January 28, 2013 John DeGaspari
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An interdisciplinary team of clinicians, informaticists, and quality experts at NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Ill., has taken a major step in controlling this disease in its outpatient population, by harnessing its electronic health record (EHR) to screen for and evaluate individuals with previously undetected hypertension in its multi-specialty medical group. The system, which went live in January 2011, has helped the integrated health system make significant progress in eliminating undiagnosed hypertension among its patients receiving care within its primary care network.
January 25, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Heritage Provider Network, a Northridge, Calif.-based integrated physicians group, is teaming with University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and Open mHealth, a non-profit startup aimed at creating open software architecture for mobile health (mHealth) applications, for a contest that will encourage teams to create mHealth applications. The apps will have to use Open’s mHealth architecture and will be judged by a panel of health IT leaders which include Aneesh Chopra, former Chief Technology Officer of the United States.
January 24, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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For the second time within a year, the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) is dealing with a data breach of Medicaid patient information. This time, a third-party contract lost a USB device that contained the personal information, including name, Medicaid ID number, age, and prescription drug history, of 6,000 Medicaid patients.
January 23, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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New research from the Mountain View, Calif.-based company, Frost & Sullivan indicates that while there are growth opportunities in the healthcare industry for preventative health technologies, there are currently too many barriers to adoption for providers. The researchers say the lack of incentives and available internal funds, as well as patients being unaware of their effectiveness have combined to stunt investment in these technologies.
January 23, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford and the Stanford University School of Medicine are notifying approximately 57,000 patients by mail that a password-protected laptop computer containing limited medical information on pediatric patients was stolen from a physician’s car away from campus on Jan. 9.
January 22, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Daniel Bronson-Lowe, Ph.D., senior infection preventionist at Carle, speaks with HCI Assistant Editor Rajiv Leventhal to talk about Carle Hospital's implementation of ICNet, an automated infection surveillance system.
January 18, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The huge disparity in healthcare provisions across the globe has fueled the uptake of mobile technologies, particularly in remote and underserved communities, states a recent report by market researcher GBI Research.
January 17, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), aiming to better protect patient privacy and safeguard patients' health information in the digital age, according to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
January 17, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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This is part two of a two-part podcast interview with Dave deBronkart, also known as e-Patient Dave, as he continues his discussion with Associate Editor Gabriel Perna about the future opportunities as well as the past and current challenges of patient engagement. In it, he talks about where he has seen patient engagement in action, using a couple of personal examples to show how it can save a patient from harm.
January 16, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The folks at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) Consumer eHealth team aren’t about to slow down when it comes to its Blue Button initiative. They recently announced the arrival of Blue Button Plus, which will aim to make the initiative consumer friendly through the implementation of interoperable standards.
January 15, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Starting on Jan. 15, designers and developers can submit prototypes for a statewide patient portal where New Yorkers can access their personal health records.
January 15, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Approximately 2.8 million patients worldwide were using a home monitoring service based on equipment with integrated connectivity at the end of 2012, according to the Swedish-based analyst firm Berg Insight.
