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Docs’ EHR shortcuts are not fraud: AMA chairman
“Dr. Steven Stack, American Medical Association board chairman, gave a spirited defense of physicians and a sharp, but balanced critique of electronic health-record systems at a federal “listening” session Friday on EHRs and their potential for use in billing fraud. The scheduled four-hour session was sponsored by the CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 5, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Template Usability Source Type: news

DoD yanked from health records project
“After five years and an estimated $1 billion spent trying to build a single integrated electronic health record (iEHR) system with the Department of Veterans Affairs, defense health officials have been taken off the project, sources confirm. Wielding the hook was Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel who signaled disappointment with his management team to a House panel [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 5, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News integration Interoperability open standards Source Type: news

Electronic Health Records Lead to Challenges
“Even before Congress passed “Obamacare,” there was a push to see more use of Electronic Health Records. Not every practitioner has signed on to EHRs – but advocates say soon all medical records will be accessible electronically by all doctors and hospitals. In this way, EHRs will benefit patients, providers and hospitals, such as providing lower costs. [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 5, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Adoption Implementation Source Type: news

Detailed Coding, EHR Analysis Superior in ID’ing CHD, Heart Failure
“A recent peer-reviewed article in Preventing Chronic Disease, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that an EHR-analyzing algorithm that went beyond parsing four-digit ICD-9 data was markedly superior to analysis based solely on those entries. The study was designed to identify and accurately categorize acute coronary heart disease and heart failure events [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Algorithms Chronic Heart Failure Coding ICD-10 Source Type: news

Integrated health record effort adds to VA’s troubles
“The Integrated Electronic Health Record (iEHR) program is not the Department of Veterans Affairs’ only lightning rod, but it is a major one. Officially in the works since 2011, the records-sharing program took root after 15 years of discussion and cooperation between the two agencies to share military members’ health data. In 2012, however, cracks in [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News integration Record Sharing Source Type: news

Why Healthcare Must Embrace Cloud Computing
“Regulatory compliance for the healthcare industry is a hot-button issue. The overriding compliance requirements that this industry faces are dictated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), enacted by Congress in 1996. HIPAA was designed to protect the privacy of patients’ medical records and restrict who has access to them. The latest HIPAA standards [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Cloud Privacy Security Source Type: news

Doximity’s new iPad app and the “poor man’s HIE”
“Doximity, the medical communications platform headed up by Epocrates co-founder Jeff Tangney, has announced its first tablet app, an iPad product that offers various improvements to its existing iPhone and Android offerings that take advantage of the larger screen real estate. The company also announced that it now has 160,000 physician users.” Article Jonah Comstock, mobihealthnews, 2 [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Applications Health Information Exchange Interoperability mHealth tablet PC Source Type: news

What’s e-health and what does it mean for you?
“If you visit a doctor’s office or hospital and you usually see stacks of manila folders with labels on them and loads of paper inside. When a doctor wants to research more about a patient, it can take a while to sort through the file and decipher handwritten notes. Electronic health records are fast [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News RA News Record Access e-Health Health Information Exchange Patient Privacy Source Type: news

Getting Ready for 2014 and ICD-10
“It’s official. In the spring of 2014 Jimmy Fallon will move “The Tonight Show” to New York City. The World Cup will return in the summer. And in the fall, healthcare providers will see a significant change as claims for services provided on or after October 1, 2014, will need to use ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes. [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 2, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News ICD-10 Source Type: news

Smartphones help patients carry medical records
“Hospitals and clinics are replacing paper files with sophisticated electronic health records. And although some systems can’t share information with each other, which could be a serious problem in an emergency, smartphones are starting to bridge that electronic gap. That capability is already available to Medicare patients and veterans. The Medicare Blue Button and a similar [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 2, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News smartphone Source Type: news

Will We Ever Have Universal Electronic Health Records?
“As new models of health information technology are unveiled and more federal support is committed to their promotion, we gain a clearer vision of what health care could and probably should look like in the not-so-distant future: - Our complete medical records, including recent test results, will be accessible electronically at every doctor’s office and hospital [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 2, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Adoption Efficiency Interoperability Source Type: news

10 Most read 2013 articles week 21 April 2013
Electronic health records improve care, but don’t save money Health records to go electronic by next year Biomedical and Health Informatics vs. Data Science, mHealth, etc. — New Disciplines or New Terminology? The Disparity Information and Communication Technology for Developing Countries has in the Delivery of Healthcare Information How big data will save your life Eye-Tracking Tool Might Quickly Spot [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - May 2, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Overview Source Type: news

Healthcare’s Big Problem With Little Data
“Every year, the analyst firm Gartner publishes between 90 and 100 “Hype Cycles” with insight on about 1,900 different technologies. The Hype Cycle above is the one for Emerging Technologies for 2012 (published in August) and shows “Big Data” heading toward the “Peak of Inflated Expectations.” According to Gartner, Big Data has about 2-5 years before [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - April 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Big Data Certification Productivity vendors Source Type: news

Wanted in Healthcare: More Wireless Devices for In-Home Patients
“People are living longer, and healthcare organizations are looking to technology to drive efficiencies and cut costs. Those two trends are coming together to spur growth opportunities in the mobile machine-to-machine communications segment of the healthcare industry. Hospital-based and home-based caregivers are exploring more devices that can track an aging patient’s vital signs and enable [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - April 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Devices Digital Homecare Elderly emergency mHealth Monitoring Wireless Source Type: news

There’s An App for That: How mHealth Technologies Are Benefitting Patients
“It used to be that a patient visiting the doctor’s office might come away with a drug prescription, care instructions for how and when to take their meds, and a paper handout explaining their condition or disease. Today, however, due to the growing presence of smartphones, tablets and other portable devices, patients are just as [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - April 28, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Applications Benefits Chronic Diseases Disease Management Engagement mHealth Patient Tracking Source Type: news