What is mHealth?
3G Doctor Blog
“Together with Videographer Ethan Goldwater MobiHealthNews have produced a great video report asking delegates from the mHealth Summit in Washington DC “What is mHealth?”
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Articles
RFID-supported medical and healthcare systems
Wang L. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 11(6)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can improve services and management in medical and healthcare systems. It helps monitor patients, link patients with key drugs and personnel, and track medical devices and potentially hazardous materials in hospitals. In telemedicine, RFID integrated with sensors can monitor blood products’ temperature, send patients’ physiological status, and identify patients’ locations in case of emergency.
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When and how to deploy e-health records tech
CMIO
“Over the next two years, 58 per cent of small physician practices plan to roll out electronic health records. And by 2014, the US Federal Government wants more than half of all healthcare facilities to use EHRs.
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Telemedicine offers answers for Parkinson’s patients
Kara Nuzback, Cape Gazette
“Cape Region residents suffering from Parkinson’s disease may soon escape long drives to Baltimore, Philadelphia or Washington, D.C., to receive expert care.
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Kaiser Permanente VP gives thumbs up on business case for EMRs
Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“Tom Carter, a vice president at Kaiser Permanente, penned an opinion piece last week, discussing the benefits of EMRs. Carter’s argument, however, is touting EMRs’ business case for businesses – not healthcare providers.
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Let’s stop hanging up on telehealth
Dick Vinegar, Smart Healthcare
“Jack, who lives the other side of the road, had a stroke eight years ago. He lives bed-bound at home tended by an angelic wife and a lot of social and private care. He gets infections from time to time, some of which are treated at home, but with some, ambulance men have to get him down the stairs and take him off to hospital. This happened last week, and the next day his wife found him in an isolation ward, tended by nurses and doctors in masks. You’ve guessed it. He had contracted MRSA.
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Usability of Electronic Medical Records
Smelcer JB et al, Journal of Usability Studies, 4(2)
Health care costs represent a significant percentage of a country’s GDP. Implementing electronic medical records (EMR) systems are a popular solution to reducing costs, with the side benefit of providing better care. Unfortunately, 30% of EMR system implementations fail, often because physicians cannot use the EMRs efficiently. User experience problems, based on our experience at several clinics, are wide-spread among EMRs. These include loss of productivity and steep learning curves.
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Passive, telephone-based telemedicine is hardly common sense
Neil Versel, FierceMobileHealthcare
“It’s hard not to sound smug when commenting on studies that beg questions that are obvious to anyone with a hint of knowledge about health IT, so I make no apologies for what I’m about to say: Duh!
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“Keep eHealth in fashion”
HealthTech Wire
“The 2010 Symposium of the European Health Telematics Association, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and the European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA), featured a panel discussion on how regional challenges can be addressed by eHealth.
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Health IT Advances Hair Splitting
John Pulley, NextGov
“Consumer or individual? When it comes to health care, which are you?
In the eyes of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, which is developing strategies for engaging the public in embracing the power of health IT, you’re a “consumer.”
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Health Execs Laud EHRs For Boosting Care
Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare
“Integrated healthcare delivery organizations say electronic health records (EHRs) support their patient care strategies by increasing the availability of individual patient and patient population data and by improving communication among providers.
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France Is So Ahead of Us In Electronic Health Records
Zina Moukheiber, Forbes
“I have to thank Senator Tom Daschle for recommending The Healing of America, by T.R. Reid. It is a book well worth reading, now that debate over the health care reform bill is raging once again, with Republicans threatening to repeal it.
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Le CH de Montluçon généralise le bracelet d’identification du patient
TICsanté
“Les patients hospitalisés ou admis aux urgences du centre hospitalier de Montluçon (Allier) depuis le mois de septembre sont identifiés à l’aide de bracelets à code-barres fabriqués par la société Zebra Technologies, dans la perspective d’une certification V2010 de l’établissement.
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Making Patient control the goal
Fiona Barr, e-Health Insider Primary Care
“This week it became clear that the government means what is says in its information consultation. It plans not just to give patients access to their records but also to hand over control.
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Wired Up at Home to Monitor Illnesses
Milt Freudenheim, The New York Times
“As an aging population threatens to overwhelm the nation’s hospitals and doctors, thousands of seriously ill patients are relying on computerized health trackers to help keep them safe at home.
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Europeans are Interested in Online Patient Education Programs
Worldpharmanews
“Half of Europeans using the Internet for health information are interested in online patient education programs from pharmaceutical companies, although just a small fraction are currently using these types of programs, according to Manhattan Research’s Cybercitizen Health® Europe v10.0 research.
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Should Doctors Tweet Between Patients?
Bryan Vartabedian, 33 Charts
“Sometimes I have downtime in clinic and I peek in on Twitter.
Is this a problem?
It’s an interesting question because I think there are considerations for physicians and other health professionals.
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Liability and EHRs: How electronic information changes legal landscape
Jean DerGurahian, Health IT Pulse
“How will electronic health records change the legal landscape for physicians? Recent studies suggest they will indeed have an effect even if stakeholders are still unsure about how. And with such legal uncertainty, is investing in EHRs worth it?
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The empowerment and quality health value propositions of e-health
Asoh DA, Rivers PA. Health Serv Manage Res, 23(4)
E-health, as well as its value and benefits, has been characterized as a concept defined in various ways depending on intended audience and use. Attempts to define, characterize and appreciate e-health inadvertently portray it as something out of main stream academia; thus, undermining the relevance and importance of the transformation capabilities of e-health on the practice of health care from the individual and organizational perspectives. In order to contribute towards an understanding and appreciation of e-health as a main stream concept, we propose the use of existing models, theories and principles in support of e-health.
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When and how to deploy e-health records tech
Lucas Mearian, Computerworld
“Over the next two years, 58% of small physician practices plan to roll out electronic health records. And by 2014, the federal government wants more than half of all healthcare facilities to use EHRs.
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