Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“Surveys aside, the stories about physicians implementing EHRs as reported in local media are incredibly instructive in understanding what’s happening out in the field with EHR adoption. I read about a family practice physician in a two-physician office in Mount Pleasant, Tex. His insights are quite interesting, and I encourage you to read the article.
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Fiona Barr, e-Health Insider Primary Care
“The BMA’s GP committee is advising family doctors in England not to upload any more Summary Care Records until it has agreed how recommendations from two reviews should be implemented.
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Mark Curtis, The Cross-Border Biotech Blog
“We have been following innovative uses for social media in the biotech and healthcare industry here on the blog. Recently, a comprehensive paper was published in PLoS ONE outlining the use of “infoveillance” tools on the web to track the public response to the H1N1 epidemic. Dr. Gunther Eysenbach and Cynthia Chew, both researchers at Toronto’s Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, mined and archived over 2 million Twitter posts between May 1 and December 31, 2009.
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The Fonecast
“New UK charity d4, which aims to improve patient care by getting healthcare professionals to use mobile technology, has published research that shows how mobile devices are increasing productivity in clinical practice and patient care.
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Neil Versel, FierceMobileHealthcare
“There will be 1.4 billion people with smartphones worldwide by 2015, and 500 million of them will be using mobile health applications, according to a new study from German analysis firm research2guidance. Smartphones will be the catalyst to bring mobile healthcare out of the “trial phase,” the Berlin-based company says.
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Blog de la SEIS - Foro Técnico
“El consejero de Sanidad, Francisco Javier Álvarez Guisasola, ha fijado un plazo máximo de dos años para llevar a cabo la conexión de las historias clínicas electrónicas entre la Atención Primaria, donde actualmente alcanza una cobertura del 92 por ciento, y Atención Especializada.
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medGadget
“Gentag, Inc. has announced a new diagnostic platform which uses near field communication (NFC) technology to transmit test results from a disposable test strip to a patient’s cell phone. Once results have been sent to a phone, they can then be uploaded to internet-connected EMR systems.
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Todd Neale, MedPage Today
“Direct outreach to patients — either electronically or through the mail — appears to be effective for increasing colorectal cancer screening rates in the short term, two randomized trials showed.
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Sequist TD et al, Arch Intern Med, 2010
Background
Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality, yet effective screening tests are often underused. Electronic patient messages and personalized risk assessments delivered via an electronic personal health record could increase screening rates.
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Redacción Médica
“En la actualidad, disponer de información relevante para la observación clínica y el modelado del conocimiento clínico, constituye un objetivo irrenunciable que deben cumplir los sistemas de información en el ámbito de la salud.
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Rich, World of DTC Marketing.com
“Maybe colleges should start offering consumers basic medicine 101 courses. Maybe the reason so many people are going online for health information is that they don’t trust the FDA or drug companies anymore.
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Rosemann T et al, Swiss Medical Weekly, 2010
Background:
The importance of electronic medical records for the healthcare system is well documented. IT enables easy storage, communication and decision support and can provide important tools in the care of chronically ill patients in the form of a reminder system.
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Randal Jackson, Computerworld
“After years of debate and dispute between the various parties involved, the new National Health IT Board has launched a national geographic trial for community ePrescribing.
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Brian Eastwood, HealthITExchange
“The health care industry remains hesitant about using cloud computing services, but that shift is inevitable, representatives of four IT vendors agreed in a panel discussion during last week’s Health IT Insight conference.
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ITespresso.fr
“Le groupement ASIP-Santé confirme que “la mise en production du DMP” du côté des professionnels de la santé va démarrer mi-décembre. Pour le volet patient, c’est prévu en janvier.
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David E. Williams, MedCity News
“Hospitals and physicians have been driving fairly hard on electronic health record (EHR) adoption over the past year or two, partly in response to the financial incentives for Meaningful Use of EHRs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Those incentives kick in next year and physicians who qualify in 2011 and 2012 will be in a position to collect the entire incentive payment.
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iHealthBeat
“On Tuesday, the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Patient Safety and Health IT is scheduled to meet for the first time to examine concerns surrounding the safety of electronic health record systems, the New York Times reports.
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Deborah Canfield, HealthLeaders Media
“With hospitals preparing to demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) to qualify for financial subsidies under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), nurses around the country are understandably concerned about the impact the systems will have on their job functions, patient care activities, and productivity.
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Joseph Conn, ModernHealthcare
“The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in its report on healthcare information technology last week came up with some interesting ideas about redirecting federal efforts to put more emphasis on health information exchange.
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Rich, World of DTC Marketing.com
“Let’s play detective. Facts: According to recent research from Gallup; In U.S., More Than 8 in 10 Rate Nurses, Doctors Highly, in addition 70% of patients believe what their doctors tell them and don’t get a second opinion.
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