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Frank Irving, EHRWatch
“A report released July 27 by the UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization states that rural Americans experience more chronic health conditions such as diabetes and heart disease than urban and suburban residents. The report also notes that consumers in rural areas have greater difficulties accessing high-quality care, and – in the near future – will be more likely to participate in Medicaid and government-subsidized insurance.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Rural, Telehealth, Telemedicine
Douglas Blayney, KevinMD
“Here’s where it gets interesting. I have physically seen her thrice since her diagnosis. Most of our communications have been via EPIC’s secure email (which we call MyHealth) and by telephone. I called to tell her that the ultrasonographers had determined that her axillary lymph nodes were invisible, and was about to suggest that the Oncotype DX might help her decide which part of the “three percent club” — as my friend Dan Hayes calls it — chemotherapy or hormone therapy she would fit.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: e-consult, Oncology, Telemedicine
Eric Wicklund, Healthcare IT News
“A new report indicates rural Americans face an increasing need for quality healthcare at a time when access is proving difficult – and points to telemedicine and telehealth as a possible solution.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Rural, Telehealth, Telemedicine
Ken Congdon, Healthcare Technology Online
“What’s the answer to accommodating rural patient growth and improving the overall quality of rural patient care? Well, it all begins with multidisciplinary teamwork in rural primary care and greater provider collaboration between rural and urban care systems. Instrumental in these and other initiatives will be health IT. For example, rural uptake of EHR and HIE technology will allow for the seamless exchange of patient data between rural and urban healthcare facilities, and specialists and primary care physicians.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Health Information Exchange, Health Information Technology, Rural, Telehealth, Telemedicine
Neil Versel, InformationWeek
“As hospitals transition to electronic medical records (EMRs), many are not adequately planning for the intermediate period when they might be running dual paper and electronic systems, a records management firm says, based on results of a survey.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: emr, Hospitals, Meaningful Use
Nancy Fliesler, Vector
“From the ashes of the demise of Google Health may yet rise a health care information system that really works — for doctors and patients alike. And let’s not forget caregivers – those responsible for the health of their children or aging parents. They need all the help they can get.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Data, Patient, phr, Standards
Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“Rumors about electronic medical records continue to persist, but one vendor is trying to separate the myths from the facts.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Costs, emr, Hospitals, Risks
John Haughton, HIMSS News
“There are advantages to a best of breed approach that can be tailored to meet the specific needs of physician practices and enable them to leverage their existing technology investments rather than “rip and replace” to accommodate a one-size-fits-all EHR that may not be ideally suited to address a practice’s requirements.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Cloud, Meaningful Use
Chang LW et al, AIDS and Behavior, 2011
Mobile phone access in low and middle-income countries is rapidly expanding and offers an opportunity to leverage limited human resources for health. We conducted a mixed methods evaluation of a cluster-randomized trial exploratory substudy on the impact of a mHealth (mobile phone) support intervention used by community-based peer health workers (PHW) on AIDS care in rural Uganda. 29 PHWs at 10 clinics were randomized by clinic to receive the intervention or not.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: Uganda | Tags: HIV, mHealth, Rural
Carl Natale, ICD10 Watch
“When you ask healthcare professionals what scares them about ICD-10 implementation, many of them point north.
Canada’s single payer system staggered ICD-10-CA/CCI implementation across its provinces from 2001 through 2004. That’s not the scary part.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Canada, United States | Tags: Education, ICD-10, Implementation
Karen M. Cheung, FierceHealthcare
“With growing concerns about a healthcare workforce shortage and rising costs, hospitals and health systems are exploring ways to get providers and curb expenses. Telemedicine might be one solution, according to an article in RT: For Decision-Makers in Respiratory Care.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Health Information Technology, Rural, Telemedicine
Vineeta Vijayaraghavan and Clayton Christensen, Reuters
“It may seem that the viability of electronic health records looks dismal after the failure of Google Health, yet in integrated health systems around the country they have been implemented and utilized by patients.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Google-Health, phr
Lucas Mearian, Computerworld
“Nearly 80% of consumers surveyed earlier this year said they’re wary of electronic health records because they’re concerned that their personal information might be stolen or lost it if were kept in an EHR system.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Security
Ken Terry, InformationWeek
“As an Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee considers how medical errors related to health IT affect patient safety, a new analysis published in the Archives of Internal Medicine defines these errors, breaks down their “sociotechnical” sources, and suggests some fixes.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: CPOE, Health Information Technology, Patient Safety
Sittig DF, Singh H. Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(14)
Despite the promise of health information technology (HIT), recent literature has revealed possible safety hazards associated with its use. The Office of the National Coordinator for HIT recently sponsored an Institute of Medicine committee to synthesize evidence and experience from the field on how HIT affects patient safety. To lay the groundwork for defining, measuring, and analyzing HIT-related safety hazards, we propose that HIT-related error occurs anytime HIT is unavailable for use, malfunctions during use, is used incorrectly by someone, or when HIT interacts with another system component incorrectly, resulting in data being lost or incorrectly entered, displayed, or transmitted.
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27 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Adverse Events, Health Information Technology, Patient Safety
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Populi
“As people take on more DIY approaches in their daily lives for travel planning, photo management, and investing, they’re looking for health care touchpoints to do the same — especially, their physicians. In 2011, more doctors are responding to this patient-driven demand, based on data published in the InformationWeek digital health care issue July 25, 2011, titled The Pain of Change.
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26 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Patient-clinician communication
Charles Wright, eHealthCentral
“Having hung her hat on the value of a PCEHR for health consumers, Health Minister Nicola Roxon possibly won’t be tremendously encouraged by the scoping report on personal health records in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.”
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26 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Australia | EHR: EHR, EHR Australia | Tags: Adoption, phr
Jeff Rowe, Healthcare IT HITECHWatch
“The questions and comments are pouring in over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s draft guidance on mobile medical apps, making it obvious that the government’s first attempt to clarify its regulatory authority over this fast-growing field won’t be the last.
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26 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Applications, mHealth
Jeff Rowe, Healthcare IT HITECHWatch
“While the HITECH incentives are intended to move the country toward comprehensive use of EHRs, many HIT proponents have been banking on patient demand for access to their records as the real key to pushing providers forward.
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26 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: phr
Katrina Megget, PharmaTimes
“Genetic profiling, infectious disease mapping, digital implants, and talking medicine cabinets – these are but some of the 20 future scenarios Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide has forecast in a new report.
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26 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | EHR: EHR | Tags: Genetics, Health Information Technology, mHealth, Personalised Medicine
