Research

Researchers: Microsoft Kinect is a Money-Saving Telemedicine Device

February 15, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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According to a team of researcher from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and elsewhere, the Microsoft Kinect, which is used as a gesture-based game controller for the Xbox 360 system, has the potential to act as a telemedicine device and save the healthcare industry billions.

Study: Social Media Could Prove Effective in HIV Prevention

February 12, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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According to new UCLA research, Facebook and other social networking technologies could serve as effective tools for preventing HIV infection among at-risk groups.

Epic Stands Atop Other Vendors in Meaningful Use Attestations

February 7, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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According to a new report from the Austin, Texas-based software buying consulting firm, Software Advice, 21.89 percent of all meaningful use attestations for a complete EHR through October 2012 were done using a product from Epic Systems Corporation (Verona, Wisc.). The report says that in total Epic has 23,446 complete EHR meaningful use attestations, nearly doubling the next closest vendor, Allscripts (Chicago), which has 12,741.

A Tough Act to Follow: Carolyn Clancy Exits AHRQ

February 6, 2013     Mark Hagland
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When Carolyn Clancy, M.D., announced on Jan. 31 that she was leaving the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which she had headed for almost exactly 10 years (she became that agency’s director on Feb. 5, 2003, after previously working at the agency as director of its Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research), it signaled the end of an era.

Searching for the Value of Patient Feedback in an EHR

February 6, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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Backed by a study from the Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC), researchers at the Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System and the National Organization for Research at the University of Chicago (NORC) recently discovered that patients can help make the information in their EHR more accurate. These results were touted in a recent webinar from the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC).

AMA Report Outlines Specific Actions for Patient Safety After Hospital Stays

February 6, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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A new report from the American Medical Association (AMA) outlines a list of five responsibilities physicians in outpatient settings should consider when caring for patients who have recently completed a hospital stay.

Report: Most Global mHealth Projects Target Communicable Diseases

February 5, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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According to a new report from the Washington, D.C.-based mHealth Alliance, countries in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest number of mobile health (mHealth) projects when compared to similar low and middle income countries (LMICs). Researchers of the report looked at the adoption, implementation, funding, and impact of mHealth in LMICs in Asia and Latin America.

Washington Debrief: Carolyn Clancy Leaving AHRQ, Exploring the Barriers to HIE

February 5, 2013     Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME
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AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy announced that she will be leaving the Agency after ten years on the job. Meanwhile, several healthcare IT practitioners, academics and policymakers met in Washington this week during a joint meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee and Health IT Standards Committee.

Survey: Doctors’ Websites of Little Use to Patients

February 4, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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On the heels of a Jan. 15 report by Pew Research Center revealing that 35 percent of Americans use the internet to figure out a medical condition, an independent survey conducted by medical marketing firm Vanguard Communications found that only one-third of physicians in three American cities offer direct website help to healthcare consumers trying to understand their symptoms.

Creating Care Transitions That Reduce Readmissions and Improve the Health of Communities

February 3, 2013     Mark Hagland
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Jane Brock, M.D., the chief medical officer of the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, that state's Medicare quality improvement organization, discusses recent research-driven learnings around what makes for successful forays into improving care transitions-and the IT leveraging that will need to take place in communities nationwide.

Cardiology Groups Establish EHR Data Elements

January 31, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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Recently, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) announced they are teaming up to improve data collection in electronic health records (EHRs) through a set of standardized data elements and definitions for the clinical management of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and coronary artery disease (CAD).

Report: Record Year for Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions in Health IT

January 29, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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According to a report from the Austin, Texas-based Mercom Capital Group, a communications and consulting firm, healthcare IT venture capital (VC) funding totaled nearly $1.2 billion in 163 deals in 2012, compared to $480 million in 49 deals in 2011 and $211 million in 22 deals in 2010.
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