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Jul 29 2013

The Federal HIT Project Hall of Shame

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The Government Accounting Office issues a very disturbing report showing how billions of dollars are being wasted by the federal government on information technology projects. Several health projects feature prominently.

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Jul 19 2013

Effects of EHR Use

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Evidence from research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine based on adoption in Massachusetts of EHRs suggests no real cost benefit, even when not considering the costs of implementing…

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Jul 05 2013

Digital Health Funding

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Rock Health releases a report on funding of "digital health" in the first half of 2013, finding a modest increase.

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Jul 01 2013

del

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Deloitte and Intermountain Health System unveiled the first product of their alliance to use Intermountain’s decades of EHR data for outcomes researchers, which will be an examination of various treatment regimens across sub-populations.

Jun 14 2013

hit

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The CCHIT has released a framework for health information technology for accountable care organizations.

Jun 07 2013

hie

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According to a study published in JAMIA on a health information exchange in Colorado, use of the exchange did not lower costs by eliminating redundant or unnecessary diagnostic testing.

May 22 2013

Comparative International Use of HIT

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A survey by Accenture looks at use of health information technology in several countries, finding increased use by physicians, especially for clinical purposes.

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Apr 22 2013

HAL

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A mathematical model does a better job than oncologists at predicting the outcome of radiation and or chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer patients.

Apr 09 2013

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A Cochrane review of the research finds that there is no long-term benefit from use of self-management interventions by computer or cell phone for diabetes patients.

Apr 02 2013

The Economic Effects of EHRs

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There is a heated debate about whether electronic medical records will save the health system money or improve quality and what their economic impact on health care providers will be.…

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Mar 28 2013

erx

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Alerts provided by e-prescribing systems usually come too late to be of use to physicians and they come too frequently, overwhelming doctors with irrelevant information, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, primarily because their input is too late in the prescribing workflow.

Mar 26 2013

ehr

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Top EHR vendors for meaningful use include Epic, Allscripts, Cerner, eClinical, NextGen and GE. The top five vendors have over 50% of the market, but there are over 350 vendors with at least one customer in the meaningful use database.

Mar 14 2013

ehr

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A survey by the American College of Physicians indicates that there is rapidly growing and deep dissatisfaction with EHRs among physicians, with most feeling it doesn’t improve care and reduces productivity. Yippee, another health reform law triumph!

Mar 08 2013

cis

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A survey by Cisco reveals that consumers are increasingly comfortable with obtaining physician visits online.

Mar 07 2013

hit

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According to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, use of EHRs can double the cancer colon screening rate, which may be good for quality but indicates how EHRs are as likely to drive spending up as reduce it.

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