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NEHTA Seems Just To Have Released A New Webiste. Very Pretty.

The site can be found at the old address: http://www.nehta.gov.au/ An seems to have gone with a tiled Window 8 appearance for the front page. As far as information is concerned there are publications up to Oct 2012 but is seems to die...Show More Summary

Enterprise-Wide Medical Deivice Integration and CIS Workflow

Last month I spoke at the first CIS Qatar International Conference in Doha Qatar. My topic was the Importance of Enterprise Wide Medical Device Integration in CIS workflow. You can download a copy of my presentation here. This was the first such conference in Qatar with over 1,500 people attending. The ballroom only had capacity [...]

Managing My Personal Health Record: My Story of Living with Lupus

When I was 15 years old I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erthamatosis (Lupus). My parents and I didn’t really know or understand what Lupus was, but we knew that people died from it and that I needed to be extremely careful with my health. I remember how scared I was, along with being in [...]Show More Summary

EHR and HIT News for May 13th

Today’s EHR and HIT News includes customer acquisition updates from eClinicalWorks as well as news from ICS Software that their SammyEHR can now be used on any Android or iOS tablet/phone through Remote Desktop Services.  There is also news from MModal has won the top Health IT Innovation Award for Informatics and Analytics from the [...]

HIPAA not an excuse for lack of innovation in hospitals and clinics

As a 20-year practicing physician and a former hospital CIO/CMIO, I am well aware that healthcare is an extremely complex, highly regulated industry. I often tell young entrepreneurs that healthcare isn’t for the faint of heart. Getting traction in anything...(read more)

Health Wonk Review: money talks, but IT helps

The latest edition of Health Wonk Review is hot off the digital presses, with Joe Paduda taking hosting duties on his Managed Care Matters blog. And managed care does matter in this trip around the health blogosphere, with most of the...Show More Summary

So many types of telehealth

Here’s a short video (720p HD) I put together from the just-concluded American Telemedicine Association’s annual conference in Austin, Texas. No wonder it’s so hard to get a real sense of the size of the telehealth and telemedicine market when there are so many components and so many different definitions. Show More Summary

Breaking down ignorance about telehealth

AUSTIN, Texas — I’m at my very first American Telemedicine Association annual conference, which starts later this afternoon. This morning, I gave a short presentation to the ATA’s Industry Council, made up of technology vendors, about...Show More Summary

Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 13th May, 2013.

Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a 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...Show More Summary

It Seems The NEHRS / PCEHR Has Had a Bit Of A Make Over. Interesting Changes In A Couple Of Areas.

After the outage overnight I wandered along to see what changes had been made to the what the user sees. Here is what the navigation menu down the side now looks like. Health Record Overview Clinical Documents Shared Health Summary Medication...Show More Summary

An Interesting Email Turned Up From SAI Global (The Standards Australia For Profit Arm) A Few Days Ago.

This popped into my inbox a few days ago. eHealth Standards: Recommended Practice for The Health Industry. Hello David, The Australian government is committed to e-Health and is facilitating the transition of paper-based clinical record...Show More Summary

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 12th 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

EHR and HIT News for May 10th

Today’s EHR and HIT News includes customer acquisition updates from Aura Healthcare and MedAptus.  There is also news from research2guidance, on a new report outlining the growth in the market for mobile health sensors market. Southern Health live with clinical noting from Aura Healthcare  A new clinical application from Aura Healthcare is being implemented in [...]

MTBC Integrates the Transcription Function Into their EHR with the Launch of ChartScribe

New Tips for Meeting the Stage 2 Meaningful Use Transition of Care Measure

Are you looking for more support on how to meet the transition of care measure that is required for Stage 2 Meaningful Use? ONC has just released a new brief that provides support. This is a part of one of the ONC Health Information Exchange (HIE) team’s goals – to provide support and direction to [...]Show More Summary

Can Health IT Reduce Health Disparities? New ONC Report Explores Opportunities

Inequality related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status is one of our nation’s most vexing problems, and it affects health status, access to health care, and health care quality. Unfortunately, health disparities in access to quality care are common. Show More Summary

Nurses Shine During National Nurses Week and Beyond

This is the final blog post in a National Nurses Week series. This post focuses on the changes in healthcare and the significant role that nurses play in patient care – from getting supplies ready for procedures to EHR implementation. We encourage you to read the entire blog series. During National Nurses Week, ONC has [...]Show More Summary

This Seems To Me To Be Some Very Interesting Commentary. Views Welcome.

This appeared a few days ago. Will Electronic Records Cure Health Care? By Joe Weber APR 29, 2013 12:48pm ET Until we are totally confident we know how to design and deploy EHRs in a manner that will substantially improve health care,...Show More Summary

EHR and HIT News for May 9th

Changing Health Paradigms: A personal perspective

Linda Brei, Project HealthDesign Communications Consultant In the late 1970s I had my first experience working for a health care related grant with the Community Care Organization (CCO) project, funded by the Kellogg Foundation. Wisconsin was one of five states...