http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/ en Copyright 2012 Fri,10 Feb 2012 20:25:00 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Health-care providers still have a lot of work to do to meet key health IT requirements expected under the government's Stage 2 "meaningful use" standard, a new industry report finds. CSC, an IT consulting firm based in Falls Church, Va., says the following essential areas require immediate attention:Electronic patient access... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/02/health-care_providers_still_have_a.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/02/health-care_providers_still_have_a.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) HHS Health reform Industry Meaningful use Medical records Outcomes Policy Regulation Software Standards Technology Treatment Fri,10 Feb 2012 20:25:00 GMT Health information exchanges represent a "megachange challenge" that won't be surmounted without breaking down financing, governance and policy barriers, the Washington-based Brookings Institution writes in a new report. Health information exchanges are intended to allow doctors, hospitals and insurers to share information seamlessly and make health care more cost-effective and... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/02/health_information_exchanges_represent_a.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/02/health_information_exchanges_represent_a.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) Wed,08 Feb 2012 21:27:12 GMT While health-care professionals seem to love iPads, health IT professionals are less enamored with the consumer-friendly tablet computers, according to a new industry report. Doctors and others are more likely to use technology they like, which could help chief information officers get everyone on board in using electronic health records... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/02/while_health-care_professionals_seem_to.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/02/while_health-care_professionals_seem_to.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) Health costs Health reform Industry Medical records Outcomes Policy Regulation Security Software Standards Technology Treatment Mon,06 Feb 2012 21:16:39 GMT A population that is on the move will increasingly turn to mobile health applications, predicts a new market study. The Hampshire, England-based Juniper Research Ltd. projects that mobile networks will monitor 3 million patients by 2016, according to a company news release. The growth will be fueled in part by... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/02/a_population_that_is_on.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/02/a_population_that_is_on.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) Health costs Health reform Industry Outcomes Social networking Software Technology Telemedicine Treatment Fri,03 Feb 2012 21:12:25 GMT The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now has an app geared toward the iPad generation. The CDC's leap into mobile health gives iPad users touchpad access to the organization's Facebook, Twitter and YouTube sites, as well as articles about health topics, a health-related blog, updated CDC announcements and... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/02/cdc_have_app_will_travel.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/02/cdc_have_app_will_travel.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) HHS Health reform Outcomes Social networking Software Technology Virtualization Wed,01 Feb 2012 16:41:33 GMT Health IT holds great promise to improve patient care and reduce costs, but that promise is compromised by "gaps and barriers" to achieving the full benefit of health IT, according to a new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center. To illustrate its point in the report, the bipartisan study group... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/health_it_holds_great_promise.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/health_it_holds_great_promise.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) Mon,30 Jan 2012 20:21:27 GMT The nation's health IT czar polished off his crystal ball this week and predicted five major health IT trends for the year. Dr. Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health IT, shared the prognostications on his office's Health IT Buzz blog:Meaningful use takes off. Mostashari projects that at least 100,000 providers... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/the_nations_health_it_czar_1.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/the_nations_health_it_czar_1.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) HHS Health costs Health reform Industry Meaningful use Medical records Outcomes Software Stimulus package Technology Telemedicine Treatment Fri,27 Jan 2012 19:00:20 GMT Venture capitalists continue to view health IT companies favorably. Investment by VC funds in the health IT sector increased 22 percent last year over the 2010 total, far outpacing the overall 10 percent increase in the amount of capital raised across all industry sectors, according to a Jan. 20 report... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/venture_capitalists_continue_to_view.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/venture_capitalists_continue_to_view.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) Health costs Industry Software Technology Treatment Wed,25 Jan 2012 21:00:58 GMT Physicians who have an ownership stake in a medical practice are more likely than other doctors to rate EHR implementation as difficult. That's the finding of a study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. "Physicians who own their practice may need more external support... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/_physicians_who_have_an.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/_physicians_who_have_an.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) Health reform Industry Medical records Outcomes Software Technology Mon,23 Jan 2012 19:22:25 GMT If you have to sit in traffic, you might as well do something to improve your health. At the Digital Health Summit during this month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Ford Motor Company promoted mobile health apps enabled by its Sync computer system. Ford announced partnerships with Microsoft HealthVault,... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/if_you_have_to_sit.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/if_you_have_to_sit.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) Industry Medical records Outcomes Software Technology Telemedicine Treatment Fri,20 Jan 2012 22:36:34 GMT A major U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contractor has fallen behind in its efforts to promote electronic health records, concluded the General Accountability Office in a Jan. 13 report. The contractor, the not-for-profit National Quality Foundation, or NQF, failed to deliver five of eight projects related to electronic... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/a_major_us_department_of.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/a_major_us_department_of.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) HHS Health reform Medical records Outcomes Software Standards Technology Wed,18 Jan 2012 00:25:11 GMT Health IT appears effective in helping medical practices to keep their patients' high-blood pressure under control, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The combination of electronic health records and clinical decision support (CDS) systems showed the best results, according to researchers from Boston's Brigham and... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/health_it_appears_effective_in.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/health_it_appears_effective_in.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) Health reform Industry Outcomes Software Technology Treatment Mon,16 Jan 2012 21:55:33 GMT The nation's health IT czar is once again turning to the private sector to find innovative ways of spreading the word about the benefits of health technology. This time the topic is how technology can help individuals set and meet health goals. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/the_nations_health_it_czar.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/the_nations_health_it_czar.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) HHS Health reform Medical records Outcomes Software Technology Treatment Fri,13 Jan 2012 18:40:26 GMT The topic of health, including electronic records and health information exchanges, is among the top 12 legislative issues state lawmakers will grapple with in 2012, predicts the National Conference of State Legislatures. States' lawmakers will focus on how to nudge health-care providers toward adopting certified EHRs, the bipartisan group said... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/the_topic_of_health_including.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/the_topic_of_health_including.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) Health reform Medical records Outcomes Policy Technology Telemedicine Treatment Wed,11 Jan 2012 21:50:54 GMT Here are the top 10 developments in health IT for 2011, straight from the national coordinator for health IT. Dr. Farzad Mostashari released the month-by-month list Jan. 6 on his Health IT Buzz blog:January: Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs launched. Since then, "the marketplace of certified products... http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/here_are_the_top_10.php http://healthitupdate.nextgov.com/2012/01/here_are_the_top_10.php webmaster@nextgov.com (John Pulley) HHS Health costs Health reform Industry Meaningful use Medical records Outcomes Policy Regulation Software Standards Stimulus package Technology Telemedicine Treatment Mon,09 Jan 2012 20:59:57 GMT