efficiency news from FierceHealthIT
News
ALSO NOTED: Medicare launches SC-based PHR pilot; Mayo Clinic deploys wireless network; and much more...
> Medicare announced that it was launching a South Carolina-based pilot project encouraging Medicare beneficiaries to use a PHR. Read more...
Study: Almost half of MDs say EMRs are key to reform
Physicians may be reluctant to spend big bucks on EMRs, but when backed into a corner, they admit that such automation is important. In fact, a new survey found that 46 percent of doctors believe Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Clinton campaign pitching EMRs
Despite her loss in Iowa, presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) continues vigorously on the campaign trail. Late last week, her theme was the role of EMRs in healthcare. Sen. Clinton is Read more...
New EMR incentives--or threats?
Wow, someone outside of politics or the health insurance industry is acknowledging the benefit of EMRs. A Minneapolis-based medical malpractice insurer has agreed to give physicians who use EMRs a Read more...
HHS asks employers to push shared HIT standards
HHS head Mike Leavitt is asking employers to commit to a set of four goals which include asking health vendors to get their data interoperability act together. As part of this effort, Leavitt and his agency would like to see employers work closely with RHIOs, both by feeding them cost and quality information and using the information to make plan management decisions. In addition to encouraging interoperability, the goals ask employers to make vendors like health plans and third-party …
Read more...ALSO NOTED: HHS team tackles EHR integration;Telemedicine spending to increase; and much more...
> HHS team tackles genetics, EHR integration. Article
> Telemedicine spending to increase. Article
> AT&T lands new contract with El Camino Hospital. Item
> Illinois physician leverages EHRs to boost efficiency. …
Read more...SPOTLIGHT: States lead health IT charge
A vast majority of states are taking critical steps to drive improvements in the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare through information technology. An issue brief released last week by the independent, non-profit eHealth Initiative (eHI) notes that 38 state legislatures have introduced 121 bills during 2005 and 2006 that specifically call for the use of health information technology (HIT) to improve patient care. Thirty-six bills passed in 24 states and were signed into law …
Read more...Get more efficiency coverage at:
Paid Research Reports
- Stakeholder Opinions: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - Adverse events with drug-eluting stents demand a new safety standard
- Impact of Pharmacogenomics on Public Healthcare Policy
- The Cardiovascular Disorders Market Outlook to 2012
- 2008 Trends to Watch: Pharmaceutical Technology
- Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement: Strategies for market access across the US, Europe, Japan and other key geographies