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Dec 26 2013

According to an article in Modern Physician, disenchantment with EHRs among physicians has reached the point where there is concern that many will drop out of the government's meaningful use program.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20131221/MAGAZINE/312219936/1135?AllowView=VXQ0UnpwQzRDUGFmL1I3TkErT1lBajNja0U4VkNPUmNFQk1EQWc9PQ==
Dec 17 2013

A study in the American Journal of Managed Care finds that electronic prescribing grew from 30% in 2007 to 56% in 2010, with primary care doctors being more likely to engage in it than specialists and urban doctors more frequent users than rural ones.

http://www.ajmc.com/publications/ajpb/2013/ajpb_novdec2013/Electronic-Prescription-Use-by-Specialty?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=AJMC&utm_campaign=AJPB+Web+12%2D13%2D13
Dec 09 2013

HHS has extended the deadlines to meet the stage 3 meaningful use deadlines until 2017, adding additional years to stage 2 participation.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/cms-extends-stage-2-delays-stage-3-meaningful-use-46982-1.html?ET=healthdatamanagement:e4114:3722900a:&st=email&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HDM_DAILY_120913_120913
Nov 27 2013

A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine surveys research on the effect of patient portals and finds little evidence that this form of communication between patients and doctors either improves quality or lowers costs, although patients do like using them.

http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1770672
Nov 27 2013

A study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research suggests that use of self-monitoring mobile phone app with daily text messages can help women and racial minorities lose weight.

http://www.jmir.org/2013/11/e244/
Nov 22 2013

From the Department of failed government IT projects, the Department of Defense has announced that its new EHR won't be ready until 2017, at the earliest.  This following the abandonment of a joint DOD/VA EHR that was projected to cost $28 billion (yes, you read that right).  This one will "only" cost $4 or $5 billion; just 10 or 100 times more than buying an off-the-shelf system would, even for this large a customer.  An absurd waste of taxpayer money.

http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/11/pentagons-electronic-health-record-not-ready-initial-use-until-2017/74135/#disqus_thread
Nov 11 2013

A study in Health Psychology finds that how order sets are presented in an EHR may affect how many tests are ordered.  Using a default opt-out or recommended by experts option led to more appropriate tests being used, but also increased health spending.

http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/altered-electronic-order-set-could-create-cost-savings-better-care
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