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I try to keep some updates on what’s happening at the ONC created REC centers across the US and everyone is a little different being they are a private enterprise coordinating to help physicians and medical businesses with converting and setting up electronic medical records. Below are a couple...
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I made this comment on Twitter and actually had a couple medical record companies agree with me, making the point that yes they as well as almost everyone else out there at some point in time has put out some “buggy” software. Let’s face it we want to get the doctors to move up the ladder to electronic...
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Northrop Grumman has developed a mobile application called VA-214 whereby personal health records can remotely access MyHealthVet from an Android or iPhone. I have had a series of posts on this topic and you can read more and learn about the HealthVault connection at the link below. VA Blue...
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Mon, Feb 21 2011
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I have posted on this topic a few times but the White House has released a video that gives a quick over view and man Vets have ben able to retrieve their information to keep or choose to share with their doctors. If you are a private practice doctor seeing a Veteran, it’s worth mentioning in case...
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Tue, Dec 14 2010
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The point of the personal health records is to benefit the patient and the prime example he points to here are those with cancer or chronic diseases. Dr. David Brailer also talks about the slow process of getting their records together without a PHR. As a reminder I have a full section...
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Fri, Oct 22 2010
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If you have not visited the Medicare.Gov site recently, it’s worth a look and again like Healthcare.Gov it looks nothing like a traditional government website, which is a good thing in this case as it is very easy to navigate. If you are looking for information about Medicare Advantage plans you...
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Wed, Oct 13 2010
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The VA gets the first shot at giving this a try through the month of September. In October CMS will roll out the Blue Button download feature to be rolled our for those with Medicare and Medicaid. You can read more at the Blue Button Initiative at the CMS Website. A sample file can be viewed...
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Mon, Aug 30 2010
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This adds more support to a permanent fix for the Medicare compensation fix too, a good thing. Perhaps this group can make some impact where others have not been able to get their attention. Most members of Congress from what I read though, are “non participants” in most areas of healthcare themselves...
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Wed, Jun 23 2010
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I first posted about the project back in September of 2008 and CMS is now extending the pilot program. You can view the demo pages here that show the various screens available for the patients. What is nice is to be able to search Medicare claims to see what is being processed and what...
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Fri, Mar 12 2010
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If the folks that decided this survey was needed used a PHR themselves, they would have their answers, so I think the philosophy of “it’s for those guys over there” is alive and well. When you participate yourself and create a PHR you will immediately see both the benefits and potential pitfalls...
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Mon, Feb 22 2010
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The service is free for any “regular” Medicare participants and lists the same PHR choices that have been announced in the past and applies to Arizona and Utah, again the same as previously announced. The original pilot program was created in November 2008. Now it appears this is an official publication...
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Wed, Jan 6 2010
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I talk about this quite a bit here, especially since I am actively involved and have helped my own 85 year old mother with putting her records into a PHR. I also was skeptical about the success when initially announced, again going back to lack of education and training. PHRs are not just...
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Thu, Nov 19 2009
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This is a start, but it appears that all information will need to be entered manually and can be printed out on a card format. I remember software doing that a few years ago that I used to recommend before all of this became available online. Down the road, all Medicaid claim data will be...
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Mon, Nov 9 2009
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I am a big proponent of personal health records, and speaking first hand with helping my mother who is a senior, you need some real hands on help to convey the concept and help individuals understand the value. If you just put it out there on the web with sparse meetings, it’s not going to have...
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Tue, Aug 4 2009
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I have written a few times about TrialX.org and now there’s a widget I have added to the resource portion of the blog. The widget will allow you to search a trial by name and has auto fill, so just begin typing the name and available trials populate to select. If you have a Google Health...
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Fri, Dec 19 2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, PHR, Google Health, Clincal Trials, Personal Health Records, Health 2.0, Microsoft HealthVault, Lifeclinic, TrialX.org