By having private health insurance you are considered a private patient and can expect more service from the medical profession; the invoices are also higher than for government patients. The hospitals and doctors depend to a certain extent on private patients to supplement their incomes and tend to welcome them.How To Germany - Health Insurance Options in Germany
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
How To Germany - Health Insurance Options in Germany
Governor Doyle announces creation of largest patient database in WI
Governor Jim Doyle announced Friday that Ministry Health Care will begin using an electronic health record (EHR) software suite developed by Marshfield Clinic - CattailsMDTM - for the majority of its hospitals and Ministry Medical Group, creating the largest patient database in Wisconsin.
WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports -Governor Doyle announces creation of largest patient database in WI
WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports -Governor Doyle announces creation of largest patient database in WI
Initiative aims to develop digital health record network in mid-Michigan -
Leaders in 11 counties in the center of the state -- including Saginaw, Midland and Bay -- are linking up as part of the Michigan Health Information Network initiative.Initiative aims to develop digital health record network in mid-Michigan -
Genetic-Testing Company Details Regulatory Defense Plan
Genetic-testing company Navigenics has responded to the state of California's cease-and-desist letter with a novel defense: It doesn't actually test patients' genomes, it just analyzes 'em.Genetic-Testing Company Details Regulatory Defense Plan | Wired Science from Wired.com
Regulatory Deadline Looms over DNA Testers | Wired Science from Wired.com
In California, complex laboratory tests require a doctor to order them, with a few exemptions including paternity and pregnancy. And as the cease-and-desist letter reminded companies, "Genetic tests are NOT exempt."Regulatory Deadline Looms over DNA Testers | Wired Science from Wired.com
DNA Testing Company Stops Direct-to-Consumer Sales in California | Wired Science from Wired.com
The Health Department requested responses to the letters by today, June 23, containing plans for coming into compliance with the department's interpretation of California state clinical laboratory testing laws.DNA Testing Company Stops Direct-to-Consumer Sales in California | Wired Science from Wired.com
The Health Care Blog: Google Health and the PHR: Do Consumers Care?
To me, PHRs and electronic medical records remain an industry-driven vision, not a consumer-driven one — focused on efficiency and reducing costs. It seems we’ve lost sight of whether the consumer really desires and is willing to participate in these services. What are the circumstances for using a PHR and do the benefits outweigh the perceived risks?The Health Care Blog: Google Health and the PHR: Do Consumers Care?
Life as a Healthcare CIO: EHRs for Non-Owned Clinicians - Loss of Productivity
The Massachusetts eHeath Collaborative implemented 600 clinicians over the past 3 years. This blog post reviews the early experience of private clinicians implementing EHRs in Massachusetts.
Life as a Healthcare CIO: EHRs for Non-Owned Clinicians - Loss of Productivity
Life as a Healthcare CIO: EHRs for Non-Owned Clinicians - Loss of Productivity
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Information Therapy Event Covers Policy to Profits
Highlights from the seventh annual Information Therapy Conference in Washington, D.C.
Information Therapy Event Covers Policy to Profits - iHealthBeat
Information Therapy Event Covers Policy to Profits - iHealthBeat
Our Pen-and-Paper Doctors - Editorial - NYTimes.com
If this country does not accelerate the conversion from paper to modern technologies, many of the gauzy promises of health care reform made by politicians and health planners will become irrelevant.Editorial - Our Pen-and-Paper Doctors - Editorial - NYTimes.com
The Health Care Blog: Sapping VistA's soul
Healthcare IT is an incredibly complex field, and it’s easy for the average citizen to tune it out. But when a program like VistA, is being phased out, we should pay attention — and ask questions.The Health Care Blog: Sapping VistA's soul
Wisconsin RHIO Creating Claims Repository | News | Healthcare Informatics
Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO) is partnering with Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Ingenix to create a statewide repository of health claims data.Wisconsin RHIO Creating Claims Repository | News | Healthcare Informatics
Monday, June 23, 2008
Perspective: Connecting hospitals and small physician offices | NHIN Watch
Through the program, 300 doctors in 150 practices in the New England region will have the capability to share protected health information by 2010 and within five years all clinicians will be on EHRsPerspective: Connecting hospitals and small physician offices | NHIN Watch
Area authorities hamstrung by HIPAA regulations | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette
Much of the problem hinges on interpretation of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which mandates what information health-care providers can release about their patients — even to law enforcement.Area authorities hamstrung by HIPAA regulations | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette
FSSA Announces Indiana Flood Victims eHealth Support Center
Medical information is being made available through the Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC). The INPC is a secure clinical data repository that is populated with healthcare information in collaboration with central Indiana hospitals, outpatient centers, pharmacies, imaging centers, laboratories, public health departments and insurance providers.http://www.in.gov/portal/news_events/23963.htm
Friday, June 20, 2008
EHR and e-Prescribing Adoption Remain Sluggish
The use of digital health records by physicians is expanding, but numerous roadblocks still constrain that growth. At least, that was the consensus from speakers at the “HIT/EMR/PMR Advancing Patient Care” conference held here last week and co-sponsored by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ Foundation and the eHealth Initiative.
Report available here.
Report available here.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
HIPAA Creating Barriers to Research and Discovery
New report from the Association of Academic Health Centers
NEJM -- Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care -- A National Survey of Physicians
This study assessed physicians' adoption of outpatient electronic health records, their satisfaction with such systems, the perceived effect of the systems on the quality of care, and the perceived barriers to adoption.NEJM -- Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care -- A National Survey of Physicians
Most Doctors Aren’t Using Electronic Health Records - NYTimes.com
The report, published online on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, found that doctors who use electronic health records say overwhelmingly that such records have helped improve the quality and timeliness of care. Yet fewer than one in five of the nation’s doctors has started using such records.Most Doctors Aren’t Using Electronic Health Records - NYTimes.com
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The Joint Commission Announces 2009 National Patient Safety Goals | Joint Commission
he National Patient Safety Goals promote specific improvements in patient safety by providing health care organizations with proven solutions to persistent patient safety problems.The Joint Commission Announces 2009 National Patient Safety Goals | Joint Commission
California Orders Stop To Gene Testing - Forbes.com
California becomes the second big state to crack down on companies that offer gene tests to consumers via the Web. This week, the state health department sent cease-and-desist letters to 13 such firms, ordering them to immediately stop offering genetic tests to state residents.California Orders Stop To Gene Testing - Forbes.com
More Americans Aware of Digital Health Options; Use of Health IT Increases
Kaiser Permanente, through independent market research company StrategyOne, conducted a nationwide survey between May 8-11, 2008 to gauge Americans awareness and perceptions of electronic health records.More Americans Aware of Digital Health Options; Use of Health IT Increases
Patients' attitudes to the summary care record and HealthSpace: qualitative study -- Greenhalgh et al. 336 (7656): 1290 -- BMJ
The summary care record (SCR) is a centrally stored summary of key medical details that is created from a person’s existing NHS record (currently, the detailed record held by their general practitioner) and made available to NHS staff in emergency and unscheduled care situations (accident and emergency departments, general practice out of hours clinics, and walk-in centres). It is comparable with (but differs in important respects from) the emergency care summary in Scotland and the individual health record in Wales.Patients' attitudes to the summary care record and HealthSpace: qualitative study -- Greenhalgh et al. 336 (7656): 1290 -- BMJ
Monday, June 16, 2008
Health Network May Go National
Story from the Indianapolis Business Journal about the Indiana Health Information Exchange
Friday, June 13, 2008
Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft Empower Consumers to Take Charge of Their Health: Pilot program will allow voluntary data exchange from Kaiser Permanente’s market-leading personal health record to Microsoft HealthVault.
Pilot program will allow voluntary data exchange from Kaiser Permanente’s market-leading personal health record to Microsoft HealthVault.Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft Empower Consumers to Take Charge of Their Health
CCHIT to Certify PHRs
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has appointed a 17-member advisory task force to help create a personal health records certification program to begin in 2009.CCHIT to Certify PHRs
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Signs Agreement to Integrate with Google Health - - insurancenewsnet.com
BCBSMA is the first health insurance company to sign an agreement to integrate on the Google Health platform. After the integration is complete, BCBSMA members can import their claims data into their Google Health profile safely and securely.Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Signs Agreement to Integrate with Google Health - - insurancenewsnet.com
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Online medical records offer convenience, may limit privacy - USATODAY.com
Because the field is so new, standards and legislation still are under development. And privacy advocates worry about sensitive records falling into the wrong hands.Online medical records offer convenience, may limit privacy - USATODAY.com
Hospital alliance says some quality reporting could slow automation
The Premier healthcare alliance, which lists 2,000 hospitals across the country as members, says the type of quality reporting that requires proprietary information, tools or methodology is too expensive.Hospital alliance says some quality reporting could slow automation
HHS Provides more than $1 Billion to Improve All Hazards Public Health
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced that the department has made available nearly $1.1 billion to continue assisting public health departments, hospitals and other health care organizations to strengthen their ability to respond to public health and medical emergencies as a result of a terrorism attack or naturally occurring event.HHS Provides more than $1 Billion to Improve All Hazards Public Health
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Most data breaches discovered too late, study says - Network World
70% of all data breaches are discovered by third parties, such as customers or banks, meaning that most companies have no idea that their data has been compromised until they are alerted by an outside voice.Most data breaches discovered too late, study says - Network World
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The State of Health Information Technology in California: Use Among Hospitals and Long Term Care Facilities - CHCF.org
"the vast majority of California hospitals and long term care facilities have been slow to implement HIT. Barriers include the cost of new technologies, slow acceptance of them by staff, and a dearth of technology products that can readily be integrated into existing information systems."
The State of Health Information Technology in California: Use Among Hospitals and Long Term Care Facilities - CHCF.org
The State of Health Information Technology in California: Use Among Hospitals and Long Term Care Facilities - CHCF.org
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Health Information Technology
In May 2008, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) awarded an approximately $450,000 contract to Booz Allen Hamilton to assess and evaluate the scope of the medical identity theft problem in the U.S.Health Information Technology
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NEJM -- Electronic Health Records, Medical Research, and the Tower of Babel
Financial institutions have for years developed and used standards for the electronic exchange . . .NEJM -- Electronic Health Records, Medical Research, and the Tower of Babel
NEJM -- Tectonic Shifts in the Health Information Economy
The mechanism by which this transformation is likely to take place is through the creation of computer platforms that will enable patients to manage health data in personally controlled health records (PCHRs).NEJM -- Tectonic Shifts in the Health Information Economy
NEJM -- Off the Record -- Avoiding the Pitfalls of Going Electronic
Many of us remember searching frantically for a lost chart or misfiled laboratory result in the wee hours of the morning as we cared for a sick patient in the emergency ward, or requesting in vain the most recent note from a specialist about a patient who returned to our office after a consultation.NEJM -- Off the Record -- Avoiding the Pitfalls of Going Electronic
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NEJM -- Personally Controlled Online Health Data -- The Next Big Thing in Medical Care?
Most physicians in the United States have paper medical records — the sort that doctors have kept for generations.NEJM -- Personally Controlled Online Health Data -- The Next Big Thing in Medical Care?
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Health Care Blog: Federal health IT policy proves obsolete and out of touch
A lot has happened since 2004 in this area, though you'd hardly know it reading the ONC Plan.The Health Care Blog: Federal health IT policy proves obsolete and out of touch
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Monday, June 9, 2008
The Experience of Pay for Performance in English Family Practice: A Qualitative Study -- Campbell et al. 6 (3): 228 -- Annals of Family Medicine
PURPOSE We conducted an in-depth exploration of family physicians’ and nurses’ beliefs and concerns about changes to the family health care service as a result of the new pay-for-performance scheme in the United Kingdom (Quality and Outcomes Framework [QOF]).The Experience of Pay for Performance in English Family Practice: A Qualitative Study -- Campbell et al. 6 (3): 228 -- Annals of Family Medicine
JAMA -- Abstract: Comparison of Change in Quality of Care Between Safety-Net and Non-Safety-Net Hospitals, May 14, 2008, Werner et al. 299 (18): 2180
Safety-net hospitals tended to have smaller gains in quality performance measures over 3 years and were less likely to be high-performing over time than non–safety-net hospitals. An incentive system based on these measures has the potential to increase disparities among hospitals.JAMA -- Abstract: Comparison of Change in Quality of Care Between Safety-Net and Non-Safety-Net Hospitals, May 14, 2008, Werner et al. 299 (18): 2180
UnitedHealthcare data breach leads to ID theft at UC Irvine
Scammers used stolen data to file false tax returns, steal students' refundsUnitedHealthcare data breach leads to ID theft at UC Irvine
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eHealth News EU - Survey Takes Pulse of eHealth in Europe and Prescribes Wider ICT use Among Doctors
The European Commission today published a pan-European survey on electronic services in healthcare (eHealth) that shows 87% of European doctors (General Practitioners) use a computer, 48% with a broadband connection. European doctors increasingly store and send patients' data such as lab reports electronically.eHealth News EU - Survey Takes Pulse of eHealth in Europe and Prescribes Wider ICT use Among Doctors
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Friday, June 6, 2008
ASTM Committee on Healthcare Informatics Notes Use of CCR Standard in Google Health Beta Launch
ASTM Committee on Healthcare Informatics Notes Use of CCR Standard in Google Health Beta Launch: "Google Health beta currently supports a subset of the CCR standard's content, including vital signs, medications, problems and conditions, allergies, procedures, lab results and vaccinations. Incoming CCR XML files from sources such as another PHR and electronic health records or a pharmacy database may include additional sections of the CCR standard's content, for example, advance directives or family history data. At present, these more complete medical records will be stored within the Google Health application as 'notices' and are available for use at a later date. It is expected that, over time, Google Health's CCR profile will expand in terms of the content areas it includes."
Thursday, June 5, 2008
WHO | World Health Statistics 2008
"World Health Statistics 2008 presents the most recent health statistics for WHO’s 193 Member States."
WHO | World Health Statistics 2008
WHO | World Health Statistics 2008
Drupal and The Future of News - O'Reilly XML Blog
"Is Drupal on your IT map yet? Chances are pretty good that either you are shaking your head vigorously in the affirmative, or you have no idea what I’m talking about."
Drupal and The Future of News - O'Reilly XML Blog
Drupal and The Future of News - O'Reilly XML Blog
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Gartner Identifies Top Ten Disruptive Technologies for 2008 to 2012
Gartner’s top 10 disruptive technologies 2008-2012:Gartner Identifies Top Ten Disruptive Technologies for 2008 to 2012
* Multicore and hybrid processors
* Virtualisation and fabric computing
* Social networks and social software
* Cloud computing and cloud/Web platforms
* Web mashups
* User Interface
* Ubiquitous computing
* Contextual computing
* Augmented reality
* Semantics
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Copyright Quick Guide | Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office
Need a place to start with your copyright question? Copyright law fills volumes, but here are a few points that will help frame the issues:Copyright Quick Guide | Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office
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Cerner Officials Doubt Value of Microsoft, Google PHR Services - iHealthBeat
Cerner President Trace Devanny said he does not see much value in new personal health record services from Google and MicrosoftCerner Officials Doubt Value of Microsoft, Google PHR Services - iHealthBeat
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