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Rural and male physicians most willing
to use PHRs |
| Do you practice in a rural area, or are you a male physician? If either or both of these descriptions apply to you, you belong to a group more than willing to use electronic personal health records compared to research published in the February issue of Health Affairs. Read full article. |
Looking up health information popular
Web pursuit |
| If your patients use the Web, they probably spend at least part of that time looking for health information. Such activity, undertaken by 80% of those using the Web, is the third-most popular online pursuit, after email and search engine usage, among all pursuits tracked by the Pew Web Project. So found a national telephone survey conducted by the Pew Web Project and the California HealthCare Foundation. Read full article. |
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Do you think that the economy is starting to recover based on what you are seeing in your practice?
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By 2012, you may have access to an easy-to-use Internet-based tool that can replace mail and fax transmissions of patient data with secure, efficient electronic health information exchange (HIE), thanks in part to physicians and other healthcare providers now testing HIE using specifications developed by the Direct Project. Read full article. |
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A discussion generated by Medical Economics' readers, editorial staff, and advisory board
Joseph Scherger, MD, MPH
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"Is 'Obamacare' the real healthcare reform?"
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Chances are, you agree with your patients on key requirements for information technology to increase the quality, safety, and cost-efficiency of care, as well as core privacy protections, according to results of a national survey released by the Markle Foundation.
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Many physicians will say they don't need a study to tell them that the benefits of digital technology designed to improve the quality and safety of healthcare have yet to be proven by empirical evidence, but that's exactly what research published in PLoS Medicine, an online,
open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science, has found. Read full article.
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