CHIME: ICD-10 conversion may require 110,000 hours of education
Beth Walsh, CMIO
“Representatives from two facilities discussed the magnitude of ICD-10 implementation during an Oct. 27 town meeting session at CHIME11, the Fall CIO Forum.
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Will ACO implementation improve patient health, or just cut costs?
Don Fluckinger, SearchHealthIT
“The Partners Healthcare Connected Health Symposium 2011 showcased demonstrations of technology’s incredible potential for extending health care into the patient’s home.
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Tablets Now Changing the Game at Point of Care
Terry Ketchersid, Acumen Nephrology EHR Blog
“Last week I attended the AMIA meeting in Washington DC. On Monday a couple of members of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Staff led a session cleverly entitled, “Tablets in Healthcare: Not Just for Pills Anymore.”
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High Tablet and Smartphone Usage in Nursing Community, Survey Finds
PRWeb
“A new survey reveals key findings concerning the use of tablets, eReaders, and smartphones within the nursing community. The survey was conducted by Springer Publishing Company, which polled more than one thousand nurses on their ownership and usage of mobile devices, their preferences for nursing and medical apps, and their social media use.
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Many patients taking a pass on electronic access to records
Pamela Lewis Dolan, amednews
“Nearly 56 million patients have accessed their health information on an electronic medical record system maintained by their physician, and an additional 41 million are interested in doing so, a Manhattan Research study found.
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The Difference Between EMR and EHR
Peter Polack, Medical Practice Trends
“Too many people use these terms interchangeably and they are not the same thing.
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EHR Adoption is Like Treating Cancer
Margalit Gur-Arie, On Healthcare Technology
“EHRs are not ready for prime time. EHR benefits are questionable and there are documented instances where patients’ deaths were directly attributed to an EHR. EHRs are cumbersome and slow. They are unnecessarily complex and built on very old technology.
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What would SIRI mean to Healthcare and How it can change the way we view EHR
Reda Chouffani, Meaningful Health Care Informatics Blog
“It is clear that with the release of iPhone 4S and the deployment of the new Siri as part of the iOS 5, the new voice assistant will ultimately find a place in healthcare.
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10 Most read articles week 23 October 2011
Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC
- Website Features Which Increase The Patient Satisfaction Index
- Parents who go online for pediatric health information are open to doctors’ website recommendations
- Apps for Autism
- Advancing health care equity through improved data collection
- Electronic prescribing within an electronic health record reduces ambulatory prescribing errors
Implementation of an innovative, integrated electronic medical record (EMR) and public health information exchange for HIV/AIDS
Herwehe J et al, J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2011
Louisiana is severely affected by HIV/AIDS, ranking fifth in AIDS rates in the USA. The Louisiana Public Health Information Exchange (LaPHIE) is a novel, secure bi-directional public health information exchange, linking statewide public health surveillance data with electronic medical record data. LaPHIE alerts medical providers when individuals with HIV/AIDS who have not received HIV care for >12 months are seen at any ambulatory or inpatient facility in an integrated delivery network.
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Cut and Paste Medicine
Bryan Vartabedian, 33 Charts
“I saw it begin to happen in the ’90′s. Residents came to rounds with their daily notes produced on a word processor. The notes were impressive. Legible, lengthy and meticulously detailed at first glance.
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Can an app save billions in health-care costs?
Shane Dingman, Globe and Mail
“Did you work out today? Skip breakfast? How’s your blood pressure? Blood glucose level? Is your heart rate within norms? How about those brainwaves?
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Wearable sensor by Affectiva can measure anxiety and is helping autism research
Brian Edwards, iMedicalApps
“When autistic children get stressed they often don’t show it. Instead, their tension might build until they have a meltdown, which can result in aggression toward others and even self-injury.
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Consumer electronics comes to health care — but don’t overestimate consumer demand just yet
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Populi
“More people with higher levels of concern about their health feel they are in good health, see their doctors regularly for check-ups, take prescription meds “exactly” as instructed, feel they eat right, and prefer lifestyle changes over using medicines.
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EHR Privacy Rule Threatens Research, Federal Advisers Say
Ken Terry, InformationWeek
“The federal Health IT Policy committee has recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) not require patient consent for the use of electronic health record (EHR) data in research on improving the delivery of healthcare services. At the same time, however, the federal advisory body urged HHS to require healthcare organizations to follow “fair information practices” designed to protect patient privacy.
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Doctors drag feet on digital records
Jim Doyle, STLtoday
“Despite new government subsidies, doctors’ offices are struggling to fulfill a federal mandate to switch to electronic medical records.
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El proyecto epSOS ya está aquí
chiscosayans, doctordoctor
“Una de las mayores ventajas que pueden aportarnos las nuevas tecnologías, es la forma en que facilitan el acceso, de manera rápida y sencilla, a distintos tipos de información. Dentro del ámbito de la salud, esto cobra una especial importancia, ya que disponer a tiempo de la mayor información posible es vital para una correcta asistencia.
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So what’s patient engagement, exactly?
Michael Martineau, Technology for Doctors Online
“Earlier this summer I wrote a column on eHealth trends in which I identified the “Engaged Patient” as one of three significant trends to watch.
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OTN launches Web-based telemedicine service
Rosie Lombardi, Technology for Doctors Online
“The Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) is going mainstream next year. The non-profit is expanding its teleconferencing services to make it accessible to any doctor or patient who has a Web-enabled computer or device.
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A Working Lexicon for the Tele-Intensive Care Unit: We Need to Define Tele-Intensive Care Unit to Grow and Understand It
Reynolds HN et al, Telemedicine and e-Health, 2011
Telemedicine in the intensive care unit (Tele-ICU) has grown exponentially since the first formalized program in 2000. Initially, there was limited product choice, and certain capabilities have been engineered into the process with the implication of necessity. New technology is evolving, and new vendors are entering the market place, which should yield a multitude of technologies from which to select.
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