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Medical Economics InfoTech Bulletin
June 3, 2010
TOP SEARCHES: EHR // Healthcare reform // iPad
In this issue
Personal health records
Health IT committee
Telehealth growth
State EHR awards
Healthcare innovation
Key Topic Updates

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One in five consumers express high interest in personal health records
One in five consumers rated their interest in accessing personal health records through a secure Internet connection as high, said they would switch physicians to obtain access, and indicated that they would be very likely to use a mobile communication device to access them, according to the third annual Deloitte Center for Health Solutions Survey of Health Care Consumers. More...
New committee will advise NQF on health IT
The non-profit National Quality Forum has formed the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee to guide its ongoing work in health information technology. More...
Telehealth will drive medical device home use
The use of home use medical devices will ramp up as telehealth takes off, according to a report from British medical research company InMedica. More...
CMS provides $9.2 million to four states for EHR implementation
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is providing $9.19 million in federal matching funds to Medicaid programs in four states to enable the programs to implement electronic health records. New Jersey has been awarded $4.93 million, Louisiana will receive $1.85 million, Maryland $1.37 million, and Minnesota $1.04 million. More...
Report: technology, innovation needed to transform healthcare
Healthcare reform can �catalyze healthcare innovation that improves quality and reduces cost, if only investors, policy-makers, and companies rise to the challenge before us,� according to a new report by healthcare venture capital firm Psilos Group. More...
Key Topic Updates
Modern Medicine Blog
A History of the Future of EHRs
Red Flag Rules: Redux, Redux, and Redux Again (Is this Deadline for Real?)
Doctor-Patient Communication and EMR: Benefits of Technicians as Scribes
Join the conversation at memag.com/blogs

Electronic Health Records
ACP: EHRs critical to effective reporting of quality measures
Ambulatory practices considering more EHR vendors than ever
EHR system can help practices pinpoint areas for improvement
EHR use associated with upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms

Internet
Government�s healthcare Web sites among consumers� favorites
Health information exchanges to blossom in 12 to 18 months
Online patient portals improve work flow, handle multiple functions
Social networking spreads accurate and inaccurate information

Healthcare Reform
Health reform expands drug coverage, supports outcomes research
HIE hinges on regional health information organizations
Considering the future of medicine from the trenches
The future of medical practice as seen by an activist in Minnesota
 

 
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