La bitácora de Fran Sánchez Laguna
“En este caso habla de una pérdida mayor aún que un USB: habla de la pérdida de ordenadores completos con información importante sin cifrar. No penséis que es algo descabellado. En centros de cierto tamaño, si uno va con una bata diciendo que es de Informática, lo normal es que se le deje hacer de todo; hasta llevarse el ordenador si te dice que tiene que hacerle algo en el taller… ¿verdad?
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Jennifer Shine Dyer, KevinMD
“I just returned home from mHealth Summit Meeting in DC which, in my opinion, is still one of the biggest and best mobile health conferences of the year. On the first day of the conference, I discussed the EndoGoddess App as a use case example of mobile health from the practicioner point of view.
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Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC
Luke Gale, CMIO
“A smoking cessation program called txt2stop, a text messaging service that sends participants motivational messages, delivered positive, short-term results for smoking cessation rates at six months, according to the txt2stop study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and published online June 30 in The Lancet.
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Katherine Rourke, EMR and EHR
“Not long ago, I recently posted an item on HospitalEMRandEHR.com discussing how one hospital dropped plans to distribute iPads as front-ends for its Cerner EMR. Doctors at hospital, Seattle Children’s, gave the iPad very bad reviews as an EMR-connected device, in part because they felt that Cerner’s system was too hard to use via a Safari browser.
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Todd Neale, MedPage Today
“For patients who are unable to walk following a stroke, robot-assisted gait training results in greater long-term gains in mobility than conventional therapy for those with the most severe deficits, researchers found.
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Terry AL et al, Family Practice, 27(1)
In Canada, use of electronic medical records (EMRs) among primary health care (PHC) providers is relatively low. However, it appears that EMRs will eventually become more ubiquitous in PHC. This represents an important development in the use of health care information technology as well as a potential new source of PHC data for research. However, care in the use of EMR data is required. Four years ago, researchers at the Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, The University of Western Ontario created an EMR-based research project, called Deliver Primary Health Care Information. Implementing this project led us to two conclusions about using PHC EMR data for research: first, additional time is required for providers to undertake EMR training and to standardize the way data are entered into the EMR and second, EMRs are designed for clinical care, not research.
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Ryan BL et al, Canadian Family Physician, 57(12)
Inputting information into your EMR requires a balance between being efficient and being complete and accurate. Both goals are critical for patient care. When you intend to conduct research using data from your EMR, there is an additional goal of being able to retrieve the data in a reliable and consistent manner.
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Ryan BL et al, Canadian Family Physician, 57(9)
The pace of EMR adoption among family physicians in Canada is accelerating and the potential of EMR research is tantalizing for physicians, researchers, and policy makers. This 4-part series, written by a team of clinicians and researchers who have expertise in EMR implementation and research, addresses considerations for EMR adoption when the goal is not only individual patient care but also research.
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The Mobile Consumer Health Care Networks Systems and Services Workshop (MobiCHeSS) is a satellite workshop of the IEEE International Conference on Communications. The workshop is due to be held from 10th to the 15th June 2012 in Ottawa, Canada.
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texttochange
“The C4C program with Health Child targets pregnant women and the community in the Eastern region of Uganda, Jinja. There are still high rates of child mortality at 147 per 1000 live births. The program uses a community based approach to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Uganda, accelerating uptake of post partum care and promotion child health including early infant HIV diagnosis.
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Halamka JD. AHRQ, 2011
The Obama Administration is spending $27 billion dollars to accelerate the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) in pursuit of three policy goals: enhanced safety, improved quality, and increased efficiency. However, despite some evidence that electronic health records can achieve these goals, implementation can introduce new errors, new risks, and new challenges.
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Hsiao C-J et al, NCHS Data Brief, 79
The 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act authorized incentive payments through Medicare and Medicaid to increase physician adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems. Eligible Medicare and Medicaid physicians may receive incentive payments over 5 years if they demonstrate 15 Stage 1 Core Set objectives and 5 of 10 Menu Set objectives, using certified EHR systems.
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Craig Byer, SearchHealthIT
“Physician assistants (PAs), like a handful of other non-primary care specialties, are not considered eligible professionals (EPs) under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.
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Jamie Thompson, Healthcare IT News
“The recent announcement from HHS heralded a reprieve for many of those still concerned about meaningful use Stage 2. The deadline for meeting the requirements has been extended.
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Sheri Porter, AAFP News
“The establishment of regional extension centers, or RECs, in 2010 was widely seen as an opportunity for physicians, including family physicians, to more quickly and effectively adopt health information technology, or health IT, and use it in a meaningful way.
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Koppel R et al, N Engl J Med, 365(24)
Cebul et al. (Sept. 1 issue) report positive associations between the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and the quality of diabetes care, findings remarkably different from those of rigorous systematic reviews. Most researchers, moreover, would exclude from synthesis designs similar to that used by Cebul et al. — designs that fail to account for preexisting secular trends and selection bias.
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Steve Campbell, EMR Daily News
“Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) today announced results from a multi-year pilot program designed to increase the use of electronic health records, transform the way healthcare is delivered, improve members’ health and help moderate healthcare costs.
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Angela Dunn, HL7 Standards
“HIMSS reports that although its clinicians are accessing information through a mobile device, only 38 percent say they have a policy in place that regulates the use of mobile devices and outlines a mobile strategy.
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Wes Rishel, Gartner
“HL7 attended the meeting in London where a consensus was developed that represents a draft of the statement that CIMI issued. Upon seeing the final draft HL7 specifically requested that its name be placed on the list of signatories to the document.
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