EVENTS

JUN

Interactive Policy Forum on Health Care, 'Big Data'

Washington, D.C.

JUN

Webinar About How Physicians Use Health IT

Online

JUN

Summit Explores Using Video Games in Health Care

Boston

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FROM THE FOUNDATION

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.

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Health Systems Contribute EHR Data to Large Diabetes Registry

An article published in a CDC journal describes a new registry containing information on 1.1 million patients with diabetes. Eleven integrated health systems contributed de-identified data from their electronic health record systems for the project. Researchers say the registry could help advance epidemiological surveillance, clinical trials and other research on diabetes. CMIO et al.

ONC Unveils Winners of Innovation Contests for Health IT Applications

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has announced the winners of two contests. One winning application helps report problems with medical devices, while the other winning app offers online booking of follow-up appointments. Modern Healthcare.

After-Hours Care, EHR Use Could Help Keep Patients Out of EDs

A new study finds that primary care practices can help keep patients out of emergency departments by offering after-hours health care services. The study found that successful after-hours care models incorporate electronic health record sharing. Modern Physician, Medscape.

Developing Countries Quick To Adopt Mobile Health, Report Finds

A report finds that mobile health adoption is moving at a faster pace in developing nations than in developed nations. Researchers say regulatory barriers could be hindering mobile health adoption in developed countries. Healthcare Finance News, Becker's Hospital Review.

Three RHIOs, Vendors To Participate in N.Y. Health Data Exchange

The Statewide Health Information Network of New York recently announced that three regional health information organizations and three health data exchange vendors have agreed to participate in the state's health information exchange network. Health Data Management 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

Do Physicians Use EHR Systems To E-Prescribe or Do They Use Standalone E-Rx Systems?

In 2011, 82% of physicians who electronically prescribed used electronic health record-based e-prescribing software and 18% used standalone systems, while in 2008, 63% used EHR-based e-prescribing software and 37% used standalone tools, according to a report by e-prescribing network Surescripts.

FEATURES

Electronic Quality Reporting Poses Major Challenges

by Ken Terry, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter

Stakeholders warn that the proposed Stage 2 meaningful use criteria for clinical quality measure data collection will be difficult for vendors and health care providers to achieve. CMS is withholding comment on the issue until it releases its final rule, which is expected this summer.

COMMENTS (1)

"As far as I can tell, ONC and CMS have expected the challenge in reporting quality measures. That's why they have developed and released the open source reporting tool call PopHealth to help the reporting requirement. The tool is free. It takes in p..."

- AJ Chen

PERSPECTIVES

DIY Remote Health Monitoring -- More Team Than Solo Sport

by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

A recent report predicted that consumers will be responsible for 80% of the remote health monitoring market by 2016, but we know that technology alone will not inspire or sustain behavior change among consumers. Remote health monitoring is and will continue to be a team sport.

COMMENTS (1)

"DIY remote monitoring can help an individual improve her/his wellness, manage a chronic condition, or save a life. Remote condition monitoring (RCM) can perhaps evaluate precursor parameters of migraine headaches, pulmonary and cardiac dysfunctions, ..."

- Kel Mohror