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Medicare/Medicaid health data sharing network proposed
In a recent letter to Congress, a group of health policy experts urged the creation of a network to share information on Medicare and Medicaid patients to improve treatment received. In particular,... Read more...
Study: IT spending should be central to healthcare reform
When vendors or politicians say that health IT can cure most healthcare system ills, it's easy to feel skeptical. But when an independent foundation reaches a similar conclusion, it could be time to... Read more...
Study: Health IT use lowers costs, improves outcomes
When clinicians use health IT systems, good things happen, according to the results of a new study. The study, which was funded by the Commonwealth Fund and published in the Archives of Internal... Read more...
Report: NYC IT investments reap progress
An investment of about $100 million over 10 years in IT systems at New York City's public hospitals and clinics has improved levels of quality care and their former systems, according to a new report... Read more...
Study: Majority of patients want EMRs
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the majority of patients would like to see doctors move to electronic medical records, with many suggesting that EMRs would help to improve care... Read more...
Study: U.S. behind other countries in EMR use
A new study suggests that the U.S. isn't just adopting EMRs slowly, we're doing it more slowly than other countries. The study, by the Commonwealth Fund, concluded that at current adoption rates, it... Read more...
Report: HIEs/RHIOs are states' top HIT priorities
States consider health information exchanges and RHIOs (pick your acronym) to be their top e-health priorities, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. When surveyed in 2007, 25 of 41 of states... Read more...
Study: HIT can build patient-centered care
Healthcare IT can do much to help provider organizations do more to build care around patients, at least if it's adopted systematically and thoughtfully, according to a new study done by the... Read more...
Study: Current health IT bills won't do the trick
A new report from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the current crop of Congressional proposals to promote health IT aren't equipped to make much of a difference in adoption rates. The report,... Read more...
