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Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 18th May, 2013.
Here are a few I have come across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration...Show More Summary
Maintaining the Patient Perspective in Patient-Centered Outcomes
Sara Koliner, Policy Analysis Project Assistant, Project HealthDesign National Program Office Last week, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) approved 51 awards as part of its second cycle of funding in support of the development of a National Patient-Centered Clinical...
Bridging the Gap Between Behavioral Health and EHRs in New Jersey
The need for electronic health records (EHRs) designed specifically for those suffering from mental health and substance abuse issues has never been greater. Patients living with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are twice as likely...Show More Summary
We Are Seeing More Brownian Motion In The Telehealth Space As The Election Nears.
There was another press release from another part of the Government that was relevant this week. Joint media release Mark Butler MP Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy Minister for Broadband, Communications...Show More Summary
EHR and HIT News for May 16th
Today’s EHR and HIT News includes an update from iMedicor on an upgrade to their SocialHIE for Galaxy Health Network. Personnel news from SOAPware that their President Randall Oates, M.D. is among the first NCQA Certified Patient-Centered Medical Home Content Experts. Today also brings news from gMed on the introduction of a cloud-based version of [...]
NueMD Client Testimonial – Why Dr. Martin Loves NueMD
Dr. Bill Martin Jr. has been using NueMD in his practice for nearly a decade. Efficiency and ease of use are just a few of the reasons that Dr. Martin has stuck with NueMD for so long. Both he and his staff have found it invaluable to their practice. Watch our latest video to see other reasons why Dr. Martin loves NueMD! Dr. Martin Loves NueMD
Building Unity Farm - The Mushroom Farm Begins
Last weekend, my wife, Bill Gillis (CIO of the Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization), and I completed 72 Oyster mushroom totems and 60 Shitake logs - about 10,000 pounds of wood requiring 3000 individual inoculations.Here's how we...Show More Summary
Article Draft - It Seems This E-Health Business I Much Harder Than We All Thought. We May Need A Fundamentally Different Approach.
I was lucky to be asked to spend a couple of hours with a team of academics from Australia and the U.K. to explore some of the issues around the implementation of centralised National E-Health Systems around the world - with a special focus on the U.K., Canada, New Zealand, the U.S. Show More Summary
Your Turn! Enter the $10K Windows 8 & HealthVault Challenge.
I don’t often turn over space on HealthBlog to other authors. An exception was during my sabbatical when Gareth Hall kindly filled in for me. Another exception is when one of my colleagues has something really cool or important to share. Then, I feel...(read more)
EHR and HIT News for May 15th
Today’s EHR and HIT News includes an update the Delaware Health Information Network as well as customer acquisition news from athenahealth and ClearDATA. Diagnostic Imaging Associates Connects Through DHIN Diagnostic Imaging Associates...Show More Summary
Panasonic Upgrades Toughbook H2 Rugged Tablet PC for Healthcare Professionals
Panasonic has announced upgrades to the Panasonic Toughbook® H2, the industry’s most rugged handheld tablet PC. With a Healthcare Specific design, the MIL-STD-810G1 and IP651 certified device includes a faster processor, expanded storage...Show More Summary
New Developer Contest – Create a Cancer Survivor Tool
ONC and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) are challenging app developers to create new tools to help cancer survivors. The new Crowds Care for Cancer: Supporting Survivors Challenge is asking app developers to create new tools meant to help survivors manage their care after they have completed cancer treatment. HHS has had a series of [...]Show More Summary
Personal Health Record Use by Adolescents
In response to many questions about PHR use by adolescents, I asked Fabienne Bourgeois, the expert at Children's Hospital Boston, to write this guest blog post -As more and more practices and hospitals are making patient portals available...Show More Summary
DoHA Budget 2013-14 and E-Health - What Do We See? Looks Like A Major Slowing In Investment After 14 Months From Now.
The relevant part of the Budget is DoHA - Outcome 10. The link is here: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/2013-2014_Health_PBS Right at the top we read. Outcome 10 HEALTH SYSTEM CAPACITY AND QUALITY Outcome...Show More Summary
AusHealthIT Poll Number 167 – Results – 15th May, 2013.
The question was: What Do You Predict Will Be The Fate of E-Health Funding In The Upcoming Budget on Tuesday? Big Increase 0% (0) Small Increase 10% (5) No Change 10% (5) Minor Decrease 24% (12) Major Decrease 43% (22) I Have No Idea...Show More Summary
NHS clinicians save up to 45 minutes a day through simplified access to patient data
Even in some of the most digitally advanced hospitals and clinics I visit, I frequently hear clinicians grousing about access to patient care data and systems. It’s not unusual for todays’ healthcare settings to have multiple repositories of patient data...(read more)
EHR and HIT News for May 14th
Today’s EHR and HIT News includes customer acquisition updates from Streamline Health and Capsule Tech, news from Hello Health on a new iPhone application, and an update from McKesson Healthcare on their McKesson Gives Back program. ...Show More Summary
Arcadia Solutions Partners with AppNeta to Identify and Improve EHR Application Performance within Ambulatory Practices
Arcadia Solutions and AppNeta have announced a partnership that will allow Acradia Solution’s Managed Services Team to use AppNeta’s PathView Cloud solution to help identify and resolve performance issues that occur between the ambulatory practice and the Electronic Health Record application. Show More Summary
Building a Trust Fabric in Massachusetts
Yesterday, several Massachusetts HIE stakeholders discussed how best to create a trust fabric among the array of vendors, organizations, and regional subnetworks that will exchange transfer of care summaries using the Meaningful Use Stage 2 standards. Show More Summary
It Seems They Plan To Put Information On Advanced Care Directives On the NEHRS / PCEHR.
This press release appeared a few days ago. Advance Care Plans to be Included on E-Health Records Telling your loved ones how you wish to be cared for as you get close to the end of your life will become easier. 9 May 2013 Telling your...Show More Summary
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