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Aetna finds consumers aren’t very empowered in health

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Fri, Sep 21 2012
Filed under: Filed under: EMR, Health insurance, electronic health records, electronic medical records, accountable care organizations, Social Media, Patient Engagement, Twitter, health plans, Health reform, Health Populi, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Pharmacy and pharmaceuticals, mobile health, People in healthcare, Health care professionals, uninsured, mobile apps, mHealth, Personal Health Records, pharmacies, Technology in healthcare, wireless health, Aetna, Innovation/innovative companies, Payment, Health literacy, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, Medicine: wellness & disease, Psychology & behavior, Change Management, HEALTH CONSUMERS, RETAIL HEALTH, HEALTH MARKETING, HEALTH ENGAGEMENT, behavior change, DESIGN AND HEALTH, HEALTH CARE MARKETING, health insurance exchanges, patient empowerment, VALUE BASED HEALTH, HEALTHCARE DIY, HEALTH BENEFITS, health cost information, difficult decisions about health insurance, delay care, postponing medical procedures, cost-management tools, health care self-efficacy, HSAs, Aetna’s Empowered Health Index Survey, cost-estimation tool, provider-patient communication, health plan illiteracy, mobile platforms, re-inventing health communications in a disruptive way, streamlined health administration, skipping and stopping prescription meds, lack of price transparency, general health education, health provider quality ratings, out-of-pocket costs, dis-empowered patients, Explanation of Benefits, web platforms, health plan education, MSAs, Member Payment Estimator

App Store Friday: Over 60 EMR / EHR Apps Now Available in the iTunes App Store

I did another check of iPad EMR and EHR apps available for download in the iTunes App Store and found the total has grown to 64. While the number of apps has grown many of the them appear to have little to no activity. When I last checked the number of iPad apps available [...]

Posted to News by EMR Daily News on Fri, Oct 14 2011
Filed under: Filed under: EMR, EHR, iPad, iPhone, HIT, Apple, mobile apps, Commentary, AppStore, App Store Friday, iTunes App Store

Practice Fusion (finally) Previews Native Mobile Application for Doctors at Health 2.0

Practice Fusion is finally getting into the app business and is debuting a prototype of its native iOS mobile application for the iPhone at the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco. Practice Fusion currently has iPhone and Android applications in private beta testing. The mobile solutions will provide...

Posted to News by EMR Daily News on Tue, Sep 27 2011
Filed under: Filed under: news, hipaa, electronic medical record, EMR, EHR, iPad, SaaS, iPhone, ElectronicHealthRecords, Android, San Francisco, Conferences, Practice Fusion, App Store, mobile apps, Commentary

drchrono Releases a New Product Bundle Which Includes Free E-Prescribing Now Available

I’ll preface this story by stating that the idea of drchrono is something that I really like. An EHR system, built from the ground up to run on the iPad platform is daring stuff and I’m a big fan. Today they’re announcing a set of new product offerings, the most important of which is...

Posted to News by EMR Daily News on Thu, Sep 22 2011
Filed under: Filed under: news, Meaningful Use, EMR, EHR, iPad, iPhone, Electronic prescribing, ElectronicHealthRecords, DrChrono.com, Incentive payments, App Store, mobile apps, eprescriptions, Free, Commentary