“The State Alliance for e-Health, made up of governors and state officials from across the country, is calling on states to support e-prescribing and address medical privacy and security issues in order to boost healthcare IT.”
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 23 September 2008
Tagged: consumer, disease management, disease surveillance, e health, e prescribing, Health Information Technology, interoperability, privacy, security and standards
; posted on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 7:46 am
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“At a Capitol Hill briefing on Friday, the Health IT Now! Coalition asked lawmakers to pass legislation that would subsidize health care providers’ adoption of electronic health records, ensure interoperability among health care IT platforms and address privacy concerns, CongressDaily reports.”
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iHealthBeat, 16 June 2008
Tagged: adoption, benefits, disease management, Health Information Technology, interoperability and privacy
; posted on Monday, June 16th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
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“Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) and the Dallas-based Zix Corporation announced Tuesday they will jointly conduct a pilot to enroll eligible patients in chronic care through e-prescribing alerts.
The pilot will use ZixCorp’s PocketScript e-prescribing service to alert physicians at the point of care that a patient may be eligible for enrollment in BCBSMA’s disease management program.”
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Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News, 25 January 2008
Tagged: chronic care, disease management, e prescribing and rural
; posted on Friday, January 25th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
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“Advances in information technology (IT) enable a fundamental redesign of health care processes based on the use and integration of electronic communication at all levels. New communication technologies can support a transition from institution centric to patient-centric applications. This white paper defines key principles and challenges for designers, policy makers, and evaluators of patient-centered technologies for disease management and prevention. It reviews current and emerging trends; highlights challenges related to design, evaluation, reimbursement and usability; and reaches conclusions for next steps that will advance the domain.”
Abstract
George Demiris, Lawrence B. Afrin, Stuart Speedie, Karen L. Courtney, Manu Sondhi, Vivian Vimarlund, Christian Lovis, William Goossen, and Cecil Lynch, J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:8-13. DOI 10.1197/jamia.M2492
Tagged: disease management and information technology
; posted on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
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“An alliance of technology companies formed in the summer of 2006 to facilitate interoperability among home health devices, consumer health devices and health information systems is getting ready to unveil its initial guidelines.”
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Health Data Management, 12 September 2007
Tagged: chronic care, devices, disease management and homecare
; posted on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
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“HealthBridge, the largest health information exchange in the country, has launched real-time automated disease management reporting by leveraging its clinical messaging system, developed by Axolotl.”
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Patty Enrado, Healthcare IT News, 7 September 2007
Tagged: clinical messaging and disease management
; posted on Friday, September 7th, 2007 at 11:48 am
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