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Failure to use linked health records may lead to biased disease estimates

They show that up to 50% of all heart attack cases are missed using just one data source. These findings may be relevant to other common conditions, such as stroke, and support the wider use of linked multiple record sources by clinicians,...Show More Summary

£74m wasted on flu drugs destroyed because of poor record keeping

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Taxpayers lost £74m when 6.5m doses of an anti-flu drug were written off as being past their shelf life because of poor record-keeping by the health service, the government's auditors have found.A total of £424m was spent in stockpiling...Show More Summary

CampDoc.com Releases Electronic Medication Administration Record for Summer Camps

Did you know there was an EHR product whose market was summer camps? Well, neither did I until I saw this news from CampDoc.com earlier today.  They company, who claims to be the the leading electronic health record system for camps has announced the release of an Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR). This technology will [...]

Jon Stewart Blasts Obama's Failed Promise to Veterans

During the May 20 edition of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart brought up President Barack Obama's unfulfilled 2009 promise to "create a seamless, computerized Veterans' health records system." After covering the subject for half a segment,...Show More Summary

HomecareCRM Launches Integration with PointClickCare EHR

Home healthcare and long term-care customer relationship management solutions provider, HomecareCRM has announced an integration with PointClickCare, the most widely used Electronic Health Record platform for long-term care. ThroughShow More Summary

Health Insurers Are Trying To Track The Junk Food You Buy At Grocery Stores – Report

Technology is driving consumers to track, record, and share loads of personal information. Whether it be via fitness trackers, heart rate monitors, grocery and restaurant loyalty cards, or check-ins, people are sharing more personal data today than they ever have before. Show More Summary

Healthcare Innovation Council Calls Out CMS’ EHR Meaningful Use Program

Yet another group of healthcare experts has called upon Congress to reconsider CMS’ meaningful use program to finance electronic health records for hospitals and physicians. The Healthcare Innovation Council submitted its commentary entitled “Let’s Admit the Emperor Has No Clothes- It’s Time to Redesign EHRs to Improve Patient Care” to U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander,...

Scrutiny grows over EHRs and physician coding

yesterdayHealth : amednews.com

CMS always has kept a close eye on physician billing and is focusing on the connection between electronic health records and a growing number of higher-level codes. Doctors say that concern is misplaced — but some are getting cautious with coding.

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

Pay to play? Sebelius asks health care industry for 'donations' to prop up ObamaCare

by Elise Hilton WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 (Acton Institute) - While the Obama administration is busy dealing with the IRS scandal, the Benghazi scandal and the seizure of reporters’ phone records, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is skirting around a scandal, as well. Sebelius has been asking…

New Algorithm Cluster To Data Mine Health Records Published By NJIT Computer Scientist

The time may be fast approaching for researchers to take better advantage of the vast amount of valuable patient information available from U.S. electronic health records. Lian Duan, an NJIT computer scientist with an expertise in data...Show More Summary

Lawsuit Says IRS Illegally Seized 60 Million Health Records

A lawsuit filed in California accuses the Internal Revenue Service of illegal seizure of 60 million electronic health care records belonging to 10 million Americans. The suit filed in the Superior Court of San Diego by Robert Barnes,...Show More Summary

Throw Another Scandal On The Barbie...IRS Sued Over Release Of Tens of Millions Of Health Records

Via TMI3rd, why, people would be nuts to worry about big government. The Internal Revenue Service is now facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it improperly accessed and stole the health records of some 10 million Americans, including...

Market Minute: Google CEO Larry Page Discloses Health Condition

Google's top exec reveals why he's been out of the spotlight lately, and Walmart plans to go it alone. The Dow Industrials rallied 123 points yesterday, closing at another record high. Incredibly, the Dow has now gained ground for 18 straight Tuesdays. 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

Stock Market Rises Back Into Record Territory

(NEW YORK) — The stock market marched back into record territory Tuesday as investors seized on the latest encouraging news about the economy. This time, it was a report on the health of small businesses. Small business owners were slightly...Show More Summary

NJIT computer scientist publishes new algorithm cluster to data mine health records

The time may be fast approaching for researchers to take better advantage of the vast amount of valuable patient information available from U.S. electronic health records. Lian Duan, an NJIT computer scientist with an expertise in data...Show More Summary

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

How we can realize Health IT’s full potential by looking at its setbacks

Guest Post Electronic Health Records as they stand are preventing medical professionals from diving deep into Health IT. But there's a way to turn it around.

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