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Survey: Smart Phone Owners Want Apps To Provide Medical Data
91.1% say they would want an app that allows them to gain information about health care, Read more
VA turns to smartphones to treat PTSD
A free app, now available through iTunes, is intended to be an auxiliary therapy for patients already undergoing PTSD treatment, and isn't intended to replace traditional therapy....Read more
New Guide Helps TeamSTEPPS® Trainers Learn How to Teach Simulation
AHRQ and the DOD have released a new guide that provides instruction on using simulation-based training when teaching TeamSTEPPS. It integrates teamwork, interpersonal, and communication skills... and offers strategies and tools that can improve team performance and enhance patient safety. Select to access the guide.
BYOD Initiative
Boston Medical Center plans to institute a “bring your own device” (BYOD) to work policy...Read more
RWJF: Americans Give U.S. Health Care Low Grades
Those with incomes less than $50,000 most likely to view the quality of their care as low. Read more...
EHRs & PHRs-Survey: Most U.S. Adults Want Their Care To Include Health IT
More than 70% of U.S. adults think the country's health care system should be completely changed and a large majority want their care to include health IT, according to a survey released by the Commonwealth Fund, CMIO reports Read more...
Advancing the Field of Health Games
Health Games Research: Advancing Effectiveness of Interactive Games for Health: accomplishments, challenges, lessons learned and the future... Read More
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Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
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http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
- patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
- transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
- institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
- vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.