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| Quest and HealthVault to Share Lab Results Online Posted: 18 May 2009 08:29 AM PDT Madison, N.J.–based Quest Diagnostics says it it will enable patients and their physicians to share diagnostic laboratory test results by using Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft HealthVault. The company says the connection will enable physicians who use Quest Diagnostics’ physician portal to securely transfer, at a patient’s request, diagnostic laboratory test results in a HIPAA-compliant format into the patient’s protected account. Patients will be able to use their account to access current and historical diagnostic laboratory records from their physicians, it adds. |
| HIMSS Releases New Guide on Medication Management Posted: 18 May 2009 08:28 AM PDT The Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society ( HIMSS), with five co-publishers, has just released a new guide called “Improving Medication Use and Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: A Step-by-Step Guide.” Co-publishers include Scottsdale Institute, American Medical Informatics Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Institute for Safe Medication Practices and the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems. According to the organization, this new step-by-step guide is a “portal to engagement in an important experiment in healthcare” that brings together individuals and organizations to improve medication management with CDS For more information, contact: Joyce Lofstrom/HIMSS, 312-915-9237 – jlofstrom@himss.org |
| FL health leaders: We can cut costs Posted: 5/16/2009 © Miami Herald Dying patients could spend their last hours at home instead of in intensive care. Legal protections would let doctors run just the tests that matter, not every conceivable one. South Florida health-industry leaders offer ideas on how to curb the region's excessive costs. |
| Center offers unusual spinal therapy Posted: 5/16/2009 © Orlando Sentinel Step It Up Recovery Center Inc. in Sanford, launched by the mother of a quadriplegic, uses a controversial exercise-based program to retrain the nervous system of patients with spinal-cord injuries. |
| New safety-net clinic called 'godsend' Posted: 5/15/2009 © Palm Beach Post The Community Health Center in Palm Springs, opened in April, treats patients regardless of their financial situation. This health center has been the goal of community leaders for years, as the uninsured rate in the Palm Springs and Lake Worth area is nearly 25 percent, which exceeds the 19 percent county average. |
| High-tech fight over cancer patients Posted: 5/17/2009 © Florida Times-Union With photon beams, proton beams, and the CyberKnife, Jacksonville medical institutions are using high-tech treatments to compete for patients. |
| Controversial medical ratings sites proliferate Posted: 5/18/2009 © St. Petersburg Times It makes some doctors uncomfortable, but the popularity of online rating sites keeps growing. See Health News Florida's report on the attempt by some medical offices to keep patients from participating. |
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