“1. In December 2009, the Health and Sport Committee undertook a short inquiry into the development of clinical portal technology and telehealth across the NHS in Scotland. The aim of this inquiry was to examine the current pace of development in the use of such technology as a means of delivering a more efficient, responsive and patient-centred health service.
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OECD
“This report presents an analysis of OECD countries’ efforts to implement information and communication technologies (ICTs) in health care systems. It provides advice on the range of policy options, conditions and practices that policy makers can adapt to their own national circumstances to accelerate adoption and effective use of these technologies.
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Beacon Partners
In February, 2010, executives from 168 healthcare organizations in the U.S. participated in a study conducted by healthcare management consulting firm Beacon Partners for the purpose of taking the pulse on where hospitals are today in adopting EHRs.
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HIMSS Vantage Point
A number of recent articles have addressed the challenges that exist with implementing electronic medical records (EMRs). This research suggests about half of survey respondents identify either the installation process or the complexities of the EMR technology as the top challenge. Presently about one-quarter of respondent noted that their EMR implementation has exceeded or vastly exceeded expectations.
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Cristiano Codagnone, PHS2020
“The book envisages the research themes needed to be funded and pursued in the future in order to infuse PHS with bio-medical knowledge, produce more intelligent data processing in support of decision making and actuation
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Don Kemper et al, Healthwise
Imagine—anytime you have a health care question, face a treatment decision, or need to learn a new self-management skill, all of the tools you need are presented before you in a tailored, personalized, and easy-to-use way.
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l'ASIP
Par un courrier de décembre 2008 adressé aux directeurs d’Agences Régionales d’Hospitalisation (ARH), Madame la ministre de la santé et des sports informait de sa décision de flécher une partie des ressources d’investissements du plan « Hôpital 2012 » sur le déploiement de systèmes de téléradiologie en région, en vue notamment de traiter plus efficacement les cas d’accidents vasculaires cérébraux (AVC).
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Accenture
“Focused on a growing aging population well-versed in technology, ”connected health“—continuous, remote monitoring of chronic conditions, as well as online and mobile care—will improve quality, contain costs and provide a new level of convenience for health consumers.
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Robert E. Litan, Better Health Care Together
“For the millions of people around the world who have embraced the Internet, the transformational effects of modern communications technologies are well known. Using search engines to access information, attending classes and college lectures online, conducting financial transactions and shopping, and enjoying music, video and games over the Internet are increasingly routine. But other Internet-based activities have yet to reach their full potential; among the most significant is telemedicine – the use of modern communications to deliver a wide range of health care to patients at locations that are physically distant from the caregiver.
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Mike Williams, Michael Pfeffer, Juliana Boyle, Donald M. Hilty for CHCF
“Patients who present in the emergency department (ED) with mental health issues often encounter long delays before being evaluated and admitted, transferred, or discharged. Arranging appropriate evaluation for these patients often disproportionately affects the operation of the ED, particularly in terms of space and staffing.
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Markle Foundation
“The goal of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) health information technology (IT) investments1 is to foster rapid-cycle adoption and meaningful use of health IT to stimulate the economy, improve health, and slow the growth in health care costs for the nation. The near-term strategies for measuring and demonstrating meaningful use must chart a purposeful and compelling path towards this goal.
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EHR IMPACT, European Commission
“The European Commission EHR IMPACT study (EHRI) investigates the socio-economic impact of interoperable Electronic Health Record (EHR) and ePrescribing systems in Europe and beyond. Core to the project is a detailed qualitative analysis of eleven good practice cases in Europe, USA and Israel. Nine of these underwent also a quantitative evaluation of their socioeconomic impacts. Each application studied is a sustainable solution in routine operation.
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Neha Parekh, Jaime Mayer, Natalie Rojowsky, Google
“Demonstrates how physicians use the internet and search in their clinical practices.”
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George Washington University Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
In our inaugural report in 2006, Health Information Technology in the United States: The Information Base of Progress, and our subsequent report, Health Information Technology in the United States: Where We Stand, 2008, we detailed the challenges faced by policy-makers working toward the goal of increased adoption of electronic health records. Since that time the role of health information technology in promoting higher quality, more efficient health care has taken a central position in the current health care reform debate. There is broad bipartisan support to speed health information technology (HIT) adoption, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has made promoting a national interoperable health information system a priority, authorizing significant resources to achieve this goal.
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Mohamoud S, Byrne C, Samarth A., AHRQ
As part of AHRQ’s mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans, the AHRQ National Resource Center (NRC) for Health IT provides technical assistance and conducts analysis and dissemination of results from project work funded in AHRQ’s health IT portfolio. The NRC team members developed this report summarizing the key challenges noted, solutions identified, and lessons learned by AHRQ funded projects implementing health IT in LTC settings.
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M. Christopher Gibbons et al, John Hopkins for AHQR
Many people are excited about the potential to improve the health of the public by using health information technology (health IT) and eHealth solutions that are tailored to consumers. Despite growing interest in this field referred to as consumer health informatics (CHI), the value of CHI applications has not been rigorously reviewed.
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European Commission Directorate General Information Society
The objective of the study is to identify and analyse the legal and regulatory framework for electronic health services in the EU Member States and for cross-border services when provided via eHealth applications, in particular in the areas of electronic health records, telemedicine and e-prescription.
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AIIM
In most organizations, electronic records are still taken less seriously than paper records. Responsibility for applying good records management practice to electronic records would seem to reside in the IT Department rather than in the Records Department, and even where good policies exist, they are often not monitored or enforced.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
In the summer of 2009, PwC invited IT and strategy leaders from leading payer, provider and pharmaceutical companies to share how they have been using secondary health data in a one-day roundtable. This report consolidates the conversations that took place, and includes findings from a national industry poll PwC conducted on secondary health data in the spring of 2009.
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Don Kemper, Healthwise
Evidence continues to show that overtreatment is a major cause of runaway U.S. health care costs. Our fee-for-service system rewards doctors for doing more procedures and surgeries. Doctors need to protect themselves from lawsuits by doing more diagnostic testing. The two systemic incentives combine for unnecessary testing and procedures that amount to an estimated one-third of total U.S. health care spending.
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