubiquitous systems are growing, HL7 must communicate with various medical transducers.
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Tom Sullivan, ICD10 Watch
“Lest the healthcare industry not realize this simple fact: Although this does not garner much in the way of media attention, ICD-10 promises to improve the business of healthcare in numerous ways.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“Medical offices owned by hospitals and health systems are the leaders in adopting electronic health record technology, according to the latest results of an ongoing survey released Monday by SK&A, a healthcare information solutions and research provider.
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Kevin McCaney, GCN
“Opening up data to developers and the public has taken heath care toward a “historic moment” that could fundamentally change how patients get care, Todd Park, CIO of the Health and Human Services Department, said today during a session at the Executive Leadership Conference.
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Sheryl Dion, Computerworld
“The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) set aside nearly $20 billion in federal incentive payments to healthcare providers and organizations who adopt electronic health record (EHR) technology. To qualify, healthcare providers and organizations must be using certified EHR technology in a “meaningful manner.”
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MarketWire
“Medical offices owned by hospitals and health systems are the leaders in adopting electronic healthcare records (EHR) technology, according to the latest results of an ongoing survey released today by SK&A, A Cegedim Company, a leading provider of healthcare information solutions and research.
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Pamela Lewis Dolan, amednews
“A recent “data scraping” incident involving a patient advocacy site ignited a discussion about the value of patient data and efforts to protect it.
Social networking health site PatientsLikeMe became aware in May that the Nielsen Co. was using its automated data collection tool, BuzzMetrics, to obtain data on its community members who often share intimate details of their illnesses, treatments and medication history online.
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Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News
“A report from the Medical Group Management Association, based on a survey of 1,324 primary care and specialty practice members, finds significant financial benefits to using an electronic health records system.
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John Moore, Chilmark Research
“Last week’s Connected Health Symposium was once again an event about a sector just waiting to break-out of perpetual pilot stage. This was my 4th Connected for Health Symposium
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Jeanette Borzo, The Wall Street Journal
“One Saturday night, Michael Adamik, a retired engineer, was recording his weight and blood pressure when he discovered a startling gain of nine pounds from the day before. Sudden weight gain for someone who has congestive heart failure, as Mr. Adamik does, could indicate the condition is worsening.
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