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Medical Economics InfoTech Bulletin
June 25, 2010
TOP SEARCHES: EHR // Stimulus // iPhone
In this issue
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 Open notes
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 Mobile health
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 EHR security
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 Interoperability
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 EHR grants
Key Topic Updates

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Study allows patients to view physician notes
A new study in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Washington will examine the effect of physicians sharing with patients, through online medical record portals, the comments and observations they make after each patient encounter. More...
National initiative will share health data to spur creation of new apps
A national initiative by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Institute of Medicine aims to improve access to health data so that developers of Web and mobile phone applications, social media, and other information technologies can create tools designed to improve health. More...
Security of records top EHR concern for patients
Potential theft is the top worry of those with concerns about electronic health records, according to a recent online survey conducted for Xerox Corp. by Harris Interactive. More...
Obstacles to clinical data use remain, healthcare providers say
One obstacle to better use of clinical data within healthcare organizations is that capturing discrete patient data and entering that data in a computable format appear to be daunting, resource-intensive tasks, according to healthcare providers participating in a study, the findings of which are summarized in a white paper titled, Can Organizations Maximize Clinical Data? More...
HHS awards $83.9 million to aid in EHR adoption
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $83.9 million in grants to help networks of health centers adopt electronic health records and other health information technology systems. More...
Key Topic Updates
Modern Medicine Blog
Patients: Facebook Befriend Them or Not?
Life After Florence: When Your Key Employee Leaves
Solo Practice: Can it Survive?
Join the conversation at memag.com/blogs

Telemedicine
Expanding medicine beyond physicians office walls
Google influence second to doctors
Home monitoring improves blood pressure control, study finds
Survey: telehealth improves outcomes, but pay an issue

Electronic Health Records
MGMA: HITECH provision puts unnecessary burden on practices
Commission recommends voluntary technology certification programs
Use of EHRs helps speed treatment of STDs
Employing meaningful use of technology while practicing excellence

Practice management
Staffing: How will new technologies affect your need for personnel?
FTC: ‘Red Flags’ rule needs legislative fix
Ambulatory practices considering more EHR vendors than ever
Physicians concerned about patient access to imaging
 

 
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