EVENTS

MAY

Summit About Wireless Health Convergence

San Diego

MAY

Webinar About Health IT Privacy, Security Risks

Online

JUN

'Datapalooza' Conference on Health Data Tools

Washington, D.C.

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FROM THE FOUNDATION

All Over the Map

A newly updated interactive map unleashes data to highlight medical treatment variation across California. Now with breast cancer, prostate cancer, and spine procedures, this CHCF-sponsored research shows that practice patterns vary dramatically from place to place.

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High Court's Ruling Could Affect Health IT Aspects of Reform Law

Today, the Supreme Court started hearing oral arguments in the lawsuit against the federal health reform law. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has released a fact sheet on the case, and a HIMSS official has posted a blog entry noting that the court's decision could affect certain health IT-related provisions of the overhaul. Government Health IT et al.

FDA Working To Reduce 'Alarm Fatigue' Through Tougher Device Reviews

FDA is taking steps to curb "alarm fatigue" in hospitals by increasing its pre-market scrutiny of medical devices that issue potentially unnecessary alarms. For example, the agency is providing its reviewers with additional training on alarm standards and safety. Boston Globe.

Mobile Devices Could Be Distracting Physicians, According to Experts

Some experts are concerned that smartphones and other mobile devices could be distracting physicians. John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said physicians often manage multiple incoming notifications on their mobile devices. Kaiser Health News/NPR.

ONC Seeks Videos About Managing Blood Pressure With Health IT Tools

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has launched a contest seeking videos about how consumers and health care providers use health IT to manage high blood pressure. ONC is offering $5,500 in prizes to winners in six categories. Modern Healthcare.

Six Vendors Account for Half of Revenue in EHR Market, Report Finds

A new report from Kalorama Information finds that six companies receive about half of the revenue in the $17.9 billion market for electronic health record systems. A Kalorama Information official says that Allscripts and Epic are among "the firms to watch" in the EHR market. CMIO.

Are Federal Training Programs Meeting the Growing Need for a New Health IT Workforce?

Tim Andrews of Booz Allen Hamilton, Helen Figge of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Norma Morganti of the Midwest Community College Health IT Consortium spoke with iHealthBeat about federal efforts to bolster the health IT workforce.

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DATA POINTS

What Mobile Devices Do Hospitals Support or Plan To Support in the Next 24 Months?

Among surveyed health IT professionals, 83.3% said their hospital supports clinicians' use of Apple iPads on their network or plans to support such use over the next 24 months, while 45.5% said their hospital supports or plans to support clinicians' use of Android-based tablet computers, according to a survey by Aruba Networks , a provider of network access technology.

FEATURES

E-Health Records: Are We Safe(r) Yet?

by Bonnie Darves, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter

While electronic health records have helped improve safety in certain ways -- making patient information more readily available and eliminating handwriting-related errors -- new safety challenges stemming from poor EHR usability, alert fatigue and inadequate training have emerged.

PERSPECTIVES

Meaningful Use Stage 2: Raising the Bar With Exchange, Standards, Engagement

by Robin Raiford and Marie Copoulos

If the final rule on Stage 2 of the meaningful use program mirrors the recently released proposed rule, it will serve as an impetus for health care providers to advance in information exchange, patient engagement and high-quality, real-time data capture.