Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News

Survey: Privacy compliance has declined

Posted: 14 May 2006 01:56 AM PDT

Three years after federal rules governing the privacy of patients' medical records went into effect, compliance seems to have declined for 6 percent, according to an annual survey conducted by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Read more about this at here.

E-book: Making E-Health Work

Posted: 14 May 2006 01:53 AM PDT

E-Health has become an integral part of present-day healthcare delivery. With healthcare consumers, increasingly the focus of most health systems, the widespread implementation of health information and communications technologies offers cost-effective opportunities to meet their increasingly sophisticated healthcare needs.Bankix Systems Ltd has released its latest e-book. It is a 200-page in-depth analysis of the issues involved in "Making E-Health Work," the e-book's title. Read more about this e-book at here.

Consumer tools: UCompareHealthCare Offers Free Reports on Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Physicians

Posted: 11 Mar 2006 01:01 AM PST

"UCompareHealthCare has just unveiled its Web site, ucomparehealthcare.com, which features free reports on the nation's nursing homes, hospitals and physicians to help consumers make informed healthcare decisions. I checked the web site and found it very informative for health consumers to help them make informed decision about their choices of doctors, hospitals and others." Read more about this at UCompareHealthCare

Articles: Direct to Consumer: Women are a powerful, but untapped, audience

Posted: 03 Feb 2006 12:04 AM PST

"Women influence many family decisions—from choosing what's for dinner to selecting the medications their children take. In fact, nearly two-thirds of women are responsible for family healthcare decisions, according to a 2004 national survey conducted by Plan for Your Health. Many women also assume the care-giving role outside their nuclear families. Today's middle-aged woman may also look after her parents and in-laws too, often determining how long they can live on their own and how to best care for them. In addition, she often influences the important health decisions of grandchildren, co-workers, and friends." Read more at PharmExec.

Consumer tools: Really Personal PHRs

Posted: 27 Jan 2006 01:05 AM PST

"If we're committed to fostering the adoption of personal health records, we should take a page out of the consumer marketing textbooks — not the primers of health IT marketers. This was my conclusion after attending a recent meeting in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Markle Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Agency for Healthcare Quality Research and Quality. " Read more about this at iHealthBeat .

Consumer trends: Manhattan Predicts Online Health Trends

Posted: 27 Jan 2006 12:06 AM PST

"US healthcare specialist Manhattan Research has published a summary of the major trends for health and pharmaceutical marketers to consider in 2006. The trends chart the increased use of the web and other new technologies as a health information and communication tool for both patients and physicians." Read more at Daily Research News Online.

News: Wall Street Journal Looks at Tools That Identify Low-Cost Care Options

Posted: 26 Jan 2006 01:07 AM PST

"The Wall Street Journal on Thursday looked at efforts by insurers to provide patients with tools - including a cell phone Web browsing service - to help them find low-cost treatment options. Lumenos, a unit of WellPoint, in February will launch the cell phone service, which lets patients type drug names into their cell phones' Web browsers and get lists of lower-cost alternatives. The program is designed so that patients can ask their physicians about cost-effective alternatives while they still are at their appointments." Read more at iHealthBeat.

Consumer tools: Consumer Health Complete Now Available from EBSCO Publishing

Posted: 25 Jan 2006 12:09 AM PST

"In continuing with the company's goal of providing the most comprehensive collection of online health and wellness resources, EBSCO Publishing has announced the release of Consumer Health Complete (CHC). This full text database is designed to support consumer and patients' information needs as well as foster an overall
understanding of health-related topics." Read more at Managing Information News.

Accelarad Announces Six New Cloud Computing Customers

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:47 AM PDT

Accelarad’s online medical image cloud computing service, SeeMyRadiology.com today announced the following organizations will use it for medical image exchange with outside facilities, physician, and patients:   - Washington Open MRI, Md. - OMI of Gadsden, Ala. - Radiology Associates of Atlanta, Ga. - Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates, Ga. - Ambulatory Vascular Care, N.Y. - On-Site Imaging Solutions, Ark.   From online image distribution and reading workflow for radiologists, to sharing images and reports with referring physicians and patients, Accelarad’s SeeMyRadiology.com, based in Atlanta, Ga., automates and streamlines the medical imaging lifecycle, and enables radiologists to view images from virtually any location and generate diagnostic reports using advanced speech recognition technology. For referring physicians and patients,  this technology eliminates the cost inefficiencies associated with using often incompatible CDs, and safeguards patient data; all medical images and related records are permanently archived in a secure HIPAA compliant cloud computing system.

Keane Partners with Ormed to Provide Full-Spectrum ERP Solution

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:53 AM PDT

Boston, Mass.-based healthcare technology firm, Keane Inc. announced a recent partnership between its Healthcare Solutions Division (HSD) and MIS software provider Ormed Information Systems Ltd., based in Edmonton, Canada. By combining the ORMED MIS (Management Information Systems) offering with the Keane Optimum solution, clients and prospects will receive an expanded IT suite to enable comprehensive and cohesive financial management. With healthcare facilities across the nation migrating toward electronic record keeping, the process of utilizing multiple systems to manage finances and reconcile patient information is becoming more onerous than ever before.  The Keane-Ormed partnership gives acute care hospitals access to a solution that claims to improve efficiency and financial control. Ormed is a supplier of human resources, supply chain, E-commerce, and accounting management software, and is entering their 21st year in supporting the healthcare industry. Keane Optimum provides clients a suite of software designed for the healthcare environment to eliminate the expense associated with managing discrete IT solutions. 

CCHIT Announces Women's Health, Oncology Work Groups

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 08:03 AM PDT

The Chicago-based Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has announced the creation of two new, all volunteer work group panels to develop criteria for electronic health records (EHRs) in Women’s Health and Oncology. The work group volunteers—13 for Women’s Health and 15 for Oncology—were appointed by CCHIT following an open application process, and represent a diverse range of healthcare stakeholders, including physicians, hospital representatives, and health IT developers. Vendor participation on CCHIT workgroups can account for no more than 33 percent of the workgroup as a whole. The Women’s Health and Oncology Work Groups will meet for the first time July 14 in Chicago where they will receive the Commission’s guidance for their upcoming work. These new certification programs are expected to be available by spring of 2011. CCHIT is an independent nonprofit organization that has been certifying electronic health record technology since 2006.

Longhurst New CMIO at Lucile Packard

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 07:33 AM PDT

Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS, FAAP has been named chief medical information officer of  Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif. As CMIO, Longhurst will lead clinical information strategy and also serve on the Information Services Executive Committee. “As CMIO, Dr. Longhurst will look at ways to extend our digital data to our patients and families to improve the continuum of care,” said Ed Kopetsky, chief information officer at Packard Children’s. Additionally, through a partnership with Kopetsky and Paul Sharek, MD, MPH, medical director of quality management and chief clinical patient safety officer, Longhurst will evaluate the impact of computerized physician order entry, electronic medical records, and other health information technology in a clinical setting. Longhurst received his MD from UC Davis along with an MS in Medical Informatics, both in 2001. After completing his pediatric residency at Stanford in 2004, he became physician lead and later medical director of clinical informatics at Packard Children’s while continuing clinical duties as a pediatric hospitalist.

Cal eConnect Names Edwards Chief Executive Officer

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 06:46 AM PDT

Sacramento, Calif.-based Cal eConnect , a private nonprofit corporation selected by the state of California to provide access to medical record information to physicians, hospitals and patients, has appointed Carladenise Armbrister Edwards, Ph.D., as chief executive officer. Starting July 1, Edwards will be responsible for managing the $38.8 million federal grant California received under the American Recover and Reinvestment Act to aid in the implementation of health information exchange (HIE) services and policies. Edwards most recently served as Georgia’s Health Information Technology Coordinator in her roles as Chief of Staff and Interim Commissioner for the Georgia Department of Community Health. In Florida she was founding Executive Director of the South Florida Health Information Initiative and the first Executive Director of Florida's Governor's Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board under Gov. Jeb Bush.

FDA Announces Adverse-Event Website

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 07:46 AM PDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration  (FDA) has unveiled a new website that will serve as a source of information for patients and health care professionals on the safety of recently approved drugs and biologics. Summaries of FDA safety analyses on recently approved products will now be periodically prepared and posted on the website. Included in the summaries may be information on potentially serious, previously unidentified risks, if any are found during the review, as well as known adverse events that occur more often than they did during clinical studies. The summaries will also include a brief discussion of any steps FDA may be taking to address these safety issues. Under Section 915 of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, FDA is required to prepare safety summaries within 18 month after a product’s approval or after it has been used by 10,000 patients, whichever comes later. Initial summary reports will contain information on drugs and biologics approved since September 2007, including several drugs for infections, hypertension, depression and other conditions.

Sebelius Announces $250M for Primary Care

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 07:11 AM PDT

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the allocation of $250 million to increase the number of healthcare providers and strengthen the primary care workforce. The investments make up the first half of the new $500 million Prevention and Public Health fund for fiscal year 2010, created by the Affordable Care Act. The investments are being made in response to a projected shortage of primary care providers in the near future—The Association of American Medical Colleges has estimated a deficiency of approximately 21,000 in 2015—and are built on earlier funding made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the Affordable Care Act. They will support the training and development of more than 16,000 new primary care providers over the next five years. Sebelius was joined for the announcement by U.S. Representative Lois Capps, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Dr. Mary Wakefield, and HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard K. Koh.
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