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Study: Physicians at EMR "tipping point"

May 28, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Over the past year, study after study has documented that physicians aren't investing heavily in HIT upgrades, particularly EMR systems. But a new study suggests that the tide is about to turn. Researchers with Manhattan Research surveyed 1,353 physicians this year and found that about 30 percent are using EMRs, including not only the larger, better-capitalized finances practice but also smaller medical groups. Another 20 percent reported that that they were "ready" to adopt, the analyst …

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Major problems remain with quality data collection

May 13, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

A new Government Accountability Office report has underscored a problem already quite familiar to FierceHealthIT readers--that pulling together care quality data is a heck of a problem. The recently-released GAO report reviewed eight hospitals' efforts to collect data on measures specified by CMS. (These are the data sets CMS requires hospitals to submit if they want Medicare payment increases.) The case studies concluded that while existing IT systems play a role, they …

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Consumers support health data exchange

May 6, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

While it might not have a direct effect on your strategy, getting consumer support for your health data exchange plans can't hurt. So you'll be happy to hear that according to a new study, consumers like the idea of secure health data sharing, particularly when they're educated about the details of how it works and why it's beneficial. The study, released by the eHealth Initiative Foundation, concluded that 70 percent of consumers favored the HIE concept. It also found that consumers need …

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CMS approves Part D e-prescribing standards

April 22, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

CMS has put its stamp of approval on three e-prescribing standards for use in Medicare Part D transactions, after testing them jointly with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. CMS tested a larger group of standards with five pilot sites in eight states, with participants including Eden Prairie, MN-based Achieve Healthcare Information Technologies, Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, Santa Monica, CA-based Rand, Alexandra, VA-based SureScripts and University Hospitals Health …

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Red Hat strikes healthcare research deal

April 22, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Never shy about taking on new markets, Red Hat has struck a deal with the University of North Carolina under which it will encourage the use of open source technology in healthcare research, biotechnology, bioinformatics and public policy. The deal follows a larger announcement by Red Hat in which it launched its Enterprise Healthcare Platform in cooperation with McKesson and Intel. …

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Study: Docs have trouble with e-prescribing

April 8, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

E-prescribing is all the rage in government circles, with state governors, in particular, waxing rhapsodic over its benefits. But it seems that physicians aren't as comfortable with the concept as policymakers are. A new study published in Health Affairs has found that physicians who adopt e-prescribing technology have trouble with its advanced features, and what's more, aren't even sure …

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PwC: Hospital IT can lower death rates

April 1, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

New research from PricewaterhouseCoopers has drawn the provocative conclusion that there's a meaningful correlation between hospital IT investment and risk-adjusted mortality rates. PwC's research also found that eventually--once a hospital has invested enough--health IT can have a significant impact on hospital costs, operations and quality of care. The study's results are likely to echo loudly in CIO circles, as they do a lot to bolster arguments for a vigorous IT capital …

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Health IT can streamline quality data collection

April 1, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

While collecting quality data for health plans, state and federal regulators still costs providers a bundle, implementing the right health IT infrastructure could ease the strain, according by a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Right now, either hospital medical records departments or medical group practice administrators end up collecting the data, a costly and time-consuming exercise which only gets more taxing from year to year. Still, until …

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Universities create cardiac data grid

March 11, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Three universities with biomedical research programs have teamed to create a grid supporting the exchange of cardiac illness data. The Cardiovascular Research Grid, which will link up cardiovascular researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Ohio State University and the University of California, San Diego, is funded by an $8.5 million grant from the NIH's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. For the first portion of the project, the groups will develop software tools which will allow …

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Study: We can still sell patients on EMRs

February 11, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Not surprisingly, given how threatening the idea of health process changes can be, the average patient seems to have concerns about EMR technology--in particular wondering whether their information will be secure. However, most haven't formed hard and fast opinions yet, so there's still time for the medical profession, government and public health organizations to allay their fears in advance, according to research conducted by Harris Interactive.

Right now, only 29 percent of the …

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