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July 02, 2009

Obama highlights IT as a tool to fix healthcare

President Obama called for fixing the broken healthcare system by building upon investments made in electronic medical records in a town hall meeting held Wednesday.

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The Challenges of Statewide Health Information Exchange
Devore Culver, executive director of Maine-based HealthInfoNet, describes the objectives, challenges and benefits of statewide health information exchange.
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Newsmaker Interview: HL7's Charles Jaffe, John Quinn
Charles Jaffe, MD and John Quinn of Health Level Seven sit down to discuss healthcare IT standards with Editor Bernie Monegain in this podcast from HIMSS09 in Chicago.
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  • July 27, 2009
    The World Congress Leadership Summit on Wireless Health
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    7th Annual Health Care Quality Congress
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    ACI'S 2nd National Conference on Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring for Hospitals and Health Systems
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HIMSS white paper: "usability" critical to adoption of EMRs
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's EHR Usability Task Force has released a white paper focusing on the level of usability in electronic medical records and their implementation at healthcare organizations. MORE
Lawsuit claims stimulus act puts privacy in jeopardy
A class action lawsuit claims the stimulus act jeopardizes the privacy rights of the 65 percent of Americans who aren't on Medicaid or Medicare by requiring healthcare providers to create an electronic health record of every person in the United States. The lawsuit seeks an injunction to protect personal health information and to prevent the defendants from disbursing the $22 billion budgeted for the electronic health records systems. MORE
Vendor Notebook - Informatics Corporation of America joins Companion Data Services on HIE solution
The Informatics Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tenn., has announced an alliance with Companion Data Services, LLC of Columbia, S.C. to integrate ICA's CareAlign solution with CDS' data center to create a health information exchange solution. MORE
Provider-to-provider HIT delivers high value at low cost
St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Md., recently launched a three-hospital health information exchange that officials say provides a cheaper, easier model for hospitals. MORE
Hyland Software acquires Valco Data Systems
GE Healthcare, InterComponentWare to expand HIE services
Dashboard tracks federal IT spending
Saving the healthcare industry: EMRs are the 'beginning, not the end'
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta promotes healthy lifestyles with new Web site
As providers see value in healthcare IT, expect job market to grow
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July 02, 2009 Scott Shreeve

The Myth of Prevention and EHRs?

I was just referred this article which I found to be thoughtfully crafted. Abraham Verghese is a Professor and Senior Associate Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University. MORE
July 02, 2009 John Halamka, MD

The HIT Symposium at MIT

This morning I joined a panel discussion about Standards at the HIT Symposium at MIT. MORE
July 02, 2009 John Moore

Our Meaningful Use Comments

In the FWIW column, Chilmark Research submitted its comments on the Draft Recommendations for Meaningful Use, which were released on June 16th. MORE
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Geisinger Health aims to reduce hospital admissions, target interventions
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Obama's Facebook Healthcare Town Hall

  • BrianAhier

    In case you missed the event I have posted the transcript and video at:

    http://ahier.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/social-media-healthcare-town-hall/

One more thought

  • stormn

    I am willing to bet you that if we create a false medical record and put it on line with one of the online storage services that within 6 months whatever information is on there will be hacked and exploited. I know this for a fact because I put some false info with a bogus credit card number and bogus bank account number and within 13 days someone tried to access the ATM using the credit card. I was notified that my card was being accessed and did I approve the transaction ( I said no and to not permit it to go thru) and this on line company is a very famous one too.
    Why wait to be a victim.. Never, never invite trouble into your life and by putting our records you are doing just that. Look at all the crooks out there, taking advantage of people, renting them out foreclosed homes that they don't own, but because they see an opportunity for a scan they jump at it. One home was rented 7 times and one day 2 different people were trying to move in at the same time..Sound familiar? Watch any newscast on any given night ( if they ever stop talking about Michael Jackson)and you will see what i am saying is true. You are warned...

Mouse Click be dammned

  • stormn

    DON'T YOU PEOPLE READ? Why do you insist on putting the records on line when there are portable EMRs that can do the exact same thing as those that are on the doctors computers, the only difference is that the Medi-Chip and the records are in your wallet, around your neck, on your wrist or key ring and not on the net.
    How many times do you have to read, 100,000 records hacked from the VA, 8,000,000 records stolen in VA and the perp. is holding the state hostage to the tune of $10 million dollars to get them back, so says the FBI.
    I FOR ONE DON'T HAVE TO BE HIT UP SIDE THE HEAD to realize that the internet, while great for information, is not a secure place to store anything of importance, especially medical info. Medical fraud is 10 time more rampant than that of credit card fraud and is 100 times more costly.
    I have all the documentation should you wish to read it, or better yet, let me prove how simple and easy it is for you to control your records. Contact me at info@sgmscorp.com and I will prove to you in 1 minute that you can control all of your medical records and that of your family and never ever have to go on line to do it.. doubt it?? contact me for the proof

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