The
Veterans Affairs Department (VA) expects to equip 1,000 family
caregivers with Apple iPads loaded with health apps to help these
primary caregivers to better take care of veterans at home, according to
a NextGov report.
“The
EHR app is really powerful. It is reported to be a significant time
saver, and I would use the phrase morale improver, but primarily it
makes it clear that we’re using the latest technology at the VA again
and not just older technology,” the VA’s CIO Roger Baker said in a teleconference with reporters last week. See more
Empower Yourself...Welcome to your future and beyond.... Working together we will build upon our "collective wisdom" to create, for tomorrow, what we can only imagine today...J. Perl, Editor
Other Nursing Informatics & HIT Blogs of Interest
Nursing Informatics & Technology: A Blog for All Levels of Users
News from healthcareitnews.com
mobihealthnews
iHealthBeat
Health information technology improves care and saves lives
AHRQ Research about: * Telemedicine * School Health * Health Maintenance
Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
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.