CMS Gives New EHR Meaningful Use Guidance
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released
guidance covering some of the nuances of attesting for meaningful use of
electronic health records. Read more
GPS shoes help Alzheimer's patients
The first shoes with built-in GPS devices - designed to keep dementia-suffering seniors from wandering off and getting lost - are now being sold in the U.S. Although bracelets and pendants can also track people, patients have typically rejected such devices. Read more
More than seventy five percent of doctors now use smartphones and tablets at work
According to a Jackson and Coker report, four out of five physicians use
smartphones, computer tablets, and other mobile devices during their
workday. Read more
Consumers Showing Interest in Mobile Health Tools
36% of consumers are interested in using mobile health tools to
communicate with health care providers. In addition, 33% of survey
respondents say they are interested in managing their health records
online and 32% say they would like to use telehealth tools for physician
visits. Fierce Mobile Healthcare, MobiHealthNews.Read more
An Introduction to Inkling – the future of medical education
Inkling has identified a new market created by the introduction of tablet computing. Read more
AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange Announces New State Page
Visitors to the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange
will now find a new State Page that enables them to search Innovation
Profiles by State and access State-related resources. The new Find Innovations by State page features:
- A State Selection Map and a State Selection Drop-Down Menu that lists Innovation Profiles by State.
- State-based AHRQ resources for health care quality improvement including State Snapshots, quality diagnostic tools, and a factsheet on State and National Health IT Demonstration Projects.
- QualityTools that provide States with practical information including resource guides and workbooks to improve the quality of care for asthma and diabetes.
56M U.S. Adults Have Accessed Health Data via EHRs, Report Says
A Manhattan Research study finds that 56 million U.S. adults have
accessed their health information through a physician-maintained
electronic health record system. However, 140 million U.S. adults are
not interested in accessing such data electronically. Becker's Hospital Review et al. Read more
NQF Hires New Vice President for Health Information Technology
The National Quality Forum (NQF) improves the quality of American
healthcare by setting national priorities for performance improvement,
endorsing consensus standards for measuring and reporting performance,
and providing education and outreach. Read more
When Your Therapist is Only a Click Away
Online therapy and professional responsibilities and need for more training for mental health professionals Click here
Deployed medics get new mobile, interactive guide to record medical information
Commander’s Guide to MC4 app that can be accessed through military
personnel’s iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and various Android devices. Read more
CA Public Health Officials Tap Technology Tools To Combat STIs
Public health officials are using technology-based strategies to combat
rising rates of sexually transmitted infections, especially in
communities that traditionally are underserved. Read more
Use of mHealth technologies to treat and prevent disease urged by UN
Mr. Al-Nasser, the President of the General Assembly, urged world
leaders to promote mobile phone apps which are able to prevent and
control diseases. Read more
PAHO/WHO to Support Governments of the Americas in the Development of eHealth Public Policies
A
survey carried out by PAHO in 2010 in 19 countries showed that 68
percent of respondents considered eHealth to be a priority on their
national agendas, and 47 percent said policies or strategies on the use
of ICTs
in the health sector have already been adopted. Read more
ONC Seeks to Shift Attitudes on Consumer Access to Health Data
Slogan of consumer e-health push: ‘Putting the I in Health IT’ Read more
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