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Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

Keeping Track of Asthma

CHCF has made a second investment in Asthmapolis, a device that tracks asthma inhaler use and reports data through mobile phones to patients and doctors to better manage the disease.

Experts Tout Health IT Progress During Congressional Hearing

Yesterday, members of a House subcommittee raised questions about federal spending on health IT initiatives and expressed concern about the lack of interoperability between electronic health record systems. National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari and other health IT experts responded by outlining recent progress in the meaningful use program. Government Health IT et al.

AHA To Work With Officials To Curb Use of EHRs for 'Upcoding'

Hospitals want to work with federal officials to ensure that vendors are not creating electronic health record systems that contribute to "upcoding," or inflationary medical billing, according to a new letter from the American Hospital Association. Becker's Hospital Review et al.

Industry Groups Offer Input on FDA's Medical Device Identifier System

The Advanced Medical Technology Association, Medical Device Manufacturers Association and Healthcare Supply Chain Association recently commented on various components of FDA's unique device identification proposal. Bloomberg BNA, Health Data Management.

President Obama's Re-Election Means Continued Federal Support for Health IT, Experts Say

Erik Johnson of Avalere Health, Tom Leary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Chantal Worzala of the American Hospital Association spoke with iHealthBeat about what President Obama's re-election means for federal health IT efforts.

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DATA POINTS

What Percentage of Cell Phone Owners Use Their Phone To Look Up Health Information?

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The percentage of U.S. cell phone owners ages 18 to 29 who use their phone to look up health information increased from 29% in 2010 to 42% in 2012, while the percentage of U.S. cell phone owners older than age 65 who use their phone to look up health information increased from 8% in 2010 to 9% in 2012, according to a report from the Pew Internet & the American Life Project.

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