Through the program, all Medicare billing information will be populated in to a Personal Health Record. Where does this leave Google Health and the HealthVault? Can they participate? The key to the whole program is to pre-populate the information so the consumer has very little...
Many of the Tenet hospitals are McKesson Clients. The Relay Health network will be able to connect to the patient’s file “The RelayHealth network then connects the consumer's portfolio of information with the care provider and unifies the management of the personal health...
This week the Congress meeting is in Boston. I referenced in a earlier post that PHR's, (personal health records) are being viewed by Healthcare leadership as the favorite vehicle for interoperability. There is a podcast at the link below. There was a full line up of guest speakers...
If you are not familiar with the term RHIO ( regional health information organization ) this is the efforts of communities working together to make medical records talk to each other and exchange information in simple terms. Personal Health Records are looking to emerge as the more proficient...
This is nice, and no software to be installed, Software as a Service for the Blind to access the Internet. Watch the video from the University of Washington to see how it works. Web Anywhere looks to be something of real value as it continues to be developed for helping the blind with access...
The Wall Street Journal looks at how patients are confused when leaving the ER room. That can happen easily as many ER Rooms are extremely busy today. One suggestion is to try to write down some key information, or in some instances, some ER Rooms will print information for you, and one other...
The hospitals in San Diego all still share on paper. Technology is not the problem here, it has to do more with incentives, for one why would 2 competing hospitals want to share, and I say this from a business standpoint only, as reflected in the article. The next question is who...
Medical Economics discusses the issue, and one comment I have to add on my own and one of my own personal pet peeves, is that people do not read. Anyone that has spent enough time around me will probably say that I am a broken record in this area, but it is so very true, and I’m not just talking...
This article does a good job in outlining the direction of the PHR, personal health record for those who have not caught up with the lingo yet. Do patients want it? As of now most probably don’t know what to do with it, agree. There are some cases though where this does not hold true, as...
The HealthVault and Google Health have already begun to impact the market and how the consumer thinks about health records today as this report indicates. With the recent partnership with Kaiser and the Microsoft HealthVault, I have already had some conversations with practices, hospitals, etc...