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MAY

Meeting on Taking Small Steps in Mobile Health

Palo Alto, Calif.

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Brookings Event on Mobile Technology, Health Innovation

Washington, D.C.

MAY

Workshop on Best Practices for EHR Usability

Gaithersburg, Md.

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The Health Datapalooza

Register now for the June 5-6 HDI Forum III in Washington, DC, on health innovation that will include renowned speakers, breakout sessions, and an apps expo replete with demos, developers, and designers.

The Picture of Health

CHCF presents a data design challenge to seek out engaging presentations that bring to life the story of rising health care costs. Submissions are due May 16, 2012.

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Report: Physician Use of Tablets Has Nearly Doubled Since 2011

A new report by Manhattan Research finds that the percentage of surveyed physicians using tablet computers has nearly doubled from about 35% in 2011 to about 62% in 2012. Of the surveyed doctors who are using tablets, 81% said they use Apple's iPad and about 50% said they have used their tablet device at the point of care, according to the report. Becker's Hospital Review et al.

EHR Use Not Linked to Improved Diabetes Care Quality, Study Finds

An Annals of Family Medicine study finds no correlation between physicians' use of electronic health record systems and improved adherence to clinical guidelines for diabetes care. The study offers recommendations for improving the effective use of EHR systems. Modern Healthcare.

Article Raises Questions About Future of State Health Data Exchanges

A Journal of the American Health Information Management Association article questions whether state-level health data exchanges will become obsolete over the next few years as more private organizations claim a share of the health information exchange market. CMIO.

VA Outlines Privacy, Security Policies for Lifetime EHR System

The Department of Veterans Affairs has released a plan to ensure the privacy and security of data in its Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record program. The plan recommends various policies, such as regulating data access with security software. Government Health IT et al.

App Improves Diabetes Management Among Teenagers, Study Finds

A study finds that a mobile application helped boost the frequency of glucose monitoring among teenagers with diabetes. The teens earned points each time they measured their glucose levels, and the points could be redeemed for iTunes rewards. FierceMobileHealthcare, CMIO.

University of California Spearheading New Initiative To Mine 'Big Data' in Health Care

NIH Director Francis Collins, Atul Butte of the Stanford School of Medicine, David Patterson of the University of California-Berkeley and Taylor Sittler of UC-San Francisco discussed new efforts to mine "big data" for health care and scientific research.

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DATA POINTS

When Do Health Care Providers Plan To Buy Computer-Assisted Coding Technology?

About 21% of surveyed health care providers already have purchased computer-assisted coding systems, and 33% plan to purchase such systems in 2012, according to a KLAS report. Many health care providers say they are buying such systems to prepare for the transition to ICD-10 code sets.

FEATURES

Business Partners: A New Risk to Health Data Security?

by John Moore, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter

Third-party business associates were involved in many of the largest health data breaches that occurred last year. Experts say that business associate agreements help to ensure the security of patient data, but the agreements might not go far enough.

PERSPECTIVES

ONC Must Go Further To Achieve Flexibility in its 2014 Edition

by Marie Copoulos

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's proposed rule outlining standards and criteria for the certification of EHRs under the meaningful use program is a step in the right direction, but it doesn't go far enough in creating true flexibility.