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- Survey: Wellness Visits Are an Abuse of the Healthcare System
- NAHIT Shuts Down
- Health care goes wireless
| Survey: Wellness Visits Are an Abuse of the Healthcare System Posted: 17 Aug 2009 10:22 AM PDT According to a study of 1,000 people by Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM , one in four don’t see a primary care physician, less than one-fifth of patients say their family doctors are using a Web site for communicating with them, and 54 percent say they are interested in viewing their medical records online. When asked if they’d like more access to their doctors — namely, the ability to contact them after hours — IBM says, 70 percent of respondents who had visited the ER five or more times in the past year said yes, indicating such access could eliminate unnecessary emergency room visits. As to barriers to wellness visits, 55 percent cite cost as a deterrent, 38 percent do not believe it is worth the expense and more than one-third — the majority over age 50 — perceive wellness visits to be an “abuse of the healthcare system.” |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2009 08:24 AM PDT The National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT) will cease operation on Sept. 30. “Other organizations are better positioned to help providers with implementation,” says Jane Horowitz, NAHIT COO. “In particular, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has close ties with hospital chief executive officers while the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is the leading industry association for chief information officers.” A statement from NAHIT read, “The picture for HIT was entirely different in 2002 … At the time, IT was a minor player in health care, and there was little to no momentum to harness technology to transform the industry.” |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2009 07:56 AM PDT Cardiologist Steven Greenberg keeps tabs on his patients around the clock, but he doesn't have to lose much sleep to do so. Increasingly, wireless devices, including pacemakers, help physicians monitor their patients' health from afar. |
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