Mobile digital devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and e-readers, have had a rapid and profound impact on our daily lives, affecting how we read, shop, play games, search for information, think and behave. This transformation was predicated on a mature Internet with highly developed wireless net...
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The federal incentive program for Meaningful Use of electronic health records seems to be having its desired early effect by spurring healthcare organizations to adopt more than just basic EHRs, according to a new study. And many hospitals are making plans to spend more on other forms of IT in the ...
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Rural Americans are more likely to suffer from chronic health conditions such as diabetes, heart problems and cancer, and face greater difficulty getting quality healthcare than their urban counterparts, according to a report released Wednesday. The challenges facing healthcare providers for rural ...
Read More →Although home-based healthcare can lower costs and boost patient satisfaction, it also brings care and caregivers into environments that weren’t designed to support healthcare, warned a recent report from the National Research Council titled “Healthcare Comes Home: The Human Factors.” “Amon...
Read More →Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is trying to make up for the exposure of more than 2,000 patients’ personal information that was hacked from a hospital computer. The hospital told reporters that a computer repair vendor, who remains unnamed, failed to restore the computer’s security...
Read More →A new federally mandated medical coding system designed to better track diagnoses and treatments is requiring a massive overhaul of healthcare IT systems that some say will be nearly impossible to complete on time. Medical providers and insurance payers must move from the current ICD-9 coding system...
Read More →The Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization is recruiting north country residents to enroll in a health information technology certificate program as well as a bachelor’s degree in nursing program this fall. Mary E. Doohovskoy, the organization’s regional recruitment project manager, sai...
Read More →The health care reform law is more than a year old now. What do you see happening next with reform? “The price of health care is two or three times the general inflation rate, and as a population, we can’t keep going that way. Both political parties say it’s unsustainable — everybody agrees ...
Read More →The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.35 percent or 9.72 points to close at 2,820.17 points on transaction value of 127.72 billion yuan. The Shenzhen Component Index was up 0.53 percent or 66.11 points to close at 12,506.94 points today on transaction value of 120.73 billion yuan. For the week, the Sh...
Read More →Dr. Neil Calman wrapped up Tuesday’s InformationWeek Healthcare IT Leadership Forum in New York City with a few predictions, including one portending radical change in people’s access to their health records. He started with the big picture. “If there’s one thing that’s go...
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Apps have drastically changed our daily lives, and we’re starting to see them change industries. Apps are particularly promising in the healthcare and medicine industry. Web and mobile-based tools now exist that can vastly improve your health, or even save your life. We’ve listed a few of the mo...
Read More →By Arthur L. Caplan and Donald W. Simborg President Obama’s efforts to extend health insurance to all Americans have been widely criticized for failing to address rising costs. How can the country afford expanded coverage without reducing costs? The president and his supporters frequently note...
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Healthcare Funding,Social Care Funding The survival of the NHS is again being questioned. As the service reels from cuts and the wreckage caused by the latest political masterplan, doubts are being raised about how long the NHS can survive in its current form, offering free care for all at the poin...
Read More →As lawmakers search for ways to curb spending and address the soaring deficit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage (CAHC) hosted a day-long conference, titled “Controlling Costs: The Price of Good Health,” to discuss the causes and dangers of runaway cos...
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Health Information Through Social Media Consumers are increasingly sharing information about their illnesses through social media, according to a new report by Minneapolis marketing firm Russell Herder. Healthcare providers should take note, the report says, because social media offer new ways of s...
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