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Medical Economics InfoTech Bulletin
October 8, 2010
TOP SEARCHES: Meaningful Use // EHR // Certified
In this issue
EHR certification
Quality Web site
Record access
Beacon Communities
VA pilot porgram
Key Topic Updates

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First two EHR certification bodies named
The Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis will partner with the Indiana Health Information Exchange, the largest health information exchange organization in the United States, to securely exchange electronic health record information using the Nationwide Health Information Network in the third of three pilot programs announced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the delivery of veterans' health information. More...
Web site launched as primer on quality measurement, improvement
The not-for-profit Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has introduced Quality 101, a Web site designed to be a primer on the basics and metrics of quality measurement and improvement. More...
Inability to access medical records top patient worry in survey
Inability to access their own medical records when needed was the top worry of respondents to a survey conducted by GfK Roper for electronic health record company Practice Fusion. More...
Cincinnati, Detroit last two of 17 Beacon Communities
Cincinnati and Detroit are the two final pilot cities selected under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Beacon Community Program, which aims to use health information technology to help tackle leading health problems in communities across the country and accelerate development of a nationwide health IT infrastructure. More...
Indianapolis VA joins pilot HIE project
The Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis will partner with the Indiana Health Information Exchange, the largest health information exchange organization in the United States, to securely exchange electronic health record information using the Nationwide Health Information Network in the third of three pilot programs announced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the delivery of veterans' health information. More...
Key Topic Updates
Modern Medicine Blog
EMR: Efficiency trumps humanism
4 key lessons from a minority health project
MACs, RACs, and now ZPICs: the Feds are closing in
Join the conversation at memag.com/blogs

Electronic Health Records
'Meaningful use' to be part of MOC program
EHR certification important, but needs clarification
‘Meaningful use’ rules draw mixed response
AAFP cautiously supports EHR rules

Patient relations
Investment in staffing and technology makes a lasting impression on patients
Studies examine online patient communication in healthcare
Web searches, patient-doctor conversations often linked
Telephone coaching benefits parents of children with asthma

Telemedicine
Adults with chronic diseases less likely to use Internet
No consensus on broadband access and healthcare information
Social networking, games, email top online activities
Telemonitoring helps patients with chronic heart failure
 

 
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