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Medical Economics InfoTech Bulletin
August 4, 2010
TOP SEARCHES: Meaningful Use // EHR // Medical apps
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 Meaningful use
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 Telemedicine
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 Tech adoption
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 Mobile device use
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 Telephone coaching
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�Meaningful use� rules draw mixed response
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services� July 13 announcement of the final rules for the "meaningful use" of electronic health records has elicited mixed responses from medical societies representing primary care physicians. More...
Telemedicine effective treating pain, depression in patients with cancer
Patients with cancer who participated in a program that included telephone-based care management and home-based automated symptom monitoring had greater improvement in pain and depression compared with patients who received usual care, according to a study published in the July 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. More...
Physician use of EHRs, smartphones increases
Primary care physicians (PCPs) and specialists have dramatically increased their use of electronic health records in the past two years, and more than half of them have smartphones, according to the results of a new survey by Knowledge Networks. More...
It�s not your imagination: everybody really is always on their cell phones
Your patients increasingly are relying on their cell phones and wireless Internet via laptop computers instead of landlines and Internet connections via desktop computers. More...
Telephone coaching benefits parents of children with asthma
A coaching program administered via telephone for parents of children with asthma can improve their quality of life and can be put into operation without additional doctor training or practice redesign, according to a study published in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. More...
Key Topic Updates
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Healthcare premiums, up 30%!
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Electronic Health Records
EHR �meaningful use� rules finalized
ONC establishes temporary EHR certification program
CMS launches EHR incentive programs Web site
Security of records top EHR concern for patients

Secure Messaging
Studies examine online patient communication in healthcare
Study allows patients to view physician notes
Expanding medicine beyond physicians' office walls
National initiative will share health data to spur creation of new apps

Internet
HHS Web site is database of public, private health insurance plans
Largest insurer to offer web visits
Obstacles to clinical data use remain, healthcare providers say
Google influence second to doctors
 

 
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