Clinical

Download My Data: HL7 Releases Tool to Allow Patients to View Their Personal Health Information

January 8, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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Health Level Seven International (HL7), the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology has announced the release of a Continuity of Care Document (CCD) to Blue Button Transform Tool.

Timely Reminders Boost Childhood Immunizations Rates

January 7, 2013     John DeGaspari
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Research from the Children's Outcomes Research Program at Children's Hospital Colorado shows that timely reminders by state or local health departments are more effective at increasing immunization rates among preschool children than those from primary care practices.

ATA Applauds Telehealth Bill

January 4, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has endorsed a bill announced this week in the U.S. House of Representatives that would increase federal support and payments for telehealth services. The bill, the Telehealth Promotion Act of 2012 was sponsored by Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA 1), and would establish a federal reimbursement policy, which would preclude the exclusion of service solely because it was provided via a telecommunications system.

HIMSS Honors Florida Hospital with Stage 7 Award

January 3, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) analytics division, HIMSS Analytics, has recognized North Pinellas, an Adventist Health System facility based in Tarpon Spring, Florida, with its Stage 7 Award.

‘Protecting’ Psychiatric Medical Records Puts Patients at Risk of Hospitalization: Study

January 2, 2013     John DeGaspari
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Medical centers that elect to keep psychiatric files private and separate from the rest of a person's medical record may be doing their patients a disservice, a Johns Hopkins study concludes.

Digitizing a Time-Honored Process for MD Residents

December 28, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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Every resident at a hospital knows of the morning report, a time-honored tradition that as Niket Sonpal, M.D., chief resident at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City says, is as “old as taking a pill.” Recently, Sonpal decided to bring that tradition to the 21st century by investing in an interactive digital platform that covers the concepts in morning report. He talks with HCI exclusively about this initiative.

U.S. Cancer Screening Rates Declined Over the Last Decade

December 28, 2012     John DeGaspari
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The rate of people who seek preventive cancer screenings has fallen over the last ten years in the United States with wide variations between white-collar and blue-collar workers, according to a University of Miami Miller School of Medicine study.

NYU Langone Medical Center Set to Reopen

December 27, 2012     Rajiv Leventhal
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NYU Langone Medical Center is set to reopen today, nearly two months after it was flooded by Superstorm Sandy, causing the hospital to evacuate hundreds of patients.

Study Examines Overuse of Ambulatory Health Care Services in U.S.

December 26, 2012     John DeGaspari
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An analysis of nationally representative survey data found significant improvement in the delivery of underused care, but more limited changes in the reduction of inappropriate care in ambulatory health care settings between 1998 and 2009, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine.

A Pair of Hospitals Achieve Stage 7 Honors

December 20, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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The Forth Worth, Texas-based Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance (Texas Health Alliance) and the Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Medical Center are the latest providers to be recognized by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) analytics division, HIMSS Analytics, as a Stage 7 hospital on its EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM).

Surgical 'Never Events' Occur at Least 4,000 Times per Year: Report

December 19, 2012     John DeGaspari
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In an analysis of national malpractice claims, Johns Hopkins patient safety researchers estimate that a surgeon in the United States leaves a foreign object such as a sponge or a towel inside a patient's body after an operation 39 times a week, performs the wrong procedure on a patient 20 times a week and operates on the wrong body site 20 times a week.

Rural Health IT: A Week of Ups and Downs

December 18, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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For advocates of rural health IT, last week was an interesting one to say the least. There was hope for the future, and a look at the reality of the current situation. While the FCC announced the creation of the Healthcare Connect Fund, the GAO reported on a digital divide when it comes to Medicaid EHR incentive payments.
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