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Hincapie A, Warholak T. Applied Clinical Informatics, 2(4)
Background and Objective:
Healthcare professionals, industry and policy makers have identified Health Information Exchange (HIE) as a solution to improve patient safety and overall quality of care. The potential benefits of HIE on healthcare have fostered its implementation and adoption in the United States. However, there is a dearth of publications that demonstrate HIE effectiveness. The purpose of this review was to identify and describe evidence of HIE impact on healthcare outcomes.
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30 November 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: United States | Tags: Benefits, Health Information Exchange
Greg Freeman HealthLeaders Media
“Personal health records have been a forward-thinking idea for some time now, but the rewards and requirements of achieving meaningful use are putting more pressure on providers to adopt a system that allows easy access for the patient but a reliable conduit of information from the health provider. Of the many models available, how does a provider know which way to go?
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Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: phr, Provider
Amir Hannan, Guardian Professional
“The NHS needs to change. As the costs of healthcare escalate, huge efficiency savings need to be found through improvements in quality and productivity with the spotlight rightly on elderly and vulnerable patients receiving dignified and compassionate care.
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Categories: News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tags: Access, GP, Map of Medicine, Patient
Tom Moberly, GP Online
“NHS patients will be able to access their own personal health records online by 2015, the government has announced.
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Categories: News, RA News, Record Access, UK EHR | Country: UK | EHR: EHR, EHR UK | Tags: Access, Patient
Grabenbauer L et al, Applied Clinical Informatics, 2(4)
Objective:
The slow adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems has been linked to physician resistance to change and the expense of EHR adoption. This qualitative study was conducted to evaluate benefits, and clarify limitations of two mature, robust, comprehensive EHR Systems by tech-savvy physicians where resistance and expense are not at issue.
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Categories: Science | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Adoption
Vest JR, Miller TR. Applied Clinical Informatics, 2(4)
Objective:
Health information exchange (HIE) is the interorganizational sharing of patient information and is one of many health information technology initiatives expected to transform the U.S. healthcare system. Two outcomes expected to be improved by HIE are patient-provider communication and patient satisfaction . This analysis examined the relationship between the level of HIE engagement and these two factors in a sample of U.S. hospitals.
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Categories: Science | Country: United States | Tags: Communication, Data Sharing, Health Information Exchange, Hospitals, Patient, Satisfaction
Craig Byer, Health IT Pulse
“Whether physician practices will be able to join health information exchanges once federal and state grants run out is a key issue given the high costs of running HIEs.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Costs, Health Information Exchange, Meaningful Use, Physicians
John, EMR and HIPAA
“One of the really interesting things I noted while attending the NextGen user group meeting had to do with the move to SaaS based EHR and other SaaS based EHR software. I partially mentioned this in the write up I did at the conference, including a tweet where I talk about how Scott Decker really pushed the idea of NextGen making the move into the SaaS based software world.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: SaaS
Robert Rowley, EHR Bloggers
“It’s tempting to look at the Clinical Quality Measures portion of Meaningful Use as just another hoop to jump through, with little actual clinical impact on day-to-day care. But, upon a little reflection, embedding Clinical Quality Measures (CQM) into Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems is actually quite revolutionary.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Meaningful Use, Quality
David E. Williams, The Health Care Blog
“It used to be broadly accepted that doctors didn’t like using information technology, but a more likely explanation is that they have an aversion to clunky systems that slow them down and load them up with administrative work that is more suited to administrative support staff. Doctors are big users of smartphones and tablets in their personal lives and have started to bring their own devices and apps into the workplace.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: SMS
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Populi
“The Internet, broadband, mobile health platforms, and consumers’ demand for more convenient health care services are fueling the development and adoption of health technologies in peoples’ homes. However, designing products that people will delight in using is based on incorporating human factors in design.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Digital Homecare
Cerner Blog
“Adding digital images to a patient’s electronic health record (EHR) greatly simplifies the problem of capturing, managing, storing, and distributing these images. Cerner’s ImageAware solution allows you to capture all media types including document imaging, ECG and other waveforms, wound care photos, dermatology photos, PACS images and pathology images in a single virtual archive, creating a visual EHR.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tags: Imaging, visualisation
Apiscam
“La Sociedad Española de Farmacia Rural (SEFAR) ha presentado los resultados del estudio piloto de Teledermatología llevado a cabo en cinco farmacias rurales desde el mes de octubre, destacando que el 63,6 por ciento de los usuarios estaría dispuesto a pagar por este servicio.
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Categories: News | Country: Spain | Tags: pharmacist, Rural, Teledermatology, Telemedicine
rteston, Buzz e-sante
“Cette nouvelle plateforme Voix des Patients , est très différente de l’ancienne version tant sur le contenu que sur l’aspect graphique avec notamment une nouvelle identité visuelle.
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Categories: News | Country: France | Tags: Social Media, Website
Gary Levin, Health Train Express
“Imagine this if you will (and this is not imaginary). I am sitting at home quite comfortably on a Google + hangout and suddenly a window appears from a Live newscast in Colombia Mo.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Google+, Social Media
Carl Natale, ICD10 Watch
“A little while ago, someone asked me how long it would take to complete an ICD-10 project. I couldn’t answer that.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: ICD-10, Implementation
Roger Downey, GlobalMedia
“His article, “Skype for Healthcare: Is It Safe?“, on advanceweb.com, does an excellent job pointing out the problems with Skype for confidential and HIPAA-compliant use. The problem begins with its architecture. Skype uses “virtual servers” – these are other people’s computers, folks!
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Categories: News | Tags: Telemedicine, Videoconferencing
Sabrina Rodak, Becker's Hospital Review
“More research is needed to determine if immediate and direct patient access to laboratory results will benefit patients and healthcare providers, according to a commentary in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Categories: News, RA News, Record Access | Country: United States | Tags: Access, lab results, Patient
Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News
“Work continues on the building of an information network enabling patients to access, store and share their radiological images and reports, along with other information, via a personal health record.
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Categories: News, RA News, Record Access | Country: United States | Tags: Access, Data Sharing, Image, Patient
Henry Kenyon, GCN
“A new pilot program will allow veterans in the Midwest to access behavioral health, oncology and post-operative care services wherever they have Web access. Using telehealth technology — a combination of streaming video, e-mail and text applications — the system is designed to help veterans in geographically remote areas or with mobility issues to conveniently contact clinicians and support services.
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Categories: News | Country: United States | Tags: Teleconsultation, Telemedicine
