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Should pharmaceutical companies be allow to sponsor medical conferences ?

There is now a lot of hue and cry about the corrupting influence which pharmaceutical companies have on doctors. None of this is really new, but it is been brought into sharp focus recently . The Parliament wants doctors to prescribe only generic drugs...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2012 10:55 PM by Dr.Malpani's Blog

Filed under: Medicine, Industry, Government, Ethics, doctor, Pharmaceutical industry, Pharmaceuticals, medical conference, sponsorship

Poor Electronic Records Implementation Could Hurt Patients

The credo "first, do no harm" applies not just to medical professionals, but to health IT intended to improve patient care, suggests a health-care management company executive. Dr. Wendy Whittington, chief medical officer of Dallas-based Anthelio...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 6:36 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Outcomes, Software, Technology, Industry, Standards, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

Health IT Attracts Venture Capital

Health IT companies are raking it in, flush with revenue from the sales of electronic health records as well as inflows of venture capital, according to the latest quarterly report from Dow Jones VentureSource. Even though overall venture investments...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2012 3:52 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Outcomes, Software, Technology, Industry

New EHRs Listen to Doctors

Advances in voice-recognition technology could make electronic health records more palatable for doctors whose typing is as bad as their writing. Health IT companies are integrating voice-recognition software into electronic health records, giving physicians...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 3:29 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Outcomes, Software, Technology, Industry

Doctor Slams 'Outdated' EHRs

Electronic medical records are as outdated as pre-World Wide Web computer servers, with neither able to communicate with other sites electronically, writes a Texas internal medicine specialist who blogs under the name RangelMD. In other words, the doctor...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2012 5:00 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Software, Technology, Industry, Standards, Health reform

HHS Postpones ICD-10 Compliance

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is delaying by a year the deadline for health-care organizations to comply with new electronic disease-classification codes. The new deadline will be Oct. 14, 2014. The postponement, announced today, gives...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2012 5:13 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, telemedicine, HHS, Policy, Technology, Industry, Standards, Regulation, Health reform

Meaningful Use to the Max

Instead of striving for "meaningful use" of electronic health records, health-care providers aiming to provide accountable care should shoot for "optimal use" of EHRs, argues a Wisconsin hospital executive. "In the future, we'll...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2012 4:21 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Technology, Industry, Standards, Health reform, Treatment

EHR Evaluation Gets Makeover

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its proposed procedures for evaluating the usability of electronic health records, saying the three-step protocol "encourages a user-centered approach" to EHR development...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2012 3:09 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Software, telemedicine, Policy, Technology, Industry, Standards, Regulation, Health reform

ICD-10 Compliance Is Lagging

Health IT vendors and health care providers are far from ready to start using a new international medical coding system known as ICD-10, according to a recent survey by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a nonprofit industry advisory...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2012 6:05 AM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Outcomes, Software, HHS, Policy, Technology, Industry, Standards, Regulation, Health reform

Telemedicine Market to Double

The global telemedicine market will more than double over the next five years to $27.3 billion, according to a report from Wellesley, Mass.-based market research firm BCC Research. The report, Global Markets for Telemedicine Technologies, also finds that...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2012 6:59 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Stimulus Package, telemedicine, Technology, Industry, Regulation, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

Health IT Wins Over Practitioners

Health IT systems seem to be winning over skeptical health-care professionals, a new study suggests. Among those surveyed, 84 percent of doctors and nurses called health IT invaluable or valuable, and 71 percent said that without it they could do only...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2012 4:10 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Outcomes, Technology, Industry, Health reform, Treatment

Health Records Spat Flares Anew

A skirmish over the efficacy of electronic health records to reduce health-care costs is escalating into a full-scale war of words. At the center of the controversy is an article that appeared in the March issue of Health Affairs: "Giving Office...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2012 4:29 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Outcomes, HHS, Policy, Technology, Industry, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

Health IT Study Draws Fire

A study challenging the assumption that health IT reduces unnecessary medical tests is drawing criticism from several fronts, including from the national coordinator for health IT. The title of the article, published Monday by the journal Health Affairs...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2012 3:53 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Outcomes, Software, telemedicine, HHS, Technology, Industry, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

Study: EHRs Lead to More Tests

Easy electronic access to test results appears to increase the likelihood that doctors will order imaging and lab tests by as much as 70 percent, according to a new study published in the March issue of the journal Health Affairs. The study raises questions...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2012 12:57 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Outcomes, Software, telemedicine, Technology, Industry, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

Protect Health Data, Report Urges

The time and money spent protecting personal health information from data breaches are well worth the investment, contends a new industry security report. The 67-page report, "The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information: A Business...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2012 4:09 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Outcomes, Software, Security, Policy, Technology, Industry, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

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