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E-health’s Role in Transforming Clinical Practice in a Nutshell

The rate at which health care practice is being initiated and carried out is getting more up to date than ever before.  In recent years it has become known as E-health and this started at [+]

Health Information Technology Roundtable Discussion

Leaders in the health information technology field gathered on Sept. 16 to discuss the state of health information technology in Arkansas, especially how the government is working, through incentives and other means, to facilitate conversion [+]

Electronic Health Records, Why do you care?

If you are reading my blog, you probably don't need to be convinced in the benefits of EHRs and EMRs.  That being said, it is always nice to have another tool in the bin to [+]

Intuit Health: A Sleeping Giant with Big Potential

The good folks over at SoftwareAdvice.com sent me a new article they wrote on the possibilities of Intuit Health.  Intuit is best known for the Quickbooks series of applications.  However, they are diving into health [+]

5 Open Source EMRs Worth Reviewing

There is a continuing demand for electronic medical records (EMR) everywhere today and this is mainly due to the advancements made in the field of health care. One of the highly acknowledged   means in the [+]

Community College Discusses EHR Training Program

Kelly Patterson, a representative from Hinds Community College in Raymond, MS discusses the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC) Community College Consortia Program. Patterson talks about how the program will train [+]

Medical Device Innovation: Pocket Ultra Sound

If you've ever had an Ultrasound then you've probably got a pretty good image in your head of what the average Ultrasound machine looks like. You might be picturing a computer screen. [+]

1.7 Million Personal Health Records Stolen

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that ~1.7 million personal health records were stolen in December The confidential personal health data of about 1.7 million New York City patients, hospital staffers and others were stolen [+]

“Partnering for Cures” to Advance Personalized Medicine

Ken Buetow, Ph.D., Director at the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology at National Cancer Institute talks about the information challenges faced by researchers, providers and patients, and looks at the potential for technology [+]

What might the future look like for E-Patients?

What does the future hold for an online patient? On a personal note, I believe the future looks rosy for the internet based patient (but that could easily be because of my day [+]

Using Open Source Technologies to Deliver Healthcare

Nagesh Bashyam (Harris Corporation), on using Open Source Technologies to Deliver a Healthcare Interoperability Platform that Improves Medical Outcomes and Enables Public Health Surveillance. [+]

101 Tips for your EMR: 39-20 Safety Tips

Patient Safety is the key reason for the adoption of electronic medical records.  Even though the health care industry has been able to raise considerable doubts about the cost savings and efficiency gains of EMRs, [+]

PODCAST: Microsoft Health shows initiative by inviting bloggers to a conversation

Recently Microsoft held a bloggers panel to discuss their connection with the Health Care world. Several prominent bloggers were asked to join the conversation. Microsoft's team was led by Peter Neuport, Vice President of Microsoft [+]

Australian E-Health by Adam Davenport

Adam Davenport talks about the state of Electronic health initiatives in Australia. [+]

Electronic Medical Records, Proposed Modernization of Veterans Affairs Department Software

Dr. John Loonsk, CGI Chief Medical Office and CGI Initiative Fellow, lays out the promise of a redesigned VistA, not only for the VA but for other healthcare providers, both public and private. [+]

The power of social media for the e-Patient

The field of healthcare has undergone drastic changes with the introduction of internet and its other related concepts. It has given rise to the internet savvy patient who is now able to get [+]

The value of Personal Health Records

Maintaining a record about the different aspects of health is an important and mandatory step for all the hospitals and clinics. The simplest benefit offered is: this system helps the hospitals to keep [+]

Friday Fun: AthenaHealth CEO Jonathan Bush says NO to EMRs

It isn't often that I link up a Fox News vid, but in this case, this is worth a good laugh.  AthenaHealth CEO Jonathan Bush goes on a rant about EMRs and why he believes [+]

Healthcare, Meet Netflix? Bringing Mass Customization to Medicine

Thomas Goetz and Molly Porter discuss how new online data technologies can personalize the healthcare system via "mass customization." Porter summarizes that, "when Keiser [Permanente] collects information about you, they can also tailor their recommendations [+]

A new, free Personal Health Record app takes flight

NoMoreClipboard is a secure, online, easy-to-use tool that helps you compile, manage and share your medical records. This is a free PHR that will keep all your medical records in one safe and secure location. [+]

Doctors Testimonial of Practice Partner EMR

Dr. Fischbeck of Kachina Family practice in Phoenix, Arizona shares his experience and testimonial of using Practice Partner EMR. [+]

Nursing Informatics: The Future is Now

This presentation will address the movement of health care to electronic health record implementation and the value of such initiatives. The important role of nurses in the implementation and evaluation of electronic health record systems [+]

What are Health Record Banks?

Health Record Banks offer a safe, secure place to automatically store and control your personal health information. Video overview presented by the non-profit Health Record Banking Alliance. [+]

The EHR Institute asks Dr. Micheal Brooks from Brighton Hospital

What do you think about the role of technology in managing your business? [+]

Australian National health system to go online

For much of the past decade, various Australian federal and state health authorities have been working towards a national, super-connected health system; and it's supposed to be finalised within the next three years. The new, [+]
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