EMR News 06/06/2012 Tablet Use doubles in 2012, Top EHRs for Small Practice, Writing Apps for iPad, Patient Photos reduce errors, daily bloods, EU & US ICT co-op, Stroke Ambulance, $5b MU payouts

EMR

Doctors’ Tablet Computer Use Doubles in 2012

Top EHRs For Small Practices - Healthcare - Electronic Medical Records - Informationweek

Rochester General Health System to Upgrade CARESTREAM Vue PACS to Streamline Multi-Site Workflow, Speed Report Delivery

(pdf) CSC: HOW CAN HEALTHCARE PROGRESS TO MEET THE PATIENT POPULATION AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES

Apps

Not Sure Which Writing App to Use on Your iPhone or iPad? This Chart Compares Them All

How an app is motivating me to get fit – and improving my mental health | Society | The Guardian

Survival Guide Puts the US Military Survival Manual in Your Pocket

Comment

Marla Durben Hirsch: Patient photos in EHR reduce treatment errors - FierceEMR

Paul Levy: Not Running a Hospital: [P]retty orry nalysis

Ioana Baiu: Is the daily blood draw in the hospital truly necessary?

David E. Williams: Implications of the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act » Health Business Blog

John Mandrola: For Acute Myocardial Infarction, receiving care at a PCI ready hospital may be life saving

Zoe Fox: How Mobile Phones Are Repairing India’s Broken Healthcare System

News

NIH Director Discusses Accelerating Translation of Biomedical Research to the Clinic | Highlight HEALTH

SoloHealth Receives FDA Approval of its SoloHealth Station

VA awards $19M contract for mobility network | Healthcare IT News

Medical Quack: QuantiaMD Appoints John Halamka, MD to its Board of Directors

Cooperation Between the EU and US on Health-Related ICTs Progress Report

International

Orion Health wins contract for eHealth record in Northern Ireland

Hospital Social Media Monitor 1.0 « European Hospitals

GMC investigators to spot underperforming doctors | Society | The Guardian

Australian Health Information Technology: Given We Will Only Get A Number To Call Come July 1 - Rather Than A Working NEHRS - Can We Get Some Money Back?

Update on the GP software vendor panel

Medical

Specialized Stroke Ambulance Features CereTom Portable CT Scanner to Reduce Time to Treatment

Novel Drugs Seek Cure for Cancer That Killed Ted Kennedy - Bloomberg

HBV and HCV Advocate Hepatitis Blog: St. Michael’s Opens Center Dedicated to Treatment of Liver Disease

Types of dementia - Alzheimer's Society

HCV New Drug Research: Hepatitis Newsletters: May-June 2012

Meaningful Use

Meaningful Use payouts exceed $5 billion - FierceEMR

HIPAA

With New Prediction Algorithm, a Patient's Past Foretells His Medical Future | Popular Science

Tech

CompuLab launches first Ivy Bridge fanless mini-PC

Most Popular Android ROM: CyanogenMod

The Best Disk Space Analyzer for Windows

Mobile

Sena Lugano Snap-On Case for Apple iPhone 4S/4 Review | Gear Diary

Geode, the iPhone E-Wallet - Technology Review

Quote

“Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.”- Mark Twain