Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“The Marshfield Clinic is among 10 large physician groups participating in a Medicare demonstration project that have shown they can provide top quality of patient care while saving Medicare millions of dollars. Central to its performance, say Marshfield executives, is its electronic health record system.
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Shawn Riley, HealthTechnica
“E-health care is a noble concept crated for the online health care of people. Information technology (IT) will be one of the most promising upcoming departments in the health services sector. This concord of health service and IT companies has lead to the development of various technologies which are already put into use.
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“Two new publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are aimed at helping developers of software and computer systems for doctors’ offices, clinics and hospitals make electronic health record systems easier to use.
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Robert Rowley, EHR Bloggers
“An important goal in the effort to achieve widespread adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) is to allow patient data to flow easily from where it is housed to where it is needed. Though it is conceptually simple, such a goal is remarkably difficult to achieve.
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Docteurdu16, De la Médecine générale
“D’après le rapport Elizabeth Hubert (ici) une des causes des difficultés actuelles que rencontrent les médecins généralistes serait que les patients (malades ?) arrivent en consultation avec un diagnostic trouvé sur Internet.
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Neil Versel, FierceEMR
“Even as HIMSS Analytics was announcing this week that Children’s Hospital Boston had received an award for achieving Stage 7–the highest level–on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model, a scientific study from the very same hospital came out showing just how far ahead of its peers Children’s Hospital really is.
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Mike Miliard, Healthcare IT News
“With many of them citing CPOE capabilities as a major hurdle, the number of CIOs who expect their hospitals to qualify early for stimulus funding for EHR implementation has dropped by half, according to a recent survey by the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME).
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Scoop Health
“Primary healthcare provider Te Runanga O Toa Rangatira (Ora Toa) has seen missed appointments reduced by half and health outcomes improve for patients after the introduction of Vensa Health’s TXT2Remind system.
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Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“A study recently published in the journal Clinical Transplantation found that kidney transplant recipients improved their adherence to immunosuppressive drug regimens by 40 percent when healthcare providers tracked their adherence and offered tips for improvement.
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Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“Coming off of my Facebook-focused blog from yesterday, I’ll turn to the recent leak of State Dept. documents on WikiLeaks.
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Chen J et al, electronic Journal of Health Informatics, 5(2)
Objective:
The professional benefits of mobile computing and communication devices such as the smartphone promise to alter the delivery of healthcare services. Historically the healthcare industry has trailed other business sectors in the adoption of technology. Yet, it appears that smartphones are increasingly being embraced by healthcare professionals such as physicians and nurses. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the potential factors that may affect the adoption of a smartphone by healthcare professionals.
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Hamblin JF et al, electronic Journal of Health Informatics, 5(2)
This paper examines the issues that arise when transferring and displaying pathology data in electronic health records and determines strategies available to mitigate any risks involved in data transfer. A review was undertaken of the English-speaking literature on Australian government policy concerning electronic health records, the processes for transferring data to these systems, the ownership of pathology results once data leaves the domain of the laboratory information system and the types of failures encountered in data transfer and display of results. Published data indicates that the benefits of electronic health records outweigh the disadvantages. However, transferring pathology data using the standard Health Level 7 communication protocol can lead to errors in the translation of data and alter the subsequent display of pathology results and reference intervals.
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Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“HP has inked a deal with mPedigree, which offers a text message based service that helps users check the authenticity of their medications. The technology has been piloted in Ghana and Nigeria. With hosting and security provided by HP, mPedigree will offer the service to patients taking a range of medications manufactured by May & Baker Nigeria and KAMA Group of Ghana.
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Felasfa Wodajo, iMedicalApps
“As previously mentioned, one use of the iPad in the OR is to bring patient imaging studies to surgery. But, how does one copy computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images from a patient’s CD ROM to the iPad? I have found a very useful method involving two terrific and freely available resources; OsiriX and Dropbox.
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The Medical News
“Members of IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association, are advancing the application of engineering sciences and technology with medicine and biology to make healthcare personal again.
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Hürriyet Daily News
“A Turkish health services company has launched an online personal health tracking service that will allow patients to save, track and share their individual health records in online profiles.
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Medical News Today
“The Pharmaceuctical Group of the European Union (PGEU) the association representing Community Pharmacists, calls for pharmacists to be granted access to electronic patient records in a statement on E Health released today.
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Joseph Conn, ModernHealthcare
“Health information technology problems ranked fifth on a list of the Top 10 Technology Hazards for 2011, according a report released by ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
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Don Fluckinger, SearchHealthIT
“In today’s mobile health market, the projected annual revenue for software and services combined is less than $100 million. In a new report, however, health IT analysts at Chilmark Research predict the market’s “explosive” expansion to $1.7 billion by the end of 2014. Physician demand for smartphones and tablet software and services will drive the growth, coupled with health care providers’ mandates for improving quality of care and cutting costs at the same time.
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John Pulley, NextGov
“If federal health IT initiatives are to succeed, the government must promote widespread adoption of a universal exchange language for securely transferring health data, announced the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on Wednesday.
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