Most Doctors Aren’t Using Electronic Health Records
6-19-08--New York Times - United StatesIndeed, electronic health records are pervasive in the largest integrated medical groups like Kaiser Permanente, the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, ...
High costs keep doctors from switching to electronic records
6-19-08--USA Today - USARichard Baron, a Philadelphia doctor who switched to a comprehensive electronic medical records system in 2004, says the change "transformed care" in his ...
Doctors Slow to Embrace Electronic Medical Records
6-19-08--U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC -- Electronic medical record systems are being touted as the wave of the future in health care and ...
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
New This Week
Technology transforms "the practice of medicine" at Cleveland Clinic
6-5-08--TIME --Collaboration and a team of 700 technologists have positioned the Cleveland Clinic as a leader in HIT. The hospital has created EHRs for nearly 5 million patients, implemented e-prescribing, created MyCharts so patients could access their records online and made rolling carts with computer terminals available to health care providers in exam rooms so they could "document every step of patient care in an electronic chart." The hospital's CEO believes that access to EHRs will improve patient care.
Health care sees great innovations
6-5-08--. BusinessWeek --Innovation Portraits, a tool created by Illinois-based Doblin, identifies patterns of innovation within an industry. BusinessWeek used it to look at health care and found eight new trends capable of transforming the industry.
Minnesota communities become laboratories for Allina studies
6-12-08--Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USAThe community projects are part of a $100 million plan, announced Wednesday, to create a Center for Healthcare Innovation that will seek to reduce ...
Push for digital health records
6-12-08--Baltimore Sun - United StatesMost of the developed world is much further ahead; medical records in some countries, such as Germany, are already fully electronic. ...
Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente Launch E-Health Record Pilot
6-12-08--InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USAThe program will test the exchange of patient health data from Kaiser Permanente's My Health Manager e-health record system to Microsoft's HealthVault ...
Study finds health systems vary on quality, but nonprofits do better
6-122-08--American Medical News (subscription) - USA... to an analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data published this month in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. ...
Microsoft, Kaiser to Launch New Health-Records Program
6-12-08--Wall Street Journal - USATypically, control over medical data stored in electronic medical records is in the hands of the health-care profession instead of the patient. ...
Blue Cross plans Web access to records
6-12-08--Boston Globe - United StatesSome patient and privacy advocates have warned that electronic medical records are potentially vulnerable to attack by computer hackers. ...
Medical Care Isn't Free-Trade Commerce
6-12-08--Wall Street Journal - USA... even more fragmentation of the US health-care system -- a problem standing in the way of the integrated, sustained medical care that most people need. ...
6-5-08--TIME --Collaboration and a team of 700 technologists have positioned the Cleveland Clinic as a leader in HIT. The hospital has created EHRs for nearly 5 million patients, implemented e-prescribing, created MyCharts so patients could access their records online and made rolling carts with computer terminals available to health care providers in exam rooms so they could "document every step of patient care in an electronic chart." The hospital's CEO believes that access to EHRs will improve patient care.
Health care sees great innovations
6-5-08--. BusinessWeek --Innovation Portraits, a tool created by Illinois-based Doblin, identifies patterns of innovation within an industry. BusinessWeek used it to look at health care and found eight new trends capable of transforming the industry.
Minnesota communities become laboratories for Allina studies
6-12-08--Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USAThe community projects are part of a $100 million plan, announced Wednesday, to create a Center for Healthcare Innovation that will seek to reduce ...
Push for digital health records
6-12-08--Baltimore Sun - United StatesMost of the developed world is much further ahead; medical records in some countries, such as Germany, are already fully electronic. ...
Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente Launch E-Health Record Pilot
6-12-08--InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USAThe program will test the exchange of patient health data from Kaiser Permanente's My Health Manager e-health record system to Microsoft's HealthVault ...
Study finds health systems vary on quality, but nonprofits do better
6-122-08--American Medical News (subscription) - USA... to an analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data published this month in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. ...
Microsoft, Kaiser to Launch New Health-Records Program
6-12-08--Wall Street Journal - USATypically, control over medical data stored in electronic medical records is in the hands of the health-care profession instead of the patient. ...
Blue Cross plans Web access to records
6-12-08--Boston Globe - United StatesSome patient and privacy advocates have warned that electronic medical records are potentially vulnerable to attack by computer hackers. ...
Medical Care Isn't Free-Trade Commerce
6-12-08--Wall Street Journal - USA... even more fragmentation of the US health-care system -- a problem standing in the way of the integrated, sustained medical care that most people need. ...
Thursday, June 12, 2008
New This Week
End of line for doctors' signature scribbles?
June 12--Chicago Tribune - United StatesBut doctors say any e-prescribing needs to be tied into a larger and typically more expensive system that provides electronic medical records that link ...
Some medical records to go electronic [2 hrs ago]
June 12--NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USABy Jim Stafford Oklahoma has been selected as one of 12 "communities" nationwide to participate in an electronic medical records demonstration project that ...
Center Releases New White Paper On Electronic Prescribing: Written ...
June 12--Medical News Today (press release) - UKThe Center for Health Transformation released a new white paper on electronic prescribing that presents a comprehensive look at the technology, its benefits ...
Medical records a click away: A good idea?
June 12--USA Today - USAAdams may be riding the wave of the future as one of the first to try out a new breed of websites that allow patients to store and access their own medical ...
IBM Calls on Healthcare Providers to Forge New Delivery Models ...
June 12--CNNMoney.com - USA... consumerism, changing demographics and lifestyles, diseases that are more expensive to treat, the proliferation of medical technologies and treatments, ...
Allina establishes $100 million Center for Healthcare Innovation
June 12--Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USAAllina Hospitals & Clinics is creating a $100 million Center for Healthcare Innovation, which will focus on clinical and population health research. ...
June 12--Chicago Tribune - United StatesBut doctors say any e-prescribing needs to be tied into a larger and typically more expensive system that provides electronic medical records that link ...
Some medical records to go electronic [2 hrs ago]
June 12--NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USABy Jim Stafford Oklahoma has been selected as one of 12 "communities" nationwide to participate in an electronic medical records demonstration project that ...
Center Releases New White Paper On Electronic Prescribing: Written ...
June 12--Medical News Today (press release) - UKThe Center for Health Transformation released a new white paper on electronic prescribing that presents a comprehensive look at the technology, its benefits ...
Medical records a click away: A good idea?
June 12--USA Today - USAAdams may be riding the wave of the future as one of the first to try out a new breed of websites that allow patients to store and access their own medical ...
IBM Calls on Healthcare Providers to Forge New Delivery Models ...
June 12--CNNMoney.com - USA... consumerism, changing demographics and lifestyles, diseases that are more expensive to treat, the proliferation of medical technologies and treatments, ...
Allina establishes $100 million Center for Healthcare Innovation
June 12--Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USAAllina Hospitals & Clinics is creating a $100 million Center for Healthcare Innovation, which will focus on clinical and population health research. ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
New This Week
High-Tech Devices Keep Elderly Safe From Afar
May 25--First thing every morning, Lynn Pitet, of Cody, Wyo., checks her computer to see whether her mother, Helen Trost, has gotten out of bed, taken her medication and whether she is moving around inside her house hundreds of miles away in Minnesota.
Last summer, Mrs. Trost’s husband had a stroke and died, but she wanted to stay in the house, in Mankato, where she had lived for 36 years. She did not want a live-in helper, and she cannot drive. At 88, Mrs. Trost has macular degeneration and takes medications for seizures, memory loss and restless leg syndrome.
More…
Google Health opens, sparks privacy woes
May 25—After a year and half of development, Google's online filing cabinet for personal medical records is open to the public, giving users instant electronic access to their health histories, while reigniting privacy concerns. Called Google Health, at google.com/health, the service lets users link information from a handful of pharmacies and care providers, with plans to add many more. More…
Electronic records improve the quality of health care but high cost still a barrier
May 28--Large hospitals are partnering with smaller hospitals and physicians to bring down the cost of using electronic medical records. It is a quiet change, but one that holds the promise of dramatically improving efficiency and the quality of health care for patients. More…
New Web site compares hospital care
Services, costs and patient satisfaction are all measured
May 21--Want to find out how Seattle hospitals compare?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is running ads in both Seattle daily newspapers Wednesday showing consumers how to compare services and quality of care in area hospitals by using a new Web site.
The ads, which are running in more than 50 other newspapers across the country, promote Hospital Compare (hospitalcompare.hhs.gov), a Web site that scores 26 quality and patient satisfaction measures at nearly 4,000 hospitals nationwide. More…
Higher Medicare pay earmarked for practices in medical home trial
June 2--Medicare, using its upcoming medical home demonstration project, is preparing to pay participating primary care physicians for the extra work required to manage the care of chronically ill patients. Now an AMA-convened panel has outlined how those additional payments might work. More…
Latest in med tech: Your life on CD
May 27--Digital-age versions of medical ID bracelets are coming to a hospital near you.
The Care Group, a large physician practice specializing in cardiology, and St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana on Wednesday are expected to unveil a credit-card-sized compact disc designed to carry a patient’s vital medical information for fast access by health-care providers in an emergency. More…
Web 2.0 revolution underway in healthcare
May 22--Internet developments that brought us sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia are now set to revolutionise healthcare, according to a new research report from online news service and publisher, E-Health Insider. More…
May 25--First thing every morning, Lynn Pitet, of Cody, Wyo., checks her computer to see whether her mother, Helen Trost, has gotten out of bed, taken her medication and whether she is moving around inside her house hundreds of miles away in Minnesota.
Last summer, Mrs. Trost’s husband had a stroke and died, but she wanted to stay in the house, in Mankato, where she had lived for 36 years. She did not want a live-in helper, and she cannot drive. At 88, Mrs. Trost has macular degeneration and takes medications for seizures, memory loss and restless leg syndrome.
More…
Google Health opens, sparks privacy woes
May 25—After a year and half of development, Google's online filing cabinet for personal medical records is open to the public, giving users instant electronic access to their health histories, while reigniting privacy concerns. Called Google Health, at google.com/health, the service lets users link information from a handful of pharmacies and care providers, with plans to add many more. More…
Electronic records improve the quality of health care but high cost still a barrier
May 28--Large hospitals are partnering with smaller hospitals and physicians to bring down the cost of using electronic medical records. It is a quiet change, but one that holds the promise of dramatically improving efficiency and the quality of health care for patients. More…
New Web site compares hospital care
Services, costs and patient satisfaction are all measured
May 21--Want to find out how Seattle hospitals compare?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is running ads in both Seattle daily newspapers Wednesday showing consumers how to compare services and quality of care in area hospitals by using a new Web site.
The ads, which are running in more than 50 other newspapers across the country, promote Hospital Compare (hospitalcompare.hhs.gov), a Web site that scores 26 quality and patient satisfaction measures at nearly 4,000 hospitals nationwide. More…
Higher Medicare pay earmarked for practices in medical home trial
June 2--Medicare, using its upcoming medical home demonstration project, is preparing to pay participating primary care physicians for the extra work required to manage the care of chronically ill patients. Now an AMA-convened panel has outlined how those additional payments might work. More…
Latest in med tech: Your life on CD
May 27--Digital-age versions of medical ID bracelets are coming to a hospital near you.
The Care Group, a large physician practice specializing in cardiology, and St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana on Wednesday are expected to unveil a credit-card-sized compact disc designed to carry a patient’s vital medical information for fast access by health-care providers in an emergency. More…
Web 2.0 revolution underway in healthcare
May 22--Internet developments that brought us sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia are now set to revolutionise healthcare, according to a new research report from online news service and publisher, E-Health Insider. More…
Sunday, May 11, 2008
New Today- May 11, 2008
Medicare to no longer pay for medical providers' mistakes
May 5-- Eighty-two others in 2007 had to have surgery to remove a foreign object left in during a previous surgery.
Another 140 had a surgical procedure unrelated to their diagnosis, according to reports amassed at the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration from the state's 291 hospitals. And some say that's not nearly the extent of the problem of medical mistakes. More…
Reasons Not To Become A Doctor
May 5-- No one ever said being a doctor was easy. School and training go on seemingly forever; once graduation arrives, doctors work long hours and are faced with life-and-death decisions daily. More…
Keeping updated at the hospital
May 4-- It happens in even in the best of hospitals. A loved one is in surgery, but you don't dare leave the waiting room for even a quick cup of coffee for fear of missing an update on how the operation is going. Or maybe you're on the other end of the health-care visit; a patient who's been waiting for what seems like forever for a doctor to answer a page so the nurse can adjust your medication or help you out of bed for a shower. More…
Medicare PHR pilot is underway in South Carolina
May 5--Medicare has launched its pilot online personal health records program in South Carolina, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced today. The program gives thousands of Medicare beneficiaries in the state access to a PHR populated with their hospital and physician claims information. Information on prescription drugs will not be provided, but PHR users can enter information on their prescription and over-the-counter medications. More…
Fast. Forward. Finland. – Setting the eHealth benchmark
May 6--Finland realized its first tele-ECG projects as early as 1969. Its first cross-border teleradiology network with Iceland and Norway dates back 10-15 years. At the eHealth 2008 conference in Portoroz, Slovenia, Jarmo Reponen, president of EuroPACS, presented a nationwide survey where the figures spoke for themselves. New legislation has now been passed aimed at further promoting the application of eHealth solutions. More…
Telemedicine becoming more common every day
May 11--When it comes to the practice of telemedicine, necessity has largely been the driver of innovation.Whether it's the pharmacist extracting the appendix of a crewman on a submarine via radioed instructions or a surgeon guiding an operating robot from across the Atlantic, the idea of remote-control medicine has always been more exotic than routine. More…
Hospitals to share electronic records
May 9--The all-digital medical record-keeping environment envisioned by U.S. Secretary of Health Mike Leavitt is one step closer to reality for 11 Oklahoma City-area hospitals. More…
The Use of Personal Digital Assistants in Clinical Practice
May 9--The Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a contemporary portable memory device that operates as an extension of the computer. This compact handheld device is lightweight and easily slips into a uniform or labcoat pocket. A useful tool for nurses and other health care professionals, the PDA provides updated, peer-reviewed medical information instantly at the bedside. Revisions in information occur when the computer and PDA are connected and synchronized. More…
Ofcom forecasts growth in healthcare IT
May 9--Media regulator Ofcom has picked healthcare as a key sector for the widespread deployment of information technology in its latest report on trends.
Tomorrow’s Wireless World, the third annual report from its technology research programme, says "breakthroughs leading to fundamental shifts in the underlying science" of ICTs are rare, and there is unlikely to be a breakthrough in the next ten years. More…
May 5-- Eighty-two others in 2007 had to have surgery to remove a foreign object left in during a previous surgery.
Another 140 had a surgical procedure unrelated to their diagnosis, according to reports amassed at the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration from the state's 291 hospitals. And some say that's not nearly the extent of the problem of medical mistakes. More…
Reasons Not To Become A Doctor
May 5-- No one ever said being a doctor was easy. School and training go on seemingly forever; once graduation arrives, doctors work long hours and are faced with life-and-death decisions daily. More…
Keeping updated at the hospital
May 4-- It happens in even in the best of hospitals. A loved one is in surgery, but you don't dare leave the waiting room for even a quick cup of coffee for fear of missing an update on how the operation is going. Or maybe you're on the other end of the health-care visit; a patient who's been waiting for what seems like forever for a doctor to answer a page so the nurse can adjust your medication or help you out of bed for a shower. More…
Medicare PHR pilot is underway in South Carolina
May 5--Medicare has launched its pilot online personal health records program in South Carolina, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced today. The program gives thousands of Medicare beneficiaries in the state access to a PHR populated with their hospital and physician claims information. Information on prescription drugs will not be provided, but PHR users can enter information on their prescription and over-the-counter medications. More…
Fast. Forward. Finland. – Setting the eHealth benchmark
May 6--Finland realized its first tele-ECG projects as early as 1969. Its first cross-border teleradiology network with Iceland and Norway dates back 10-15 years. At the eHealth 2008 conference in Portoroz, Slovenia, Jarmo Reponen, president of EuroPACS, presented a nationwide survey where the figures spoke for themselves. New legislation has now been passed aimed at further promoting the application of eHealth solutions. More…
Telemedicine becoming more common every day
May 11--When it comes to the practice of telemedicine, necessity has largely been the driver of innovation.Whether it's the pharmacist extracting the appendix of a crewman on a submarine via radioed instructions or a surgeon guiding an operating robot from across the Atlantic, the idea of remote-control medicine has always been more exotic than routine. More…
Hospitals to share electronic records
May 9--The all-digital medical record-keeping environment envisioned by U.S. Secretary of Health Mike Leavitt is one step closer to reality for 11 Oklahoma City-area hospitals. More…
The Use of Personal Digital Assistants in Clinical Practice
May 9--The Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a contemporary portable memory device that operates as an extension of the computer. This compact handheld device is lightweight and easily slips into a uniform or labcoat pocket. A useful tool for nurses and other health care professionals, the PDA provides updated, peer-reviewed medical information instantly at the bedside. Revisions in information occur when the computer and PDA are connected and synchronized. More…
Ofcom forecasts growth in healthcare IT
May 9--Media regulator Ofcom has picked healthcare as a key sector for the widespread deployment of information technology in its latest report on trends.
Tomorrow’s Wireless World, the third annual report from its technology research programme, says "breakthroughs leading to fundamental shifts in the underlying science" of ICTs are rare, and there is unlikely to be a breakthrough in the next ten years. More…
Thursday, May 1, 2008
New Today- May 1, 2008
Are Your Medical Records at Risk?
Apr. 29--When it comes to protecting the privacy of patients' computerized information, the main threat the health-care industry faces isn't from hackers, but from itself.
In a spate of recent security lapses at hospitals, health insurers and the federal government, private information on hundreds of thousands of patients, ranging from Social Security numbers to fertility-treatment and cancer records, has been compromised. More…
Research driving ICT use in health sector
Apr. 30--A European Commission survey of information and communication technologies (ICT) take up by the medical profession found that 87% of Europe's general practitioners are using a computer, More…
Cellphones used for medical imaging
Apr. 30--A team of engineers at the University of California at Berkeley has developed a technique for transmitting medical images via cellphones. This potentially could bring medical imaging to the ‘three-quarters of the world’s population which has no access to ultrasounds, X-rays, magnetic resonance images, and other medical imaging technology. More…
Medical Advances—Through Your iPhone?
Apr. 30--Bioengineering professor Boris Rubinsky has what he hopes is the perfect antidote to bulky, expensive, hard-to-use medical machines: the mobile phone. More…
Clearance For Blood Glucose Monitor
May 1--Medtronic say that the FDA has cleared the OneTouch UltraLink Meter as the new wireless meter exclusively certified by Medtronic to wirelessly communicate with Medtronic diabetes management products in the United States. This new meter uses Medtronic-certified wireless technology to transmit glucose readings directly to MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps and the Guardian REAL-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring System. More…
European doctors catch the e-health bug
Apr. 28--The majority of European doctors have caught the information technology (IT) bug, according to a new Europe-wide survey on e-health. In total, 87% of European doctors now use a computer in their practices, while 69% have an internet connection. However, lack of training, inadequate technical support and maintenance costs are preventing a wider take-up of e-health applications across Europe. More…
Blues Plan Executives Push for Changes in Fee-for-Service Provider Pay System to Achieve Higher Quality, Lower Cost
Apr. 29--The current fee-for-service system for medical care is untenable and must be reformed, according to a panel of Blue Cross and Blue Shield executives who conducted a presentation on April 15 about innovative provider payment incentives to a group of congressional staffers and journalists on Capitol Hill. More…
Monday, April 28, 2008
New Today- April 27, 2008
Doctors stricken with e-mail phobia
FEWER THAN A THIRD OF PHYSICIANS USE E-MAIL TO CONTACT PATIENTS
Apr. 27--Suzanne Kreuziger is a registered nurse who uses e-mail almost exclusively to communicate with friends. But when it comes to reaching her doctor, there's a frustrating firewall. The barrier is her doctor's own reluctance to talk to patients through e-mail. More..
Making CPOE happen
After financial justifications, adopters of computerized physician order entry systems must consider workflows
Apr. 25--Computerized physician order entry systems have been around for years. Although advocates say the technology is crucial for boosting patient safety and health care efficiency, relatively few physicians seem to use it. More…
FEWER THAN A THIRD OF PHYSICIANS USE E-MAIL TO CONTACT PATIENTS
Apr. 27--Suzanne Kreuziger is a registered nurse who uses e-mail almost exclusively to communicate with friends. But when it comes to reaching her doctor, there's a frustrating firewall. The barrier is her doctor's own reluctance to talk to patients through e-mail. More..
Making CPOE happen
After financial justifications, adopters of computerized physician order entry systems must consider workflows
Apr. 25--Computerized physician order entry systems have been around for years. Although advocates say the technology is crucial for boosting patient safety and health care efficiency, relatively few physicians seem to use it. More…
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