Report Finds Benefits in Using Health IT To Boost Patient-Centered Care
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, researchers reviewed 327
prior studies and found that using health IT to implement
patient-centered care can lead to improvements in patient health and
care processes. American Medical News. Read more
New iOS Feature enables easier iPad use in patient waiting rooms in doctors office
- www.imedicalapps.com
One of the more subdued features that will launch with iOS 6 is called "Guided Access". This feature allows users to restrict touch and hardware buttons on the iPad. The feature is aimed at students and children with disabilities such as autism to remain on task and focused on content. See More
With Boomers Coming, Hospice Industry Diversifies
Associated Press, Holly Ramer, 07/03/2012
Forget that image of a hospice worker sitting next to a hospital bed in a dimly lit room. Today, hospice care is delivered everywhere from the golf course to the casino. As they brace for the eventual needs of the aging baby boom generation, hospice providers are working to diversify their services and dispel misconceptions about what they do. Read more
Forget that image of a hospice worker sitting next to a hospital bed in a dimly lit room. Today, hospice care is delivered everywhere from the golf course to the casino. As they brace for the eventual needs of the aging baby boom generation, hospice providers are working to diversify their services and dispel misconceptions about what they do. Read more
New Network Platform from Oracle Targets Research
The network is envisioned to be an extensive cloud-based portfolio of
applications to facilitate clinician/researcher collaboration. Read more
Insurer UHC Adopts ‘Blue Button’ Patient Access Tech
UnitedHealthcare is ramping up its rollout of the Blue
Button technology enabling members to download their electronic health
information in a common format to a personal health record. Read more
Using EHRs To Check Medical Images Helps Boost Compliance
A study finds that physicians who used electronic health records to
check portal images had better compliance with image review policies.
Findings show that 1% of images viewed via EHR incurred compliance
violations, compared with 25% of images checked manually. CMIO, FierceEMR. More
Nat'l Center for IPE & Collaborative Practice
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced
the center in early June. RWJF, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, the
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and The John A. Hartford Foundation
have collectively committed up to $8.6 million over five years for the
new center, whose mission is to accelerate teamwork and collaboration
among nurses, doctors and other health professionals to improve patient
care. Learn more.
Indiana University aims to adapt VA telehealth network to treatment of brain injuries
Researchers
from Indiana University Medical Center and the Department of Veterans
Affairs will be looking at how to adapt the VA’s extensive telemedicine
network to assess and treat veterans with mild traumatic brain
injuries. Mobile technologies likely will be a key part of the process. Read more
JAMA Viewpoint Discusses the Importance of HIT to Improve Patient and Physician Engagement
HIT has the potential to transform health care, but only if
implemented with a goal of achieving more integrated, safer care that
engages patients and reduces costs. The commentary was based on research
funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Use of mobile phones to increase vaccination and save lives in lower income countries
www.imedicalapps.com
This
is a preview of some of the exciting mHealth research being presented
at the upcoming Medicine 2.0 Congress in September. This abstract and
others are candidates for the iMedicalApps-Medicine 2.0 mHealth Research
Award. Read more
This
is a preview of some of the exciting mHealth research being presented
at the upcoming Medicine 2.0 Congress in September. This abstract and
others are candidates for the iMedicalApps-Medicine 2.0 mHealth Research
Award. Read more
Health Care Industry Struggles With Usability of Electronic Health Record Systems
Former National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal, Jacob
Reider, acting CMO at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
IT, Matt Quinn of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Rod Piechowski of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems
Society and Joseph Scherger of Eisenhower Medical Center in California
spoke with iHealthBeat about efforts to boost the usability of electronic health record systems.
MIT research projects illustrate the innovative future of digital health
Two separate research projects currently underway at MIT demonstrate how
new thinking has been able to apply relatively simple technologies,
such as voice recording and web cams, to allow for potentially
revolutionary breakthroughs in patient monitoring and diagnosis.
Parkinson's Voice Initiative
The first projec...See More
DARPA Wants to Lock Down Android Smartphones for Military Use
DARPA has granted a $21.4 million contract to security firm Invincea to create a secure version of the Android operating system for use in mobile devices in field Army bases. Read more
How medical professionals can use Evernote and mobile devices to improve productivity and learning
www.imedicalapps.com
Readers
of the iMedicalApps forums will have seen that Evernote was rated
particularly highly by a number of commenters when asked 'How do you use
mobile technology to help with your studies'. As a result of this, I
was encouraged to try Evernote out for an extended period and see what
impact it could make upon my lea...See More
Video Games May Be Helpful in Treating 'Lazy Eye' in Adults
Optometry and Vision Science
Official Journal of the American Academy of Optometry Aside from myopia, amblyopia is the most frequent cause of vision loss in infants and young children and has, in the past, generally been considered untreatable after about age 9 years. So, although amblyopia can often be reversed when treated early, conventional treatment is generally not undertaken in older children and adults. ... perceptual learning, particularly using active video game play, provide evidence for brain plasticity and accompanying treatment success in adults with amblyopia. Read Full Article...http://www.wolterskluwerhealth.com/News/Pages/Video-Games-May-Be-Helpful-in-Treating-%27Lazy-Eye%27-in-Adults.aspx?WT.mc_id=EMxj00x20120625xL6
Official Journal of the American Academy of Optometry Aside from myopia, amblyopia is the most frequent cause of vision loss in infants and young children and has, in the past, generally been considered untreatable after about age 9 years. So, although amblyopia can often be reversed when treated early, conventional treatment is generally not undertaken in older children and adults. ... perceptual learning, particularly using active video game play, provide evidence for brain plasticity and accompanying treatment success in adults with amblyopia. Read Full Article...http://www.wolterskluwerhealth.com/News/Pages/Video-Games-May-Be-Helpful-in-Treating-%27Lazy-Eye%27-in-Adults.aspx?WT.mc_id=EMxj00x20120625xL6
Why Don't More Hospitals Use Electronic Health Records?
They improve care and cut costs. That’s why Obama is spending billions
on them. Yet electronic health records continue to cause more agony than
relief in the U.S.
Read the story on Businessweek.com: http://www.businessweek.com/
Read the story on Businessweek.com: http://www.businessweek.com/
Voice algorithms spot Parkinson's disease
A mathematician has developed a voice-recognition technology that could speed up a Parkinson's
diagnosis. More from BBC News Technology
The Nintendo Wii is helping thousands of people with diseases like Parkinson's. Learn more about this new "Wii-hab." >>
The Nintendo Wii is helping thousands of people with diseases like Parkinson's. Learn more about this new "Wii-hab." >>
HRSA Health Information Technology and Quality Newsletter June/July 2012
- Health IT and Quality Events
- Secretary Kathleen Sebelius's Keynote Speech at the Office of National Coordinator's "Health Data Palooza"
- U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services (HHS) Releases Health Information Technology (IT) Dashboard to Deliver Data on HHS Health IT Programs and the Nationwide Adoption of Health IT
- Department of Agriculture Awards $8 million in Telemedicine Grants Health Information Technology Workforce Resources
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Podcast “Health Information Technology and Home Health Care”
- New The American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) and the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) special issue on Integrating Primary Care and Public Health
- National Quality Strategy: 2012 Annual Report to Congress Released
- Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) Publishes Two Quality Improvement Papers
- Two New Health Disparities Resources from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)
- Health IT Workforce Updates
- Meaningful Use Round Up
- mHealth Updates
- ICD-10 Update
- New HRSA Health Information Technology and Quality Website Items
- Click here to view the above
Accessibility apps for blind people
Text-to-speech
options have greatly improved. Apple's Voiceover and Windows Magnifier
and Narrator make computers much friendlier toward blind people. This tip explains how to set both of those up.
Apple's
iOS has a Voiceover equivalent for smartphones that is turned on by
going to Settings>>Accessibility. Android smartphones have the Talkback app for spoken menus. Grab it from the Google Play store, or by going to Settings>>Accessibility on your gadget.
These
aren't the only options you have, though. There are more apps that
make a smartphone a great companion for a blind person. More
Health Gaming on 'Radar' of Federal Government
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is hoping that
health gaming can help boost patient engagement. According to an ONC
official, health games can help patients visualize their progress as
they work to overcome health challenges. Healthcare IT News.More
Adding patient photos to electronic medical records prevents errors.
At one Colorado children’s hospital, orders mistakenly placed in the
wrong electronic file were the second most common source of errors.
After adding photos to files, errors of this type dropped from 12 to
3—and those 3 involved files without patient photos. More
Could mobile health ease health disparities?
Might mobile health technologies help alleviate health disparities
between African-American and white men? That is the implication in a
recent Huffington Post commentary.
Tele-Nursing Program Improves Gestational Diabetes Outcomes
Tele-Nursing Program Improves Gestational Diabetes Outcomes
Advance for Nurses, Advance for Nurses News Staff, 06/10/2012
Among women with gestational diabetes mellitus, referral to a telephone-based nurse management program was associated with lower risk of high baby birth weight and increased postpartum glucose testing, according to Kaiser Permanente researchers. Investigators for the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research examined the associations between referral to telephone-based nurse consultation and outcomes in 12 Kaiser Permanente medical centers with variation in the percent of patients referred to telephonic nurse management. The study appears online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Advance for Nurses, Advance for Nurses News Staff, 06/10/2012
Among women with gestational diabetes mellitus, referral to a telephone-based nurse management program was associated with lower risk of high baby birth weight and increased postpartum glucose testing, according to Kaiser Permanente researchers. Investigators for the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research examined the associations between referral to telephone-based nurse consultation and outcomes in 12 Kaiser Permanente medical centers with variation in the percent of patients referred to telephonic nurse management. The study appears online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Report on Using Mobile Health Technology To Fight TB
A new report by the Stop TB Partnership and the mHealth Alliance
outlines how mobile health technology could help diagnose tuberculosis
in the field, encourage patients to adhere to TB medication regimens and
monitor TB treatment. FierceMobileHealthcare.
The Online Couch: Mental Health Care on the Web
A wide array of computer-based and online solutions are now available to
those with mild-to-moderate depression, and the inventory is growing.
This report by health economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn looks at the changing
landscape of technology-enabled mental health care products and
services. The complete report is available online now. chcf.org
Online Program Helped Reduce Certain Vascular Risk Factors
A British Medical Journal study finds that patients with vascular
disease who were enrolled in an Internet-based, nurse-led treatment
program saw slightly bigger improvements in vascular risk factors than
patients who received usual care. Press Association/Google News et al. More
Majority of Physicians Say EHRs Interfere With Care, Survey Finds
The third annual Physician Sentiment Index -- from online physician
community Sermo and electronic health record provider athenahealth --
finds that 73% of surveyed doctors say that EHRs distract from patient
care. The survey also finds that 32% of physicians have a favorable
opinion of EHR systems, down from 39% in 2011. Healthcare IT News, Health Data Management.More
PwC: US to trail developing countries in mHealth
emerging
markets such as South Africa, India and Brazil are “trailblazers” in
mobile health today. “Patients in these markets are much more likely to
use mHealth applications or services than those in developed
countries. Similarly, more emerging-market doctors offer mHealth
services than colleagues in developed countries, and more payers cover
these costs,” says the report. More
Travelers Turn to Mobile Health Apps To Manage Their Medical Conditions
An increasing number of mobile medical applications are targeting
travelers. Some of the apps aim to help travelers find urgent care
centers in other countries, while other apps offer medication reminders
and tools to help travelers manage chronic conditions. New York Times. More
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