Robert Gleeman’s Daily News is guest written by Nick – we wish Bob well with his eye-operation today!
HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model goes international
Dave Garets, HiMSS CEO and president reveals their international plans for EMR Adoption data collection in Europe, Middle East and Australia. The HiMSS Analytics EMR Model rates hospitals on a scale of 0 to 7. Those reaching a stage 7 get an detailed site visit. Talking about Stage 6 Hospitals, Garets said “"What's striking about Stage 6 hospitals is the amount of different vendors that are represented. It's a very nice thing because it shows it's not the software, it's what you do with it."
HiMSS Analytics suggest that implementation is most times more important than the actual software used.
Continuing Advances in myocardial infarction management
MedPage Today plot the changes in MI treatment and drug advances that have led to an impressive 40% decrease in mortality. Where will the next breakthroughs be? Possibly agents that raise HDL cholesterol. Certainly simple lifestyle changes – like quitting smoking and exercise – will improve cardiovascular health.
Of course, the kids who start smoking think they are bullet-proof and immune to heart problems later in life.
When Blogging makes a difference
Dr. Robert M. Centor, who blogs as “db” at DBs Medical Rants, has some reason to smile. His blogging has helped other doctors in the diagnosis of Lemierre syndrome via his blog. Lemierre syndrome is frequently passed off as “just a sore throat”.
Well done db!
Quitline Messages improve Smoking Cessation
Medical News Today reports into investigation of the benefits of positive-message or “gain-framed” messages over standard-care messaging.
Smokers who received gain-framed messaging reported statistically significantly more quit attempts and a higher rate of abstinence from smoking at the 2-week follow-up interview (99 of the 424 in gain-framed group vs. 76 of the 603 in the standard-care group).
The Smoking Cessation support I received did tend to stress the positive health story, over the usual money-oriented message.
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Jan 11 2010, 10:02 AM
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Nick Harrington