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HIT Adoption Among California Dentists

What's the level of interest among California dentists in adopting health information technology, such as electronic dental health records, and how many are already making use of such systems? This snapshot of survey data provides some answers.

Diabetic Retinopathy: Call for Applications

This project will support clinics in providing remote diabetic retinopathy screenings to patients by funding retinal cameras, software, and expert consultation from the UCB School of Optometry. Applications are being accepted now through October 2010.

Revisiting the HITECH Act, One Year Later

A new report examines the progress implementing the U.S. government's multi-billion-dollar effort to jump-start adoption of information technology tools in the health care industry. Recommendations for further action by the White House and Congress are included.

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Patients, Physicians Willing To Track Health Via Mobile Devices

A new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers finds that about 40% of consumers surveyed would be willing to pay for a mobile health monitoring device that allows them to send information to their physician. The survey also finds that 88% of physicians say they would like their patients to track their health from home. Wall Street Journal's "Health Blog" et al.

States Face Challenges in Developing Health Insurance Exchanges

States throughout the country are considering various initiatives to establish online health insurance exchanges, which are mandated by the health reform law. State officials are undertaking unprecedented engineering and integration efforts. Government Health IT.

U.K.'s NHS To Reduce Health IT Spending, Restructure Program

The United Kingdom's National Health Service has announced plans to reduce health IT spending by 700 million pounds, or about $1.1 billion, as part of an effort to provide local hospitals with more control over which health IT systems they adopt. BBC News et al.

Participation in National Safety Reporting System Growing, Survey Says

Nearly 60% of surveyed hospitals are enrolled in the National Healthcare Safety Network, which collects data on health care-associated infections. Forty-one percent of respondents are both enrolled and reporting data ahead of the government's January 2011 deadline. Healthcare IT News.

Health Providers Slow To Adopt Management Software, Survey Finds

A survey by TCS Healthcare Technologies finds that health care delivery groups have made slow progress in adopting medical care management software and integrating such applications with other health IT systems. InformationWeek, Fierce Health IT.

Health Care Community Still Examining Final Rule on 'Meaningful Use,' Looking Ahead

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Chantal Worzala of the American Hospital Association, Jason Mitchell of the American Academy of Family Physicians and Glen Tullman of Allscripts discuss the final rule on "meaningful use" with iHealthBeat.

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DATA POINTS

What Percentage of Home Health and Hospice Agencies Use Electronic Health Record Systems?

In 2007, 43% of home health and hospice agencies had an electronic health record system, compared with 32.3% in 2000, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Meanwhile, 20.6% of home health and hospice agencies reported using telemedicine in 2007, the study found.

FEATURES

ONC Names Temporary Certification Bodies for 'Meaningful Use' Program

by Kate Ackerman, iHealthBeat Senior Editor

Last week, the Certification Commission for Health IT and the Drummond Group were named the first ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies under the temporary electronic health record certification program -- a key step in ensuring certified EHR products are available in time for the "meaningful use" incentive program.

PERSPECTIVES

'Meaningful Use': What Does Strategic Management Have To Say About It?

by Nir Menachemi

The federal government's "meaningful use" incentive program addresses the well-documented financial barriers to electronic health record adoption, but fails to take into account the environment and local context of an organization.