EVENTS

MAY

Meeting on Health Technologies That Transform Care

San Francisco

MAY

Summit on States' Implementation of Health IT Initiatives

Baltimore

MAY

West Coast Summit on Using Health Data To Boost Care

San Francisco

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FROM THE FOUNDATION

Informing Choices, Improving Outcomes

The California Joint Replacement Registry collects data on device efficacy, surgical techniques, and patient outcomes for hip and knee replacements. A new report details how this CHCF-sponsored effort is faring.

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Shareholders File Suit Against Allscripts, Urge CEO To Resign

HealthCor Management -- one of the largest shareholders of health IT firm Allscripts' Healthcare Solutions -- has filed a lawsuit after Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman refused HealthCor's demands that he resign. The suit is asking the court to postpone Allscripts' June 15 annual meeting so HealthCor can nominate candidates for vacant positions on Allscripts' board. Reuters et al.

ACP, WEDI Offer Input on Proposed Delay for ICD-10 Compliance

The American College of Physicians called for HHS to use its proposed ICD-10 compliance delay to consider transitioning to different coding standards. The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange recommended against having staggered ICD-10 compliance dates. CMIO.

Text Messaging Program Aims To Help Young People Stop Smoking

The National Cancer Institute is working with Mobile Commons on a new text messaging campaign aimed at helping teenagers and young adults quit smoking. The program sends texts based on the user's mood, smoking status and planned quit date. Healthcare IT News, Mobile Commons release.

U.K. Initiative Would Allow Patients To Access Health Data Online

United Kingdom health officials have launched an initiative designed to make it possible for patients to go online to access their electronic health records and other medical information by 2015. The project also would let patients book physician visits online. Daily Mail et al.

Oregon Launches New Statewide Health Information Exchange

The Oregon Health Authority has contracted with Harris Healthcare Solutions to launch a statewide health information exchange. Officials say the data exchange will improve communication, reduce duplicate orders and support meaningful use requirements. CMIO et al.

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

What Percentage of Physicians From Various U.S. Regions Have Adopted an EHR System?

Rates of electronic health record adoption among physicians in the Northeast U.S. grew from 19.9% in 2002 to 52.1% in 2011, while EHR adoption rates among physicians in the Western U.S. grew from 19.5% in 2002 to 60.8% in 2011, according to a recent Health Affairs study.

FEATURES

High Court Ruling Not Expected To Impair Health IT

by Paula Blasi, iHealthBeat Editor

Health IT plays a key role in health reform law provisions related to health insurance exchanges and accountable care organizations. Even if the Supreme Court strikes down the overhaul, experts say health IT will continue to support efforts to transform the U.S. health care system.

PERSPECTIVES

A Look at Social Media in Health Care -- Two Years Later

by John Sharp

When I wrote an iHealthBeat Perspective two years ago, social media in health care was just getting started. Many of my predictions came true, while other trends -- like pharma's big leap into the social media realm and the explosion of mobile applications -- weren't yet on my radar.

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