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Medical Economics InfoTech Bulletin
February 10, 2011
TOP SEARCHES: Meaningful Use // Best EHRs // Certified
In this issue
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 Patient EHR access
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 Meaningful use site
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 Davies Award nominations
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 Smoking cessation
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 MedApps suite
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Most patients do not access their medical records electronically
Eighty-six percent of patients do not access their medical records electronically despite vast investments in electronic health record (EHR) systems and high hopes that consumers will use EHRs to participate in shared medical decision-making, according to research conducted by PwC’s Health Research Institute in conjunction with its “Top Health Industry Issues of 2011” report. More...
Web site is online repository for meaningful use information
The Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) has launched Meaningful Use OneSource, an online repository of hundreds of documents, tools, and links to other knowledge available online. More...
HIMSS Davies Award nomination process now open
The awards program honors independent physician practices, public health and community health organizations, and hospitals and health systems that have successfully achieved value from electronic health record systems to improve healthcare delivery. More...
Treatment with Internet and telephone helps curb smoking
When it comes to helping patients refrain from smoking, a treatment strategy that includes both the Internet and the telephone is more successful than treatment that includes only the Internet or includes the Internet with tailored content and social support, according to the results of research published in the January 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. More...
MedApps suite added to AT&T ForHealth portfolio
Users of AT&T’s portfolio of mobile health (mHealth), cloud-based, and telehealth products—ForHealth—now will have the ability to automatically transmit readings from retail health monitors to electronic health records and review and manage collected data remotely from any location with Internet connectivity now that the portfolio includes two products from MedApps (HealthPAL and Health COM, respectively). More...
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Modern Medicine Blog
Time to rethink physician documentation?
Would you hire her?
Lessons from launching a new office
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Electronic Health Records
Research firm names ‘best’ EHR, practice management systems
Life with and without electronic health records
Easing the transition to electronic health records
Study: Advanced EHRs don't boost quality

Meaningful use
Registration now available for CMS EHR incentive programs
CMS e-prescribing policy will hurt IT adoption, say medical societies
Ninety percent of EHR purchasers not on track to meet meaningful use
Bridging the gap

Patient relations
Technology changes needed for PCMH-N model to work, says internist
Electronic messages may increase colorectal screening rates
Medicare doctor listing highlights PQRI data
Group advocates online 'do not disclose' list for personal health information
 

 
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