Tony Schueth, MedHealthWorld
“As if Washington weren’t chock full of advisory groups, a new one has weighed in and its recommendations are sending shock waves through the health information technology (HIT) community.
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Jeanette Borzo, The Medical Blog
“It’s no secret: physicians are reluctant to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) for a host of reasons. But as the financial incentives for EHR adoption begin to take effect – and the threat of financial penalties for not adopting them looms as 2015 approaches – it’s clear that doctors have little choice.
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Kerry Taylor Smith, Laboratory News
“Now I’ve got a jazzy smartphone that not only makes calls, sends text messages and lets me use real songs as ringtones but connects to the internet, receives emails, takes pictures and allows me to download apps aimed at making my life that little bit easier and healthier. Hasn’t the mobile phone become wonderful?
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Rich Elmore and Arien Malec, e-CareManagement
“A patient’s health records are no longer confined to a doctor’s office, shelved inside a dusty file cabinet. With the advent of the Nationwide Health Information Network, a framework of standards, services and policies that allow health practitioners to securely exchange health data, medical records digitized to be easily shared between doctor’s offices, hospitals, benefit providers, government agencies and other health organizations, all across America.
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Sebastien Guine, AFP
“You probably have good reason to worry if you get a call on your mobile phone with the following message: “Sir, an ambulance is on the way.”
That’s the worst call you can receive if you buy a new EPI Life mobile phone, which comes complete with mini electrocardiogram.
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Lynne Dunbrack, Computerworld
“Imagine my surprise when I logged onto my health plan’s patient portal to discover I had an abnormal radiology result dating back to March 2010. This is the first I am learning about it – 11 months later–and this information appears to contradict the phone call I received the day after my appointment. I discovered this alarming result as I was conducting research for an upcoming research report entitled Update: When will PHR Platforms Gain Consumer Acceptance?
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Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Populi
“What doctors are most likely to use patients’ personal electronic health records? Fewer than 1 in 2 are willing to. Those who most likely would include Hispanic physicians, doctors who practice in rural areas, those employed in hospitals, and surgeons.
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Heather Leslie, Archetypical
“With this blog I want to establish a simple baseline statement or overview about openEHR archetypes – a reference point if you like – from which we can journey further and in more detail into the issues around clinical modelling using specific archetypes.
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David Perera, FierceGovernmentIT
“Patients need to know that despite all the potentially highly sensitive personal information being collected in an electronic health record, their data will be contextually protected from inappropriate disclosure, says a paper prepared for the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
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Patti DiGangi, RDH
“At 10 p.m. on a Sunday evening I realized I needed my carpets cleaned for the holidays. Immediately I sat down at my computer and Googled “carpet cleaning.” It was so easy to place my order for an appointment. The carpet cleaning experts received my order electronically; their team showed up on time, cleaned my carpets, and sold me a few add-ons. One of the workers swiped my credit card payment on his handheld device, gave me a receipt, and said, “Wow, just got another job.” In the meantime, I scheduled a CE presentation engagement via my cell phone while doing research on evidence-based databases on my laptop.
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Brian Ahier, Ahier.net
“Americans trust their doctors, but do not trust EHRs. According to a study to be released by CDW Healthcare in March, half of Americans believe that EHRs will have a negative impact on the privacy of their health data. Thirty-five percent of respondents are worried that their information will end up widely available on the internet.
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Scott Hensley, NPR
“I’m pretty sure my internist isn’t on Twitter. And I think it’s better that way. I really do.
When I take a look at what some doctors tweet I get a little worried. Would they describe my visit, sometimes explicitly, in 140 characters?
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The Rohan Aurora
“The biomedical supplies are pretty expensive and difficult to get in developing countries. Sometimes, even when all biomedical technologies are available at a hospital, a doctor may not be able to operate them due to lack of basic biomedical supplies like electrodes, sanitary pads, sterilizer, clothing and dressing etc.
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Bob Brewin, NextGov
“The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments are close to reaching an agreement to use a single electronic health record system, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker told lawmakers at a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing today.
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Lisa Algeo, Advance
“As to be expected with any wide sweeping change there will be misconceptions, and ICD-10 is no exception. From the time ICD-10 was ready for adoption in 1990 there have been many myths perpetuated about the new classification system.
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Anja Stagge, Healthcare meets Social Media…
“In letzter Zeit höre ich oft den Begriff Revolution. Aber eher in Bezug auf die Ereignisse, die gerade die arabische Welt durcheinander wirbeln. Im Zusammenhang mit mobile Health (mHealth) wird häufig der Begriff „mobile communication revolution“ benutzt.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“A new electronic health card that’s embedded with a microcomputer designed to maintain an individual’s personal health record and provide a payment card option, is being introduced during the HIMSS11 conference next week.
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Jon Mertz, HL7 Standards
“Electronic Health Records or EHRs are one of the essential solutions to move our health care system into the digital age, yet the conversation still questions, at times, the real value of the electronic system. Regardless, HITECH is incenting the change and backing it up with supporting resources.
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Charles Wright, eHealthCentral
““Telestroke networks” in the UK are saving lives and debilitating injuries from strokes by allowing consultants using videoconferencing to prescribe clot-busting drugs in the critical period within three hours of the event, helping arrest the rapid death of brain cells caused by the condition.
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Jeff Kagan, e-Commerce Times
“Think about this as a revolution that is beginning to transform healthcare. In fact, doctors will have to hire the electronics experts they need to work all this technology. This is a new opportunity for service companies and individuals.
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