November 2008 - News - emrupdate.com

Gleeman's Daily News-11/26

25% of patients say NO to pharmacists having their EMR A survey by the Patients Association found that more than 50% of patients are willing for their electronic records to be seen by pharmacists, but that just over 25% are strongly opposed to the idea...

Published Wed, Nov 26 2008 7:21 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman's Daily News-11/25

Galen Healthcare Blogs About EMR Implementation Mandated functionality use with a Live date without a plan to get there are begging for user adoption failure. There are few organizations that have the ability to staff "Big Bang implementations."...

Published Tue, Nov 25 2008 7:12 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman's Daily News-11/24

Britain lags Europe in cancer survival London Times reports on a Cancer Research UK study that for 39 types of cancer 6,535 lives could be saved if survival rates were as good as European standards, and over 10,000 fewer deaths if it matched European...

Published Mon, Nov 24 2008 6:55 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman's Daily News-11/21

The myth of HIPAA Privacy according to Dr. Yasnoff Just as the P in HIPAA does not stand for privacy, the HIPAA Privacy Rule actually eliminates privacy protection in a way that prevents violations from being detected, monitored or audited. Very critical...

Published Fri, Nov 21 2008 6:43 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman's Daily News-11/20

Gleeman's Daily News-11/20 London hospitals revert to Paper Records A PC Virus, the Mytob worm, forced restrictions on ER services at St. Barts, Royal London and London Chest Hospitals with Doctors resorting to Pen and Paper. Our reporter in the U...

Published Thu, Nov 20 2008 7:07 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman's Daily News-11/19

Gleeman's Daily News-11/19 CCHIT blogs about PHR privacy issues As part of the development of criteria for personal health records (PHR), the CCHIT Work Group has spent a great deal of time discussing your privacy and how your PHR should handle it...

Published Wed, Nov 19 2008 6:36 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily News—11/18

UK cardiac death database launched Database to record sudden cardiac death and Post-Mortem results, will help Doctors to understand inheritable heart disease, looking into causes, prevalence and incidence of death. Program will also offer support &...

Published Tue, Nov 18 2008 5:39 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman's Daily News-11/17

Gleeman's Daily News-11/17 EMR and PHR: What's in it for the doctors? A new study in the American Journal of Managed Care tries to substantiate some benefits, noting that patients are more compliant with care when they have PHRs, and doctors are...

Published Mon, Nov 17 2008 6:50 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman's Daily News-11/14

Doctor Suspended for insult on Doctor-only Forum Does an insult on a Doctor-only web-forum contravene the GMC Good Medical practice guidelines ? An Inverness surgeon Dr. Scot Jr. was suspended for six weeks for a insult against Dame Carol Black, chair...

Published Fri, Nov 14 2008 6:50 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman's Daily News-11/13

Medical Humor: "Five Things Not to Bring to the Emergency Room" It pays to keep both your common sense and your sense of humor as you head to the ER. A bit of levity suggested by my good friend Dr. Alberto Borges. Survey: Patients want access...

Published Thu, Nov 13 2008 6:33 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman's Daily Dozen-11/12

Gleeman's Daily Dozen-11/12 Who Really Owns Your Health Information? Another concern I have about making the patient the owner of his/her records is how this will be implemented by people who may be homeless, incarcerated, unable to understand the...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2008 5:40 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman’s Daily Dozen—11/11

Gleeman's Daily Dozen-11/11 ...................................................... Medical Record Blackmail Attempted CNN reports on what may be a harbinger of trends to come: Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit management companies...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 6:32 AM by Robert Gleeman

Gleeman's Daily Dozen-11/10

Gleeman's Daily Dozen-11/10 ........................................................ Australian public mandates national e-health system The survey of 2700 people conducted by UMR Research found that 9 of 10 respondents in all states want the Commonwealth...

Published Mon, Nov 10 2008 7:55 AM by Robert Gleeman

Robert Gleeman's Daily Dozen (11/07)

Gleeman's Daily Dozen-11/07 ...................................................... Techguy(John) blogs about benefits of converting from paper to EMR http://www.emrandhipaa.com/emr-and-hipaa/2008/11/06/benefits-of-converting-from-paper-chart-to-emr...

Published Fri, Nov 07 2008 9:25 AM by Nick Harrington

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