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Written by Jennifer Flaten
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Friday, 12 February 2010 00:00 |
 Over the years, the image of a doctor laboring over a pile of charts making handwritten notes into each file has evolved into the picture of a doctor on the go dictating notes into the chart. Whether the notes are entered via a standard dictation device that must be sent out for transcription before making it into the file or with a voice recognition system that allows the doctor to print the notes at his convenience, there is no doubt that both systems offer doctors a way to save time and money.
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Written by Cynthia Atoji
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Saturday, 23 January 2010 00:00 |
The long-awaited “meaningful use” guidelines delivered last month – which includes use of standard formats for prescriptions and clinical summaries and the ability to exchange health data among providers – outlines how providers can qualify for incentives using electronic medical records. And on Jan. 13, the clock started ticking on a 60-day meaningful-use public comment period, during which the Health and Human Services Department invites providers, hospitals, and other stakeholders to express their views about the proposed rules. Federal officials said this feedback will be seriously considered as the regulations for Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are finalized.
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Written by Cynthia Atoji
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Friday, 15 January 2010 00:00 |
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 When it comes to Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), large medical groups have the resources and manpower to invest in information technology, and are able to benefit from cost savings, because they are often insurers as well as providers.
But these large groups are the exceptions rather than the rule in U.S. health care – three-fourths of the nation’s doctors practice in small offices with 10 doctors or fewer, for whom computerized patient records seem like an insurmountable cost and cumbersome implementation. Is it any surprise, then, that only about 17 percent of the nation’s physicians have made the leap to digitization?
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Written by Cynthia Atoji
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009 08:41 |
 No matter how you shine your crystal ball, The Obama Factor keeps showing up, whether it’s looking back to a tumultuous 2009 in healthcare, or ahead to a hopefully calmer 2010.
One of the most important happenings in health IT wasn’t a technological development but a legislative one: the federal HITECH act (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) enacted as a component of the Stimulus Act, created as an incentive for healthcare providers to acquire an electronic patient record.
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Written by Scott Koegler
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Friday, 11 December 2009 13:36 |
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 Claudia Tessier is one of the prime leaders in the mobile health field. She is founder and president of the not-for-profit membership organization, mHealth Initiative Inc. (mHI) and previously served as executive director of MoHCA, the Mobile Healthcare Alliance.
TPP: What is the current focus of your organization?
Tessier: mHealth Initiative is the leading organization promoting new communication patterns in healthcare through the use of mobile phones and other mobile devices (mDevices) in order to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery. Our focus is on the ability of this mHealth phenomenon to enable participatory healthcare, which involves healthy people as well as patients, both wellness and care providers, payers, pharma, researchers and public health as active participants in a healthcare system that is open and transparent.
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