November 2010 - News - emrupdate.com

GAO report: EHRs can improve patient care

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its report on integrated delivery systems (IDSs) in healthcare. The report found that electronic health record systems (EHRs) are able to improve patient care among such IDSs. Via GAO : Some IDSs...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 3:56 PM by Health IT Law Blog

Filed under: news, EHR, ARRA, E-Prescribing, EHRs, Articles, HITECH Act, care coordination, savings, improve care, patient communications, GAO, IDS, CPOE, improve patient care

Gleeman’s Daily News—11/30/10

Weight Watcher’s point system revamped Points Plus Deluxe Starter Kit Weight Watchers have overhauled their points system and come up with a completely new program - called Points Plus (or Pro Points in the UK). The previous Points formula (started...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 8:32 AM by Robert Gleeman

Societal Impediments To Connected Health

Two news pieces I read over the weekend reminded me of the societal challenges we face implementing connected health. Through our work at the Center for Connected Health, as well as the good work of others, we now have enough proof of concept to know...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 8:12 PM by The cHealth Blog

Filed under: Healthcare, Connected Health, Personalized Mediciine, telehealth

iPad & CNG Software

Unless you’ve had your head in the sand over the last several months, you’ve surely heard of the Apple iPad™. This smart device has really taken off – at last count over 275 million of them have been sold. This … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 4:40 PM by CNG Blog

Filed under: Document Management, document management software, CNG-Web, iPad

First Blood Test to Determine Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease Developed by Penn Researchers

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine’s Udall Center for Parkinson's Research have developed the first blood-based biomarker test to predict cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease (PD). If results can be replicated and...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 11:00 AM by Penn Medicine News

Gleeman’s Daily News—11/29/10

Eating disorders in children on the rise A new study published in the journal Pediatrics today reported that there has been a large increase in the number of children that were hospitalized due to eating disorders . According to the report, the...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 7:58 AM by Robert Gleeman

Color-Changing "Blast Badge" Detects Exposure to Explosive Shock Waves

Mimicking the reflective iridescence of a butterfly's wing, Penn investigators have developed a color-changing patch that could be worn on soldiers' helmets and uniforms to indicate the strength of exposure to blasts from explosives in the field...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 9:00 AM by Penn Medicine News

29.11.2010 West Suffolk goes live with MetaVision in the UK

The West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust has gone live with MetaVision in its ICU and HDU, replacing a system by another vendor. Read More...

Published Sun, Nov 28 2010 8:26 PM by iMDsoft Clinical Information Systems – News

ePrescribing First Six Months 2011 Required to Avoid Penalty in 2012

By now most providers are aware that in order to receive an ePrescribing incentive certain requirements for at least 25 unique ePrescribing events must be met. But what some may not realize is that CMS will determine which eligible professionals (EP)...

Published Sun, Nov 28 2010 7:00 PM by MediSYS, Inc. News

Filed under: electronic health records, ePrescribe

Attitude Adjustment

My car was being repaired on Wednesday, so I took the bus home from work. Fortunately, the main bus terminal is one block from our IT offices in Appleton. Unfortunately, the closest the bus gets to my house is over a mile a way. I jumped on the bus looking...

Published Sun, Nov 28 2010 3:12 AM by Candid CIO

Filed under: Management, Philosophy

28.11.2010 Soroka NICU goes live with MetaVision

Israel’s largest NICU, at University-affiliated Soroka Medical Center has gone live with MetaVision. The NICU went live with 25 beds, with another 40 step-down beds are in the pipleline. This is the fourth implementation of MetaVision at a NICU belonging...

Published Sat, Nov 27 2010 8:08 PM by iMDsoft Clinical Information Systems – News

New Healthcare Information Exchange Services

MedExperts introduces Healthcare Information Exchange service. read more Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 26 2010 5:59 AM by Anonymous

The show goes on

Recently, Financial Times article Microsoft drops US HealthVault profit plans has been making some waves about a change in strategy regarding Microsoft’s HealthVault platform. In reality, there is no change in strategy - HealthVault is part of Microsoft...

Published Thu, Nov 25 2010 6:41 AM by Microsoft EMEA Health Blog

Gleeman’s Daily News—11/25/10

Happy Thanksgiving to our troops Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on all the things we should be thankful for. Your God, your country and your family. Please take time out of your day for all of these and please say a prayer of thanks for our...

Published Thu, Nov 25 2010 2:22 AM by Robert Gleeman

MedExperts Acquires InvestMed, LLC

Muskogee, OK – (October 19, 2007) – MedExperts, one of the most widely used medical software vendors in the nation, has announced a merger/acquisition of InvestMed, LLC to integrate InvestMed’s electronic patient registration software “Patient Kiosk”...

Published Thu, Nov 25 2010 3:58 AM by Anonymous

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