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EHR privacy doubts
HHS software
Consumers support HIT
Free health education
NY drug comparison site
Key Topic Updates

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MAY 29, 2009
Americans conflicted over electronic health records, survey shows
Six in 10 Americans don't believe that their medical records or personal information will remain confidential if they are stored and made accessible online, according to a recent survey. More...
Feds release free, open-source health information-sharing software
The Department of Health and Human Services has released the free software that will become the gateway between federal agencies and non-government organizations to create the Nationwide Health Information Network. More...
Consumer interest in healthcare technology is growing, survey finds
Consumer interest in online tools and resources to assist with health improvement is high, according to results of the 2009 Deloitte Survey of Health Care Consumers. More...
Online school offers free patient-centered courses for health students
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has begun its free online IHI Open School for Health Professions in response to statistics that say preventable mistakes in healthcare kill 44,000 to 98,000 Americans a year and harm millions more. More...
Problems found with New York drug price comparison website
A website created in 2006 by the New York State Department of Health to help New Yorkers comparison shop for prescription drugs is being criticized for failing to live up to that goal. More...
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Key Topic Updates  
Medical Economics Blog
"Poisoning" the health IT stimulus
"Meaningful use" defined by summer
Whoa, Nellie! Fight the seduction of financial incentives for EHRs
Join the conversation at memag.com/blogs
Electronic health records
The problem with EHRs and coding
Subsidized EHRs still eligible for federal stimulus funds
Few hospitals have fully adopted EHRs
Survey: Physicians begrudgingly adopt electronic tools
Health information technology
Building the medical home
More consumers comparing cost, quality of health services
Patient kiosks expected to proliferate
Do some physician bloggers reveal too much?
E-prescribing
E-prescribing bonus? Not for house-call docs
Stimulus legislation expected to boost e-prescribing adoption to 75%
Prescribing errors can be caught by electronic tools, study finds
E-prescribing systems cause "alert fatigue," study says

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