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Health Care Groups Collaborate On New Reference Guides For Personal Health Records
Several groups across the healthcare sector will rollout two new “Personal Health Record (PHR) Quick Reference Guides” in an effort to educate consumers and clinicians about how PHRs can be useful tools for making more informed healthcare decisions and enhancing care coordination…
Health IT Developments Piggyback On Health Laws, FCC Plan
The health overhaul and other recent laws and proposals will have a broad impact on the health IT world…
State Round Up: Utah Struggling With State Online Health Exchange; California Cracks Down On Discount Health Plans
The Salt Lake Tribune: “Utah lawmakers this year have spared no energy trumpeting their dislike for federal health reform, passing bills asserting states’ right to govern themselves. But Utah’s own health care fix, an online insurance market called the Utah Health Exchange, has gotten off to a wobbly start…
Rules For Patient Data Security Remain Widely Unenforced
“As the federal government prepares to spend up to $27 billion in stimulus funds to promote electronic medical records, a health technology industry survey suggests that a number of hospitals, health clinics, and insurance firms are violating federal security rules on patient data and putting sensitive health information at risk,” The Center for Public Integrity reports…
Tech Roundup: Virtual Visits, EMR Loans And A New E-Prescribing Tool
The New York Times: “Telemedicine has the potential to improve quality of care by allowing clinicians in one ‘control center’ to monitor, consult and even care for and perform procedures on patients in multiple locations,” Doctor and Patient columnist Pauline Chen writes…
Health IT: W.Va. Savings Forecast; Federal Official Foresees Private-Sector Dominance
West Virginia could save $1.1 billion in health spending by government agencies, private insurers and consumers, if the health system would switch to electronic records and do a better job centralizing patient care, according to a new report by the West Virginia Health Care Authority, a governmental group, The Associated Press/New York Times reports…
Health IT: W.Va. Savings Forecast; Federal Official Foresees Private-Sector Dominance
West Virginia could save $1.1 billion in health spending by government agencies, private insurers and consumers, if the health system would switch to electronic records and do a better job centralizing patient care, according to a new report by the West Virginia Health Care Authority, a governmental group, The Associated Press/New York Times reports…
Online Medical Pricing Takes On New Importance In Struggling Economy
“Consumers are increasingly turning to the Web to compare medical fees as the economy and less generous health benefits squeeze household budgets,” The Associated Press reports. Their efforts are aided in many states by laws that require online posting of medical fees…
Minnesota’s First E-Patient
Minnesota’s first virtual doctor’s visit was conducted Monday evening, the Pioneer Press reports. The patient, Beth Piper or Hampton, Minn., learned that sleeping pills would interact badly with another medication she uses during the seven minute Webcam-enabled discussion. Her doctor, Eric Christianson, suggested using Benadryl instead…
Patients Unlikely To Benefit From Free E-Samples Of Prescription Drugs
Search the Internet to learn about your asthma, high cholesterol or other common disorder, and odds are you’ll be directed to a pharmaceutical company-sponsored Web homepage. There you’ll often find an offer for a free sample or a one-time discount on a top-selling prescription medication. Is it a good deal? Not according to a study of such direct-to-consumer offers on the Internet by a research team led by Dr. William G.