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HIS2014 (CfP)
The 3rd International Conference on Health Information Science (HIS 2014) provides a forum for disseminating and exchanging multidisciplinary research results in computer science/information technology and health science & services. It aims to integrate computer science with health science & services, coupling information science research with topics related to the modeling, design, development, integration, and management [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - August 12, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: Call News Biomedicine Data Management Data Mining Devices Health Information Technology Source Type: news

Summer Break
I will take a break from updating the ICMCC News and Science pages till probably 12 August. Lodewijk Bos (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Overview Source Type: news

Electronic siloing: An unintended consequence of the electronic health record
“EHR systems have largely been designed by those of a manufacturing, mercantile, and management computing background, largely due to abdication of responsibility and acquiescence by medical professionals, and political impotence of organized medicine and medical informatics organizations. The results were predictable – a toxic effect on healthcare. One such toxic effect is an impairment of [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 25, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Communication Quality Source Type: news

Protecting Genetic Information in EHRs
“Federal advisers haven’t yet sorted out security standards for genomic data in electronic health records. For now, EHRs collect and protect genetic test results the same as any other laboratory test results, says security specialist Dixie Baker, who serves on several federal advisory panels. “The same standards are used to order the [genetic] test and receive [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Data Protection Genetic Data Genomics Personalised Medicine Source Type: news

Tracking Who Accesses Data Via HIEs
“Providing patients with more transparency into who’s electronically requesting their health information can not only improve data privacy, but also help patients catch record errors and ID theft, says David Staggs, a participant in a new pilot. A federally-funded pilot project is testing a mechanism to report to patients the third-party requests made for their protected [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 24, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News RA News Record Access Health Information Exchange Privacy Tracking Source Type: news

Top 5 pathways to personalized medicine
“If there’s one thing everyone in healthcare can probably agree on right now, it’s that there is an awful lot of data being generated each and every day. What to do with that data, however, is another question. As Ted Driscoll, digital health director at venture capital firm Claremont Creek Ventures, sees it, the explosion of [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 23, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Benefits Big Data Personalised Medicine Source Type: news

Survey Gives Insight on How Docs View HIT
“A survey of more than 300 practicing physicians finds a small majority believe health information technology can improve safety, patient care and advance evidence-based medicine. Market research firm Ipsos conducted the 2013 Physician Outlook survey for medical information content vendor Wolters Kluwer Health. Fifty-five percent of respondents see progress in HIT ensuring patient safety and improving [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 23, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Benefits Health Information Technology Source Type: news

Electronic health records shown to help stop preventable disease
“Researchers from Columbia University School of Nursing released findings on Thursday that show the use of electronic health records helped fight vaccine-preventable diseases by giving a broader array of information to medical professionals. The study showed that automatic reporting helped to reduce the lag time between data submitted on vaccinations, along with, in some cases, reducing [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 23, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Prevention Vaccine Source Type: news

EHRs can boost reporting in immunization registeries
“Significant improvements in immunization registry use and efficiency of reporting were found after the launch of automated reporting through EHRs, according to research published in Applied Clinical Informatics . Automating immunization data shared between health providers and public health agencies allows physicians to assist individual patients faster and more effectively, while also providing more immediate, cohesive [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 22, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Data Registries Immunization Public Health Source Type: news

Doctors’ views on patient access to EHRs “need to evolve”
“A recent survey by technology services company Accenture found that while most Australian doctors want patients to actively participate in their own healthcare, there is still a great deal of reluctance about allowing patients full access and input into their electronic health records, a view that will need to evolve as patient expectations change. Leigh Donoghue, [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 22, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News RA News Record Access Patient Source Type: news

VA launches caregiver pilot with 10 new apps
“The Department of Veterans Affairs has fully launched its pilot, announced last year, in which it’s distributing 1,000 iPads to family caregivers of veterans loaded with 10 specially-created apps. “There are three things that we’re looking at in the pilot,” said Kathleen Frisbee, Director of Web and Mobile Solutions in the Veterans Health Administration.” Article Jonah Comstock, mobihealthnews, [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 17, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Applications Disease Management mHealth smartphone Source Type: news

Patient portals: More than meets the eye
“Despite many healthcare organizations employing patient portals, the portal remains an underutilized resource. This low rate of adoption may stem, at least in part, from first-generation solutions developed in years past that offer little more than a website for patients and providers to communicate. As such, many healthcare organizations are overlooking more sophisticated, next generation [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 17, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Engagement Health Information Exchange Infrastructure Portal Source Type: news

The Japanese mobile healthcare market offers significant reach for top performing apps
“Successful Japanese mobile health apps generated 1.79 million downloads in the Apple App Store. The iOS platform offers significantly better business opportunities for Health & Fitness apps in Japan than the Android store. Despite the dominance of Android in other countries, iOS mHealth apps in Japan still get higher download numbers and generate more money than [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 17, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Applications mHealth smartphone Source Type: news

Integration of Cognitive Modeling into the Evaluation of Electronic Health Records
Previous research has consistently cited the importance of a usable interface in the successful adoption of the electronic health record (EHR). Among the most time intensive EHR activities is Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) a method of creating and modifying orders through an electronic interface. The Marshfield Clinic, a non-profit, regional health care organization in [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 16, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: Bibliography Journal Article Science CPOE Usability Source Type: news

Patients turn to mHealth over prescriptions, says survey
“It might be a little hard to swallow, but 24% of patients are more willing to accept a prescription for an mHealth app than a pill, according to a recent survey of 2000 patients by Digitas Health. The poll covered patients with a variety of chronic diseases, with 60% of active mHealth users diagnosed [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - July 16, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Applications Chronic Diseases mHealth Source Type: news