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Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once.'
- Roy Blunt

EMR News 07/21/2011

Nick Harrington — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:28:20 GMT

Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down in Florida, won't be going back up again

EMR

DrChrono.com Now Offering First Medical Speech-to-Text Functionality on iPad® Via M*Modal Speech Understanding™ | EON: Enhanced Online News

AdvancedMD Delivers Package of Integrated Cloud Features

Small-Group EHRs Receive Top Satisfaction Scores From FPs

Xerox Survey Shows Impact of Electronic Health Records

Finding the Right EHR for Your Mac-Based Medical Practice

Xerox Survey Finds Patients Need Assurance that Electronic Health Records are Secure - WhatTheyThink

Aprima Earns High Marks at Holy Name Medical Center - Yahoo! Finance

Xerox Survey Finds Patients Need Assurance that Electronic Health Records are Secure - WhatTheyThink

Apps

FDA Addresses Mobile Medical Apps | Medical Connectivity

8 tactics for mobile data privacy and security | Government Health IT

Comment

Barbara Duck: The Medical Quack: FDA and Medical Devices-Who Doesn’t Get This, They Are Looking for Engineers Just Like Technology Companies Are Doing- Get Some Congressional Digital Literacy in Place

Evan Steele: EHR Success: What is the Reality? | EMR Straight Talk

News

Transparency and Federal Management IT Systems

Microsoft Appointment - New Senior Director of Health in EMEA | eHealthNews.EU Portal / All News

Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust Uses InterSystems Ensemble-based Healthbus | eHealthNews.EU Portal / All News

Public HIE proving unsustainable minus federal funds – FierceHealthIT

Conference Tackles the Legal Electronic Health Record

International

John Neill: How the NHS can follow the Unipart way to efficiency | Healthcare Network | Guardian Professional

It Looks Like Desperation and Heavy Tactics Are Now Taking Over the PCEHR Program. Not Good! | Australian Health Information Technology

Billing

SOS: Speaking of Seniors – Saving a Client’s Credit

Medical

Six of 10 gastric-banding patients need repeat operation

Flu Vaccine for the 2011-2012 Season Approved | Highlight HEALTH

Sapien Transcatheter Heart Valve Receives Strong Support from FDA Advisory Panel - Larry Husten - Cardiobrief – Forbes

UC Davis researchers find genetic mutation that may cause male infertility

Study: One in four men's sperm have a hard time swimming

Ophthalmology

American Academy of Ophthalmology Establishes Electronic Health Record Standards | The Lund Report

Biolase treatment patented - - ModernMedicine

Orthopaedics

Orthopaedics: Market Prospects & Global Competition

Adequate Rehab After ACL Repair Cuts OA Risk - Restoring full range of motion to the knee is key to reducing the risk of osteoarthritis

Chiropractic

Hands-on, mind-body therapies beat supplements

Meaningful Use

Save the Date: National Provider Call on Medicare and Medicaid EHR

Millions in EHR incentive dollars may be going to ineligible providers - FierceEMR

HIPAA

State Bar of Wisconsin | InsideTrack | Proposed regulations change accounting of disclosure rules under HIPAA

HIPAA Audits Are Coming: Are You Prepared? | International Lawyers Network - JDSupra

Tech

Hackers Hacked the Hackers' AnonPlus Social Network

Mobile

Miscellaneous

Abu Dhabi Oil Sheikh Writes His Name In The Sand, Two Miles Wide - Christopher Helman - Fuel - Forbes

Who will win the $20,000 Get Fit donation? You decide!

Quote

Pick up a rifle and you change instantly from a subject to a citizen.
- Jeff Cooper

EMR News 07/20/2011

Nick Harrington — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:24:07 GMT

EMR

e-MDs Receives 2010 Surescripts White Coat of Quality Accolade

2011 Top Black Book Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Systems Announced for OB GYN Practices

Premier Medical Clinic to Implement ADS' MedicsDocAssistant EHR

ADP AdvancedMD enhances its cloud-based EHR

July 20, 2011 -- Sevocity Selected as Preferred EHR Vendor by South Carolina Regional Extension Center (REC) | Sevocity News & Events

Apps

iPath Free and Open source Case based collaboration – Telemedicine Platform | Goomedic.com

Melissa Le Furge’s 10 Popular Android Medical Apps

FDA lays out regulation of certain mobile medical apps | Government Health IT

Comment

Image Credit: Medgadget

Susie Cook RN: Telemedicine Improves Stroke Diagnosis in Rural Hospitals

Dr. Malpani: Farmers, doctors and society

Joseph Conn: Only connect - meshing home devices and electronic health records

Kaiser Health News: Trends To Watch For Curbing Health Costs

Fred Trotter: Unethical Blue Button Contest

John W. Sharp: Health Apps and Real Time Consults

Happy Hospitalist: Wife Thinner Than Husband Study Says Marriage More Satisfying This Way (Reports University of Tennessee Research).

News

The Medical Quack: Truckload of Drugs Stolen From Novartis Subsidiary Alcon–Mostly Ophthalmic Products–Bar Codes Could Have Helped Identify Stolen Goods When Scanned

FCC Criticized For Not Spending On Telemedicine -- InformationWeekFCC Criticized For Not Spending On Telemedicine - healthcare Blog

How to get involved in international emergency medicine - Emergency Physicians International

Advisers urge free birth control in federal plan

FCC Criticized For Not Spending On Telemedicine -- InformationWeekFCC Criticized For Not Spending On Telemedicine - healthcare Blog

Most Connected Hospitals: the List - US News and World Report

International

NEHTA Put On Notice By The Opposition - Lift Game Dramatically or Else! | Australian Health Information Technology

Billing

Computer theft impacts 400K S. Carolina patients - SC Magazine US

Medical

Stem Cell Therapy for Disc Injuries Bergen County New Jersey

Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal: A blood test to screen people for Alzheimer's disease.

UCD Medical Center rated as top hospital

World’s First Arm Cuff Monitor Measures Central Blood Pressure | Medgadget

Is pre-treatment liver biopsy necessary for all hepatitis C genotypes?

Killing Mosquitoes With a Genetic Trick that Makes Digesting Blood Deadly | Popular Science

Ophthalmology

Celebrating a Centennial in Salt Lake

New Astronomy Book for Blind Gets You Physical With Craters | Medgadget

Orthopaedics

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Chiropractic

-o-

Meaningful Use

AMDIS: Will the political climate change meaningful use funding?

Review of the Quarterly Medicaid Statement of Expenditures for the Medical Assistance Program in Oklahoma (A-06-09-00097)

Infor-Med Corporation announced today that Praxis: The Template-Free EMR v5 was certified as a complete EHR under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Meaningful Use Program

HIPAA

Proposed regulations change accounting of disclosure rules under HIPAA

Tech

Lenovo Reveals Two Honeycomb Tablets and a Windows One

Google+ Now The Top Free App In The Apple App Store | TechCrunch

Mobile

Review: monCarbone iPad Portfolio | Gear Diary

Miscellaneous

Medical Questions About Viruses

Bill Gates calls for reinvention of toilet: Why? | Health Tech - CNET News

Quote

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
- Theodore Roosevelt

EMR News 07/19/2011

Nick Harrington — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:59:05 GMT

EMR

PHRs that don’t have the cachet of Microsoft and Google | Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog

iPad EMR Apps | A Guide to Electronic Medical Records

Greenway Medical Records Company Files to Go Public To Raise $100 Million | The Medical Quack

Covisint :: How to Manage Identities During Business Tectonic Shift to the Cloud

Intel-GE Care Innovations™ Connect Targets Social Isolation in Older Adults

Intel-GE Care Innovations™ Receives FDA Market Clearance for Virtual Care Coordination Platform

How Medical Transcription Company Can Help Medical Professionals

Knowledge Center - articles, reports, research - Integrated Healthcare Strategies

The Era of Electronic Medical Records - US News and World Report

Data-mining tool helps to justify costly imaging tests – FierceHealthIT

Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform Powers EmblemHealth Mobile Apps

Microsoft HealthVault Ready to Accept Google Health Accounts, Apps

Apps

Lexicomp On-Hand™ Now Available on HP To... - Wolters Kluwer Health

St. Louis Beacon - Sore throat? Rash? We've got an app for that

Comment

Dr. Michael Warren: What you should know about medical records

John H. Hammergren (McKesson Corp.): Advice To Health-Care Providers: Forget The Debate, Heal Thyselves

News

Physicians, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Open Door Forum on Wednesday July 20, 2011 2.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. ET

Southeastern Plastic Surgery Announces First Annual Summer Sale : Breast Augmentation - Facelift - Rhinoplasty | Charlotte, Gastonia, Shelby - North Carolina <Sign of the times?

CME Outfitters Receives Approval for Alzheimer’s Disease Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Sessions

ThedaCare maintains rank among Most Wired | Appleton Post Crescent | postcrescent.com

Our Methodology: How We Identified More Than 100 Most Connected Hospitals

Geisinger, CMC make plans to merge - News - The Times-Tribune

Reflections from the Federal Chief Information Officer

International

A Brand New Review Confirms The View PHRs are Still Not Demonstrated To Make a Clinical Difference. | Australian Health Information Technology

Billing

-o-

Medical

Surgeons' civility in operating room benefits patients, reduces costs, Cedars-Sinai expert finds

New fluorescent protein allows scientists to see living organs

Melanoma screening by physicians associated with finding more cancers than patient self-detection | e! Science News

A probe into the UPMC kidney transplant error found a nephrologist was also to blame

Ophthalmology

American Academy of Ophthalmology Takes a Proative Role in Establishing Standards for Electronic Health Records

Orthopaedics

-o-

Chiropractic

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e-Prescribing

Benefits of E-Prescribing, in Seattle Times

Meaningful Use

Stimulus Money Still Flowing to Health IT Projects - Features - California Healthline

HIPAA

Online Tech Announces HIPAA Compliance & Data Security Webinar Series

Logjam of health IT initiatives could mean delays for HIPAA 5010, ICD-10 - FierceHealthIT

Tech

Verizon's Galaxy Tab 10.1 may pack Micro SIMs, force Charge owners to break out the scissors -- Engadget

Mobile

Rugged Motorola Titanium hitting Sprint on July 24th for $149.99

Miscellaneous

The Doctor Weighs In: Evolution of the Color Blue

Quote

"For every action there is an equal and opposite government program."
- Bob Wells

AdvancedMD EHR 2011 Summer Release Delivers Powerful Package of Integrated Cloud Features to Help Medical Providers Capture Stimulus Dollars

Robert Gleeman — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:31:31 GMT

AdvancedMD EHR 2011 Summer Release Delivers Powerful Package of Integrated Cloud Features to Help Medical Providers Capture Stimulus Dollars

Certified by an ONC-ATCB, New Release Yields Simplified, Automated Meaningful Use Reporting, Enhanced Patient Portal Access

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – July 19, 2011 – ADP^® AdvancedMD, a leader in cloud electronic health record (EHR), practice management, medical scheduling software, and billing applications for medical practices and medical billing services, today announced the availability of the AdvancedMD EHR 2011 Summer release, recently certified as a 2011/2012 Complete EHR by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB).

AdvancedMD EHR 2011 Summer release includes significant feature enhancements that streamline meaningful use compliance and simplify a patient’s ability to interact securely online with healthcare providers. Early-release users of the software have noted the cost and time savings afforded by the ADP AdvancedMD cloud platform, which delivers new meaningful use compliance at a glance, clinical reporting, an online Patient Portal, group messaging and “break the glass” emergency features without requiring additional software upgrades or costs.

“This release of our software provides physician practices with additional freedom to focus on improved quality of care rather than regulations and compliance,” said Raul Villar, president, ADP AdvancedMD. “New advanced features take both the worry and hassle out of demonstrating meaningful use, and help ensure maximum return on dollars invested in healthcare technology not just today but as the requirements evolve toward phase II and phase III in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Because of our cloud platform, our clients will not need to worry about license upgrades and new installations to keep up with future regulatory change.”

AdvancedMD EHR 2011 Summer release moves beyond the minimum requirements for a Complete EHR certification with integrated features that help optimize the medical practice – including EHR, practice management, and medical billing. With the recent acquisition of AdvancedMD by ADP, clients are assured of world-class systems and support for all their automation needs.

“Our EHR, practice management, and billing solution, delivered through a cloud platform, provides customers with unprecedented opportunities to simultaneously reduce technology costs and boost practice efficiency,” said Steven ZoBell, vice president of product development, ADP AdvancedMD. “This release highlights the powerful benefits of having a unified application with one database and one login, allowing us to provide advanced features and reporting mechanisms not previously available on the market.”

New features in this release include:

· Enhanced Patient Portal – allows patients to take a greater role in their own healthcare through secure, convenient web access to their records, scheduling, medications and billing transactions. Integration between EHR, PM and billing systems provides a seamless, efficient interface.

· Enhanced Meaningful Use Clinical Reporting – simplified and automated reporting of core Set and Menu, PQRI and Continuity of Care Documents (CCDs). At-a-glance status of meaningful use to track successful compliance.

· Immunization and Health Surveillance Data Submission – simplifies and automates required meaningful use reporting to State immunization and public health registries.

· Group Messaging – provides secure intra-practice messaging between staff and providers based on user-defined groups and security access levels.

· Emergency Access User Role Privileges – sometimes referred to as “break the glass” access, this feature allows user-defined access to critical medical record information by trusted third parties in event of emergency.

“The new ADP AdvancedMD software release allows me to demonstrate meaningful use compliance and become eligible to receive financial incentives,” said Dr. Pedro J. Morales, provider at Pedro J. Morales M.D. & Tim P. Carlson M.D., a Saint Petersburg, Florida family practice. “The integrated practice management and EHR have helped streamline our transition from paper to electronic with little to no down time, allowing us to implement the system in increments and scale at our own pace.”

ADP AdvancedMD’s certification number is CC-1112-855300-1, awarded on May 13, 2011. ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification conferred by CCHIT does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nor does it guarantee the receipt of incentive payments. The clinical quality measures to which ADP AdvancedMD 2011 Summer release has been certified include: NQF 0421, NQF 0013, NQF 0028, NQF 0041, NQF 0024, NQF 0038, NQF 0031, NQF 0043 and NQF 0061. The additional software used in testing included First Data Bank and Surescripts v. 4.2.

ADP AdvancedMD Resources

View the electronic medical records software demo
Explore the ADP AdvancedMD electronic health records features
Learn the difference between EHR & EMR software
View the medical practice management software demo
Learn about the medical billing services network
Learn about complete medical management software

About ADP AdvancedMD
ADP AdvancedMD is one of the nation’s largest providers of cloud medical practice optimization software offering a fully integrated EHR and Practice Management solution, and is a subsidiary of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADP). ADP, with nearly $9 billion in revenues and about 550,000 clients, is one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing solutions. Leveraging more than 60 years of experience, ADP offers a wide range of HR, payroll, tax and benefits administration solutions from a single source. ADP's easy-to-use solutions for employers provide superior value to companies of all types and sizes. ADP is also a leading provider of integrated computing solutions to auto, truck, motorcycle, marine and recreational vehicle dealers throughout the world. For more information about ADP AdvancedMD, call (800) 825-0224 or visit: www.advancedmd.com.

Why still some physcians are hesitaant to adopt the EMR and put it into meaningful use?

kevincostner — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:07:09 GMT

In the US still most of the doctors have not adopted the EMR and put them into meaningful use. Please discuss

EMR News 07/18/2011

Nick Harrington — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:25:58 GMT

EMR

GE Healthcare has a 13% market share of the US hospital information systems market

AHIMA Releases White Paper On Accountable Care To Heighten Awareness On Importance Of Managing Health Information

What's Up, Doc? Your Electronic Medical Records Are Secure—and Help Doctors Do Their Jobs

Peeking in medical records an issue for health centers | health, records, accessing - Colorado Springs Gazette, CO

Patients to get better access to test results | New law allows them to receive medical info without waiting to hear from their doctors

Apps

Smartphones Measure Brain Waves - Mobiledia

iPhone Application Gives Skin Cancer Risk Assessment–Using Johns Hopkins Licensed Date Base Using An Algorithm and Image Recognition Technology To Compare | The Medical Quack

mHealth Technologies: Applications to Benefit Older Adults Draft Position Paper - Center for Techonology and Aging - March 2011

"There's a Web App for That" Suggests Chrome Apps Based on Your Browsing History [Downloads]

Stem cell breakthrough heralds new era of therapy development

Comment

Steve Lohr: Seeing Promise and Peril in Digital Records

Harold Pollack: It's Not Just The Money: Cost Control In Cancer Care (Guest Opinion)

Mary Pat Whaley: Step by Step Directions for Getting the EHR Incentive Money: My Notes From Last Week’s CMS Call

John Halamka, MD: Public and private cloud computing at a hospital

News

How Much Does Your Doctor Make? High-tech specialists are raking in the dough even as family doctors barely keep up with inflation.

Accusations fly over obscure Medicare board

PQRS: Registry Reporting 2011

PRMC named 2011 Most Wired Hospital | The Daily Times | delmarvanow.com

International

It Seems SNOMED CT Has A Few Issues That Need to Be Addressed. Right Now It Is Apparently Broken And Needs to Be Fixed! | Australian Health Information Technology

NHS Investigating Contaminated Saline at Stepping Hill Hospital–Insulin Found Inside And 3 Patients Have Died | The Medical Quack

Billing

Medical

Medical News: Rapid TB Test Reliable in Kids - in Clinical Context, HIV/AIDS from MedPage Today

One More Device Enters the Market to Record Exercise, Nutrition and Sleep Patterns For Consumers–JawBone UP | The Medical Quack

Siemens SOMATOM Definition AS Open CT Approved in U.S. | Medgadget

Fresh or Frozen? How vitrifying IVF embryos helps to improve IVF success rates

Brain injury raises dementia risk, US study finds

HCV New Drug Research: Tainted-blood victims not told about compensation availability, HCV New Drug Research: Mayo Podcast; New hepatitis C drugs offer better chance of cure and HCV New Drug Research: Podcast Dr. Galati; Liver Health -Tylenol safety, herbs and alcohol.

Newer techniques are making cardiac CT safer for children | e! Science News

Ophthalmology

Prevent Blindness America Launches ‘Most Beautiful Eyes’ Contest for Star Pupils Program

Orthopaedics

Smoking Could Be Related To Lower Risk Of Joint Surgery

Chiropractic

Chiropractic Billing Company Increases Insurance Reimbursement for Doctors

ChiroTouch To Attend the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association Fall Convention

Students promote healing at La Clinica de La Mariposa

Meaningful Use

Netsmart Technologies' Insight™ Electronic Health Record Solution for Public Health Attains 100 Percent ARRA Certification

Meaningful Use Paves Way For Health IT Megatrends -- InformationWeekMeaningful Use Paves Way For Health IT Megatrends - healthcare Blog

CMS replies to more questions about meaningful use, payments | Government Health IT

HIPAA

HIPAA violation survival techniques 101

Tech

Image Credit: US Army Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Centre

Saved On The Battlefield By A BEAR

Sony Tries to Get in Shape for Selling Tablets, but Will You Buy its New Bod? | Gear Diary

Gear Talk: iPad 2 Case Roundup | Gear Diary

Mobile

Android 3.2 official, coming to a tablet near you | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News

iPhone 5 Rumor Review | PCWorld

Miscellaneous

Blog From Brentwood - "Staying Home Is The New Black" - My Truth by Sam Rubin - KTLA.COM

Quote

"All great change in America begins at the dinner table."
Ronald Reagan

EMR News 07/16/2011

Nick Harrington — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:34:00 GMT

Officials Hopeful 'Carmageddon' Goes Smoothly

EMR

Whatever EHR stage you're at, these resources will help | EHR Outlook

Should EMRs include Joint Commission safety goals? - FierceEMR

Drchrono Brings iPad-Based Medical Records To Doctors

Infor-Med Corporation to Unveil Praxis EMR v5 | NEWS.GNOM.ES

AAFP EHR User Satisfaction Survey Ranks Praxis EMR #1 Again

Webinar: GMA Demonstrates NextGen EHR for Dermatology

Change Ahead for M*Modal and MedQuist

Physicians Practice Announces CMS, Meaningful Use Stage 1 Webinar – August 2

Final Support Selects Ignis Systems' EMR-Link for Speedy Deployment of EMR Lab Orders and Results

CareFusion closure takes workers by surprise | The Desert Sun | MyDesert.com

Apps

Flurry: Android has lost developer support to iOS due to iPad 2 and Verizon iPhone | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence

Comment

Doctor Dalai: A Challenge to GE and AGFA

Barbara Duck: Outgoing Federal CIO Says to Focus on Execution-Literal Translation Might Be The “Lawmakers Just Don’t Get It”–Congressional Digital Illiteracy Just Sucks | The Medical Quack

Christina Thielst: Connecting California to Improve Patient Care

Anonymous Physician (KevinMD.com): I don't like that you do abortions, but if you didn’t, I would probably be dead

Happy Hospitalist: Drinking Hot Coffee and Tea Associated With Lower MRSA Nasal Carriage: Joint Commission Now Mandates All Doctors and Nurses Drink Up

Matthew Herper: Diagnosis By Facebook: Can We Crowdsource Medicine?

John Mach: (@pharmaguy) Pfizer, Show Us Your Social Media "Playbook"

News

Where Are The Doctors?

Whistleblower Case Settled for $85 Million Against Medline - an article from Clifford Law Offices, Chicago qui tam and whistleblower law firm

Guardian apologizes for Sun medical records story| Reuters < Gordon Brown lied

Medical marijuana: A science-free zone at the White House [Blowback] - latimes.com

Capital News » Medical breakthrough in preventing HIV

International

Philippines warns against gecko as AIDS treatment

Billing

With the PPACA Changes, the Bill Is Not in the Mail

Medical

Army Develops Home-Made Leg Prostheses | Medgadget

Are You Too Old to Fly?

Vaccination Rates Up for Those With Liver Disease, Diabetes

Using Social Media in Medical Education

MIA is a Potential Biomarker for NF1 Tumor Load | Highlight HEALTH

Longtime survivors or newly diagnosed, more older adults are living with HIV/AIDS

Von Willebrand factor levels predict clinical outcome in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Curbside consult using telemedicine tools for acute patient care

Hepatitis C; Patients With Clinically Significant Portal Hypertension Caused by HCV Cirrhosis Respond Poorly to Antiviral Therapy

Drs. Lehman, Ho Perform Cancer Robotic Surgery

New technology developed for the large-scale editing of DNA

'Intelligent bed' designed to prevent bedsores

Ophthalmology

Vitamin C from food tied to lower cataract risk - latimes.com

Older Children Less Responsive to Treatment for Amblyopia --Doctors Lounge

Orthopaedics

Stryker ends distribution agreement with Corin PLC

Chiropractic

Veterans can get free chiropractic relief | General

Chiropractic – Natural & Safe Medicine (GOOG)

Meaningful Use

National Health IT Coordinator Endorses 'Meaningful Use' Delay

Meaningful Use Paves Way For Health IT Megatrends

The Myth of EHR Certification

SRS EHR Receives Full Government Certification of Its Productivity-Focused Meaningful Use EHR

GE Software Helps Docs Prepare For Meaningful Use

Meaningful use stage 2 delay would only affect certain providers

AMDIS: CMS probed on bulk registrations for meaningful use

Federal Budget Battle Won't Threaten 'Meaningful Use' Dollars -- InformationWeekFederal Budget Battle Won't Threaten 'Meaningful Use' Dollars - healthcare Blog

HIPAA

HIPAA ‘Operating Rule・Requirements Issued for Eligibility, Claims Status | Thompson Media

No World Borders Partners with Multi-Billion Dollar Company Software AG | EON: Enhanced Online News

Tech

Mophie pulse promises haptic feedback and audio boost for the iPod touch

Mobile

Google launches Photovine app for Apple's iPhone, not Android - latimes.com

PayPal Pairs Samsung Nexus S, Android Widget for Mobile Payments - Mobile and Wireless - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

Miscellaneous

Woman Gropes TSA Agent's Breast at Security Checkpoint

iPhone Bottle Opener is the Holy Grail for lovers of beer and tech

Quote

I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack.
- Jesse Ventura

EMR News 07/15/2011

Nick Harrington — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:36:40 GMT

EMR

Drchrono Brings iPad-Based Medical Records To Doctors

Infor-Med Corporation to Unveil Praxis EMR v5 | NEWS.GNOM.ES

AAFP EHR User Satisfaction Survey Ranks Praxis EMR #1 Again

Webinar: GMA Demonstrates NextGen EHR for Dermatology

Change Ahead for M*Modal and MedQuist

Physicians Practice Announces CMS, Meaningful Use Stage 1 Webinar – August 2

Final Support Selects Ignis Systems' EMR-Link for Speedy Deployment of EMR Lab Orders and Results

CareFusion closure takes workers by surprise | The Desert Sun | MyDesert.com

Apps

Flurry: Android has lost developer support to iOS due to iPad 2 and Verizon iPhone | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence

Comment

Happy Hospitalist: Drinking Hot Coffee and Tea Associated With Lower MRSA Nasal Carriage: Joint Commission Now Mandates All Doctors and Nurses Drink Up

Matthew Herper: Diagnosis By Facebook: Can We Crowdsource Medicine?

John Mach: (@pharmaguy) Pfizer, Show Us Your Social Media "Playbook"

News

Guardian apologizes for Sun medical records story| Reuters < Gordon Brown lied

Medical marijuana: A science-free zone at the White House [Blowback] - latimes.com

Capital News » Medical breakthrough in preventing HIV

International

Philippines warns against gecko as AIDS treatment

Billing

With the PPACA Changes, the Bill Is Not in the Mail

Medical

MIA is a Potential Biomarker for NF1 Tumor Load | Highlight HEALTH

Longtime survivors or newly diagnosed, more older adults are living with HIV/AIDS

Von Willebrand factor levels predict clinical outcome in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Curbside consult using telemedicine tools for acute patient care

Hepatitis C; Patients With Clinically Significant Portal Hypertension Caused by HCV Cirrhosis Respond Poorly to Antiviral Therapy

Drs. Lehman, Ho Perform Cancer Robotic Surgery

New technology developed for the large-scale editing of DNA

'Intelligent bed' designed to prevent bedsores

Ophthalmology

Vitamin C from food tied to lower cataract risk - latimes.com

Older Children Less Responsive to Treatment for Amblyopia --Doctors Lounge

Orthopaedics

Stryker ends distribution agreement with Corin PLC

Chiropractic

Veterans can get free chiropractic relief | General

Chiropractic – Natural & Safe Medicine (GOOG)

Meaningful Use

GE Software Helps Docs Prepare For Meaningful Use

Meaningful use stage 2 delay would only affect certain providers

AMDIS: CMS probed on bulk registrations for meaningful use

Federal Budget Battle Won't Threaten 'Meaningful Use' Dollars -- InformationWeekFederal Budget Battle Won't Threaten 'Meaningful Use' Dollars - healthcare Blog

HIPAA

HIPAA ‘Operating Rule・Requirements Issued for Eligibility, Claims Status | Thompson Media

No World Borders Partners with Multi-Billion Dollar Company Software AG | EON: Enhanced Online News

Tech

Mophie pulse promises haptic feedback and audio boost for the iPod touch

Mobile

Google launches Photovine app for Apple's iPhone, not Android - latimes.com

PayPal Pairs Samsung Nexus S, Android Widget for Mobile Payments - Mobile and Wireless - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

Miscellaneous

iPhone Bottle Opener is the Holy Grail for lovers of beer and tech

Quote

A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.
- Joey Adams

EMR News 07/14/2011

Nick Harrington — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:36:34 GMT

EMR

Medicine and Technology [part of HCPLive]: Practice Fusion Passes 100,000 EMR Users

HHS Coordinator of Health IT initiatives new app development program -- Washington Technology

HealthInsight Announces Launch of Community-based Health Information Exchange

Oregon Launches Direct Project Pilot with Medicity

Scanning Charts into an EMR: Questions to Guide Your Action Plan for Conversion

Quality Health Network Welcomes Two More Colo. Orgs

Mayo Clinc researchers close to securely mining info from all EMRs

EHRs increasingly offering more detailed health quality info than Medicare data, study finds

Does Your Doctor Still Use Fax?

Apps

Client News: Norton Healthcare Adds Android Application to its NortonMobile Family of Mobile Apps

MelApp checks for skin cancer, tracks moles

Comment

Happy Hospitalist: Baby Infant Growth Spurt Discussion: Adorable Video Presented By Zachary

John E. McDonough: Medicaid's Moment

Terrence Mulligan DO, MPH: Why is IEM Development Needed Worldwide?

J.P. Overbey: Are Physicians the Problem with Healthcare | Healthcare Topics

Paul Levy: Get some patients - Yes, Minister

Dov Michaeli: Size Matters | The Doctor Weighs In

Donor Diva: The Diagnosis: POF

News

Why Ehealth is an International Issue

EHR Interoperability Improves with HIE Growth

McCann Investigations Announces New Mobile Phone Forensics Services

Smoking rate at new low for California adults

International

Northern Cousins: Use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) by Canadian Physicians Bodes Well for Future of Patient Care - Press Release - Digital Journal

Puerto Rico: Doctors threaten Medicaid cutoff in Puerto Rico

EU: RAPS Publishes New Edition of Essential Regulatory Affairs Text Book

UK BMA: Facebook friends a no-no for doctors

UK Microsoft: Cabinet Office blocks NHS Microsoft spend

UK: Governments vision for a future Public Health service set out today

Billing

Medical

Pharmacists’ Role in Medical Marijuana Remains a Bit Hazy <great headline!

Physician Quality Reporting System and eRx Incentive Program Fact Sheets Available for Download

Large Randomized Phase III Clinical Trial Shows Short-Term Hormone Therapy Plus Radiation Therapy Increases Survival for Men With Early-Stage Prostate Cancer

Cancer Screening and Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services Brochure Revised

What are You Basing Your Nutritional Recommendations On? | Chiropractic Software & EMR, SOAP Notes, Billing, & Practice Management

Sparta Systems to Present on Future-Proofing CAPA Processes at Medical Device Summit

Keeping up your overall health may keep dementia away

UT faculty improving surgical outcomes for children, cancer patients

'BabyBeat' computer system could battle SIDS

Pain After Gallbladder Surgery; Sphincter of Oddi (SOD)

Research provides insight into new drug resistance in hospital microbes

Ophthalmology

American Optometric Foundation Announces 2011 Vistakon Award of Excellence Recipients

COVD Launches Video Contest in Advance of Nat’l Children’s Vision & Learning Month

Histopathologic Complications Seen Post-Intra-Arterial Chemo --Doctors Lounge

Orthopaedics

Stryker Ends Distribution Agreement With Corin PLC – MarketWatch

Global Health Partner AB: Acquisition of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery Business in Århus | Business Wire

Chiropractic

CHIRO 8000 Expands Staff to Meet 20% Increase in Demand for EHR Services

Meaningful Use

Meaningful Use Incentives Driving EMR Adoption, but Many Hospitals Still Expect to Use Paper Records - MarketWatch

Make Patient Safety Goals Part Of Meaningful Use

Anson General Hospital Leverages Prognosis HIS EHR to Attest to Meaningful Use Requirements

HIPAA

Age Bias or Violation of HIPAA Law?

Tech

Google Takes First Steps Towards Attacking Amazon | Gear Diary

Mobile

Motorola Photon 4G gets price and release date

Miscellaneous

President Obama abruptly walks out of talks - Jonathan Allen and Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com

Quote

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.
- Mark Twain

EMR News 07/13/2011

Nick Harrington — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:35:27 GMT

EMR

For small practices looking to stay independent, welcome to 'Eden'

Sevocity EHR Earns CCHIT 2011 Certification | Sevocity News & Events

Valley View Hospital And Pioneers Medical Center Join Quality

Apps

Tremendous Revenue Potential Possible From Apple’s (AAPL) Business & Productivity Apps | iStockAnalyst.com

In Just Over Three Months, CardioSource Has Been Downloaded by More Than 14,000 Cardiologists and Other HCPs

Smartphones and health -- not quite ready for older adults and chronically ill | Aging In Place Technology Watch

Comment

Avik Roy: Big Government And Health-Care Stocks: A Happy Marriage?

Reik Read: Guest Column: Could RFID Help Support Electronic Health Records?

News

Ouch: Wife In the OC Under Arrest for Cutting Off Husband's Penis And Tossing It In the Garbage Disposal–Another Bobbitt Crime | The Medical Quack

Detroit Medical Center Named 2011 'Most Wired' Hospital - Health News Story - WDIV Detroit

TCH starts conversion to electronic records » Local News » Tahlequah Daily Press

HCP National Announces New York Malpractice Insurance Products for Solo MDs and Medical Groups

BioPharm Systems Joins Oracle Accelerate Program with Oracle Accelerate Solution Based on Oracle’s Siebel Clinical Trial Management System | BioPharm Systems

Physicians, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Open Door Forum « The Voyager – Helping Physicians Navigate The Healthcare Industry

American Board of Family Medicine to Sponsor Forum on Shortage of Rural Primary Care Physicians, General Surgeons

Craig Newmark: Veterans Affairs Health Records approach: big step ahead for all kinds of software development

International

Cabinet Office blocks NHS Microsoft spend | Guardian Government Computing | Guardian Professional

Agfa HealthCare Signs Major Regional Health Contract with Denmark's Hovedstaden Region | eHealthNews.EU Portal / All News

UK Drug Regulator Destroys All Trial Data After 15 Years

Smartcards to give patients records control - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Billing

3 Significant Impacts of High Deductible Medical Bills on Surgery Centers

Lourdes Imaging Associates Selects Healthcare Administrative Partners as Medical Billing Services Provider | EON: Enhanced Online News

Medical

Win a Copy of EMS: A Practical Global Guidebook - Emergency Physicians International

To D or not to D- That’s the Dilemma

No substantial link between swine flu vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome, confirm experts

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to 4SC's Oral Pan-HDAC Inhibitor Resminostat for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

DNA Electronics Point of Care Device Detects Predisposition to Drug Side Effects | Medgadget

HCV New Drug Research: Liver Transplantation for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Artificial Windpipe Seeded With Patient’s Stem Cells Implanted for First Time | Medgadget

News from The Associated Press

Ophthalmology

Dr. Dean Dornic Performs First Raleigh Area Laser-Enabled Corneal Transplant
Pediatric Vision Scanner Detects “Lazy Eye” Earlier – Medgadget.com -- Internet Journal of Emerging Medical Technologies

Orthopaedics

URMC Symposium Celebrates Decades of Pivotal Orthopaedics Research - News Room - University of Rochester Medical Center

Chiropractic

Healing Hands for Heroes program provides free chiropractic care to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan

Palmer College awarded role in major study

Meaningful Use

Scanned patient records will keep paper around, even after MU | Healthcare IT News

CMS seeks to delay e-reporting requirement - Modern Healthcare

Achieving Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records for the Oncologist

HIPAA

HIPAA 5010 Publisher Offers Compliance Aid

New Directions Behavioral Health Selects Evolute to Implement HIPAA 5010 Solution - PR.com

Online Tech Announces Modern Data Security Webinar Series | Business Wire

Tech

How to Migrate from Facebook to Google+ - How-To Geek

Positive and negative examples of pharma using social media

PDF: Platform Wars! | e-CareManagement

Mobile

Google's Mysterious Photo Sharing Service Photovine Gets a Video

Miscellaneous

Google+ has '10 million users' - Telegraph

Quote

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.
- Mitch Hedberg

Has anyone Used Kareo - ASP Based PM & Billing Software?

Teemor — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:14:23 GMT

Hello Everyone,

Has anyone Used Kareo - ASP Based PM & Billing SW? Their monthly pricing is very reasonable. However I do have a concern about their customer service? How good is their customer support?

I their any PM & Billing SW ASP or Client Server based that is as affordable as Kareo in the market?

Please let me know if you know of any Client Server or ASP based PM& Billing software that are very afforadable.

Thanks

Tim

EMR market share leader?

veronica357 — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:43:38 GMT

Does anyone have recommendations on how I could get a better perspective on market share data for EMR vendors? Do a small number of vendors account for a significant proportion of market share? Or does each vendor have less than a 1% share?

medical transcripton industry Vs voice recogntiion software

rajan — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:43:54 GMT

Who provides accurate transcription solutions whether the medical transcriptionist or the voice recognition software?.

EMR News 07/12/2011

Nick Harrington — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:35:52 GMT

EMR

Anne Arundel Medical Center Among Tops in Nation for Medical IT

VA Awards $12 Billion In Contracts for Health IT Upgrades and Open Version Conversion of Vista Medical Records System | The Medical Quack

MC4 program tracked medical records of Maj. Andy Ingalsbe after traumatic sniper wound in Afghanistan

Transforming Clinical Integration - Healthcare Collaboration

How To Redesign The EMR User Experience -- InformationWeekHow To Redesign The EMR User Experience - healthcare Blog

More doctors switching to electronic prescriptions - Having information at fingertips reduces potential for errors

Apps

ER crew download app for foreign victim

Comment

Pat Conrad MD: A Maximis Ad Minima (from the maximum to the minimum)

David Harlow: Health Insurance Exchange regulations are out, and they make me feel like a visitor from the future

Hal Amens: EHRs Support FDA Accelerated Approval | EHR Bloggers

Podcast: Interview with MyHealthDIRECT CEO Jay Mason

News

Partnership for Patients Meets Goal of Over 2,000 Hospitals Participating « The Voyager – Helping Physicians Navigate The Healthcare Industry

How can we make EHRs a hot issue in the 2012 elections? Let's ask Canada - FierceEMR

HHS and states move to establish Affordable Insurance Exchanges, give Americans the same insurance choices as members of Congress « The Voyager – Helping Physicians Navigate The Healthcare Industry

CMS Issues CY 2012 Rule Proposed

Hospital Coalition, AHA and Others Campaign to Be Left Out of Medicare and Medicaid Cuts–Worried About Spending Reductions and Future Existence of Some Facilities | The Medical Quack

Making ICD-10 and EHR adoption work together | EHR Outlook

Train For EHR Enterprises Adds GE's Electronic Health Record to Its Live EHR Training Course

Healthcare Employers Report Quality, Rapid Hires & Cost as Top Three Reasons for Hiring Supplemental Workforce say Vendor Staffing Management Experts at Candidate Direct

Career Step and YES HIM Consulting, Inc. Launch The ICD-10 Solution

International

Mobile Medical Disaster Relief takes Lipscomb University Military Veterans to central Ghana to work in Child Slave Problem - Press Release - Digital Journal

Rome Hospitals Host Electronic Records Trial

Australian Health Information Technology: There Is Something A Little Odd About the Legislative Discussion Paper for the PCEHR.

Telecom giant installs country’s first e-medical network system in Iloilo | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

Billing

Medical Coding Certification Preparation releases medical billing video series

Medical

breaking news - national news - world news - azcentral.com

Medtronic Gets FDA Nod for Renal Denervation Trial – Medgadget.com

First Reportable Data of EarlyCDT™-Lung Use in Clinical Practice Presented at IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer

Ophthalmology

More oxygen in eyes of African-Americans may help explain glaucoma risk | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis

Medical News: Lazy Eye Tx Better in Younger Kids - in Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology from MedPage Today

Orthopaedics

Johnson & Johnson may face up to $1 billion in lawsuits, analysts say | MassDevice - Medical Device Industry News

BBC News - Long hospital waits 'on the increase'

Chiropractic

Prosecutions on chiropractic in South Korea, appeal for support and donations

Meaningful Use

Four More States Live on Medicaid Meaningful Use

JAMA: Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals Should Be Part of Meaningful Use | Healthcare Information Technology

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will host a teleconference to walk through the basics of the electronic health records meaningful use program

HIPAA

Nurse Accused Of Illegally Accessing Thousands Of Medical Records

» Third Invasion of HIPAA into India is likely to be like a Tsunami attack - Blogger News Network

UCLA Health System fined over celebrity patient snooping - SC Magazine US

A HIPAA bust waiting to happen - - Drug Topics

Tech

Researchers mine tweets in search of health trends | Health Tech - CNET News

Fake Anti-Spyware Program Called Win 7 Security 2012 Reports False Computer Threats and Takes Your Money

Final space shuttle mission testing system to turn urine into a sports drink

'Most Wired' Hospitals Recognized - Health IT Update

Mobile

Size Does Matter: Android Mini-Tablet Projects Display Up To 100" In Size | TechCrunch

Miscellaneous

Mummy News: Genesis Medical Imaging Mobile CT Scan Unit Helps Chicago's Field...

Quote

"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."
- H. L. Mencken

Anyone tested Nightingale Informatix EMR? Any comments

m.johnson999997@yahoo.com — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:52:02 GMT

Hi,

Does anyone have feedback / insight into Nightingale Informatix EMR solution? Please let me know.

Thanks

Mike

EMR Meaningful Criteria

Steve Johnson — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:19:23 GMT

The ultimate benefits of implementing the emr system could not be derived in absence of meaningful use. There are more than 15 criteria to be understood to meet meaningful use.

1. Use computerized physician order entry (CPOE);
2. Implement drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checks;
3. Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically;
4. Record demographics;
5. Maintain an up-to-date problem list of current and active diagnoses;
6. Maintain active medication list;
7. Maintain active medication allergy list;
8. Record, chart changes in vital signs;
9. Record smoking status for patients age 13 or older;
10. Implement one clinical decision support rule;
11. Report ambulatory clinical quality measures;
12. Provide patients with an electronic copy of their health information, upon request;
13. Provide clinical summaries for patients for each office visit;
14. Demonstrate capability to exchange key clinical information;
15. Protect electronic health information.

thanks,

EMR News 07/11/2011

Nick Harrington — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:23:06 GMT

EMR

Most Physicians Don't Tap EHR's Full Potential

EMRs make care coordination easier for diabetes, heart disease patients

6 Steps to EMR Success (Registration required)

Apps

REVIEW: iPhone App Now Works With Dragon NaturallySpeaking

AirStrip Technologies is a medical software development company focused on enabling mobility in healthcare.

Android Apps For Health Freaks

UCLA/UCSF look to build research database from health app data - FierceMobileHealthcare

Comment

Dr. Malpani: Should I be operating or talking to patients ?

Larry Cohen: Doctor support critical in the fight for community prevention

David DiSalvo: Five Big Developments in Neuroscience to Watch

Gene Marcial: Why This Tiny Biotech Has Attracted Fidelity And Other Big Investors

Alex Knapp: Do Doctors Make the Best Hospital Administrators?

News

As Boehner Rejects Major Debt Deal, Dems Raise Medicare Questions

First VA colonoscopy case goes to trial after Miami vet contracted hepatitis C

American Association for Cancer Research Hosts Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Conference in San Francisco

International

Cholera surges in Haiti's Central Plateau

Billing

New software to cut fraud in Medicare goes into effect

Medical

Discovery of natural antibody offers hope for a near-universal flu vaccine

Scientists discover first gonorrhea strain resistant to all available antibiotics

Eagle Biosciences Introduces Cytokeratin ELISA Kits to North American Laboratories

High-resolution imaging technology reveals cellular details of coronary arteries

Ophthalmology

Issues and opportunities arise for the 55+ ophthalmologist

Ontario, B.C. want to cut fees for cataract surgery

What do ophthalmology practices stand to gain or lose as ACOs begin participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program?

Orthopaedics

Theralase Announces Appointments to U.S. Medical and ScientificAdvisory Board - MarketWatch

Chiropractic

Bringing evidence based practice principles to chiropractors working in VHA

Chinese Community Health Plan Selects American Specialty Health Plans of California to Provide Chiropractic Supplemental Group Rider Benefit Plans to Covered Employer Groups

Meaningful Use

Dialysis Encounters and Meaningful Use Revisited

Integrated Healthcare Strategies’ Survey On Advanced Practice Clinicians Provides Unique Pay Data

HIPAA

HIPAA 5010 backup plan chant grows louder

Tech

Apple to Release More Expensive, Pro Version of the iPad This Fall?

Mobile

Google Maps for Android Labs Offers Offline Caching

Miscellaneous

Where is the Shuttle Atlantis now?

NASA tracking space debris in space station's path - Yahoo! News

Quote

"Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet."
- Dave Barry

EMR Meaningful Use Certification

Steve Johnson — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:31:18 GMT

The emr softwares are developed by different vendors with different capability and features. The system should be designed taking into consideration the industry requirements, meaningful use and HIPAA guidelines. There are independent certification bodies that evaluate the software and certify the emr system. It is really very difficult for a potential user to know each and every criteria and to verify it. A certificate would serve the purpose - a certified system would imply that it meets the necessary requirements (criteria).

What Is Meaningful Use Of EMR?

Steve Johnson — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:03:18 GMT

EMR is a wonderful software if used in a right manner. Meaningful use is nothing but it sets responsibility on the part of doctors (& hospitals) towards patients. The software should be used in a manner that it ultimately benefits the patients by bringing about improvement in the quality of service. The time saved should be utilized in improving the quality and quantity of patient service.

Is EMR Implementation Worthful?

Steve Johnson — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:58:45 GMT

EMR system delivers unmatched advantages to both doctors as well as patients, however, there are certain worries around (cost, training, safety of patient information and so on). Looking into the long term advantages of emr (if used in a right manner), it could really be a very good future investment.

EMR News 07/09/2011

Nick Harrington — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:54:43 GMT

EMR

Ramsey County Mental Health Center Announces Go Live of DSS, Inc.’s Fully Integrated EHR System

Is your practice EHR-ready? Ask yourself these questions | EHR Outlook

Most Physicians Don't Tap EHR's Full Potential

Health IT a Main Focus for Many Practice Administrators

Hospital installs Electronic Medical Record system

Medical goes digital | The Demopolis Times

Apps

Cracking The Body's Source Code With Your Smartphone

Low energy is best for health and fitness devices - Certification & Test

Comment

Houston Neal: Your Health Information is NOT Secure, but It's Not an EMR Problem

David Harlow: Healthcare Associated Infections: What is the Message, and What Can We Do About Them?

Christina Thielst: Healthcare Unbound and Redwood MedNet

Avik Roy: Medicaid: How to Reform Federal Funding - Avik Roy - The Apothecary

Dr. Malpani: Preventing medical errors - the role of the patient

News

Doctor in the house? Maybe not

An online community for Mayo Clinic

All 4 Columbus hospital systems signed on for e-records push | Business First

CMS Considers Rule for Hospitals to Report EHR Measures Electronically

Hospitals Seek Simpler EHR Rules - Health IT Update

Medicare Will Expand Coverage For Telehealth

Attorney Larry Eisenberg Files Two Death Cases Against Physician who Illegally Prescribed Excessive Narcotics

CHESS contracts and license agreements leverage the Army’s enterprise purchasing power

Ontario's docs say electronic records a priority

International

Healthcare IT booming but faces talent drought - Business - News

Billing

Athenahealth up on medical billing product deal

Medical biller CHMB Buys Chicago-based Davis & Associates Healthcare Solutions

Medical

Targeted agent addition to herceptin has positive effect on metastatic HER-2 breast cancer

Epstein-Barr virus EBV-positive gastric cancer ? A distinct etiology entity?

Researchers reprogram brain cells into heart cells

Impact of Pegylated Interferon Therapy on Outcomes of Patients with Hepatitis C Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Curative Hepatic Resection

Arthroscopy and open surgery are equally efficacious in treating common hip problem in most patients

Ophthalmology

Detecting "Lazy Eye" Earlier - Device identifies vision loss in children as young as 2, when it's most treatable

Orthopaedics

I'm waiting months to see a specialist. What can I do?

How to make that backache vanish - Times Of India

Chiropractic

ChiroTouch To Present at the Masters Circle SuperConference

Meaningful Use

Stage 2 of Meaningful Use to be Delayed

HIPAA

Is Soundproofing Hospital/Clinical Rooms Required for HIPPA Compliance?

Tech

OpenPCR Do-It-Yourself Open Source PCR Kit Now Shipping only $512

CS 9300 System for Point-of-Care CT Imaging

Mobile

iPad Case Review: HandyShell Case | Gear Diary

Review: Samsung Exhibit 4G (Phone Scoop)

Miscellaneous

Betty Ford helped pave road to recovery for stars

Quote

"There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice."
- Mark Twain

EMR News 07/08/2011

Nick Harrington — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:08:23 GMT

EMR

West Virginia Regional Extension Center Selects Greenway's PrimeSUITE EHR | Benzinga.com

McKesson Specialty Care Solutions Reimbursement & Access Services 05-11-2011

CMS to test e-reporting of EHR quality measures | Government Health IT

Acumen nEHR Surpasses 1,000 Nephrology Providers

Aria Health, Two More Healthcare Providers Choose OnBase for ECM

Five factors to look for in a certified EHR specialist – FierceEMR

Personal Health Records to Thrive Despite the Demise of Google Health: Report - Midmarket - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

Apps

Interactive 3D Musculoskeletal Model

iCard ECG « ScienceRoll

Comment

Image Credit Emma Schwartz/Center for Public Integrity

Susan Jaffe: Doctors In Small Practices Slow To Dump Paper Records

Matthew Herper: Pfizer Decides Against Radical Surgery

Ted Bacharach: Who Is The Boss?

Dov Michaeli: Cinnamon Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease: Fact or Fancy?

News

Why Rural Hospitals Need Telemedicine: It’s A Quality Issue

Results of ASHHRA/HealthcareSource 2011 Healthcare HR Initiatives Survey Published

Quality of Care and Patient Outcomes in Critical Access Rural Hospitals, July 6, 2011, Joynt et al. 306 (1): 45 — JAMA

New Survey Shows that Hospitals Continue to Improve Their Energy Efficiency

Payment Transformation: From Volume to Value

International

Cisco Healthcare Germany selects Ekahau as its Strategic RTLS Partner | eHealthNews.EU Portal / All News

Billing

CMS Updates to Coverage Pages

Psychiatrist or Medical Biller: A Guide to Knowing Your Limits

Preauthorization Lowers Medical Costs Without Hurting Injured Workers’...

Medical

Stryker Launches VersiTomic G-Lok™

Flexible Robotic Endoscopy Allows for Scarless Surgeries via Mouth | Medgadget

GE Healthcare Wins Design Excellence Awards for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

How The Diffraction Barrier Was Broken to Achieve Sub 80 nm Optical Microscopy | Medgadget

Using a Lab-Grown Trachea, Surgeons Conduct the World's First Synthetic Organ Transplant

Ophthalmology

Modern Optical Signs Distribution Deal for Readerwear Reading Glasses

Amusing: Foster Grant Launches Pocket Mirror Mobile App for iPhones

Orthopaedics

Bonovo Orthopaedics launches new division focused on joint reconstruction

Chiropractic

Study Questions Chiropractic's Impact on Back Pain: No one type of treatment is better than another, researchers say

SF Custom Chiropractic Promotes Multi Radiance Laser Therapy for Arthritis Treatment in Honor of Juvenile Arthritis Month

Meaningful Use

Opinion: Slow Progress on Meaningful Use Program OK in Long Run – iHealthBeat

Dr. Farzad Mostashari Supports Stage 2 Delay of Meaningful Use | Healthcare Information Technology

HHS must address confusion over EHRs, Meaningful Use, group says - FierceEMR

HIPAA

UCLA Medical Center agrees to settle HIPAA violation charges for $865K

Tech

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of Google+ - O'Reilly Radar

Mobile

The Future of Mobile Payments [INFOGRAPHIC]

Miscellaneous

A Royal Whirlwind in California

Quote

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it."
- Frank Herbert

EMR News 07/07/2011

Nick Harrington — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:19:09 GMT

EMR

Gulf Coast Medical Center is the first of four hospitals to go live with electronic health records with EPIC

West Virginia Regional Extension Center Selects Greenway's PrimeSUITE EHR

Mac EMR Software | 2011 Guide to Medical Software for Apple Computers

Drummond certifies Simplicity EMR - Pharmaceutical Business Review

Delays Force Feds To Propose EHR Reporting Changes – InformationWeek

Apps

CATRA: Cataract Maps with Snap-on Eyepiece for Mobile Phones

iPhone With Cheap Plastic Lens To Detect Cataract–MIT | The Medical Quack

VA Adds iPhone, Android To Smartphone Mix -- InformationWeekVA Adds iPhone, Android To Smartphone Mix - government Blog

iBag Urine Bag Tweets When It Is Getting Full – Medgadget.com -- Internet Journal of Emerging Medical Technologies

Comment

Anthony Cirillo: Hospital Impact - Caring CEO: An Oxymoron?

Michael Millenson: The Most Commonsensical And Hopeless Reform Idea Ever | The Doctor Weighs In

Marly Zimmerman & Anne Zieger: IPAs helping physicians with HIT adoption -- and may foster health data sharing too

Gene Marcial: ZIOPHARM Oncology: Why This Tiny Biotech Has Attracted Fidelity And Other Big Investors

Video: Health Business Blog » Blog Archive » Harvard Pilgrim CEO Eric Schultz speaks with the Health Business Blog (Part 4 of 4)

News

Regina Herzlinger speaks with David Harlow about health care reform and other health care innovations (HealthBlawg)

International

Australia: Reaction Roundup and Analysis of the Demise of Google Health. There Are Real Lessons for the PCEHR Program

UK: Ronnette Lucraft: Why NHS Direct moved its advice to mobile apps | Healthcare Network | Guardian Professional

UK: Will the NHS lose its way on geographical data? | Healthcare Network | Guardian Professional

Billing

Living The Dream by Pat Conrad MD

EMR News 07/07/2011

Nick Harrington — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:24:00 GMT

Cabinet Office announces plans to publish 'key data' on the NHS, schools, criminal courts and transport

The government is to release new datasets that will include information such as clinical achievements and prescribing data by individual GP practices, and data on court sentencing and traffic accidents as part of its plans to open up public services.

The new commitments were outlined by the prime minister David Cameron in a letter to Cabinet colleagues. They come ahead of the Open Public Services white paper and represent the "most ambitious open data agenda of any government anywhere in the world", the government said.

The wide range of data sets across a number of areas will include:

• Data on comparative clinical outcomes of GP practices in England to be published by December 2011, following the lead of the NHS in London which has agreed a set of 22 indicators with local GPs.

• Prescribing data by GP practice to be published by December 2011, as per the Growth Review.

• Information allowing parents to see how effective their school is at teaching high, average and low attaining pupils across a range of subjects from January 2012.

• Sentencing data, which will be published by November 2011, enabling the public to see what sentences are being handed down in their local courts.

• Real time data on the Strategic Road Network including incidents, speeds and congestion to be published from December 2011.

• The release of government procurement card spending data for transactions above £500 from the end of September 2011.

Other key government datasets to be published include new central government ICT contracts as well as crime data, which the government hopes will allow the public to see what is going on on the streets. Historic spending data from the Treasury's Coins database will also be released.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said: "Information enables choice, which creates competition which drives up standards. The new commitments represent a quantum leap in government transparency and will radically help to drive better public services."

He added: "Making this kind of information accessible to all will change the way public services operate in the future, for example, it will give users control of their own records and it will stimulate innovation and enterprise in the UK economy."

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