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Interactive Policy Forum on Health Care, 'Big Data'

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Webinar About How Physicians Use Health IT

Online

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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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Study Links EHR Adoption With Decline in Malpractice Claims

A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that the rate of malpractice claims filed dropped significantly after physician practices adopted electronic health record systems. However, researchers note that the study has several limitations, such as the fact that other issues might have contributed to the decline in malpractice claims. MedPage Today et al.

OCR Failed To Publish Guidance on Protecting Rx Data, GAO Says

A Government Accountability Office report notes that HHS' Office for Civil Rights missed a deadline to issue guidance on protecting Medicare beneficiaries' prescription drug use data. GAO notes that OCR initially was slated to release such guidance in February 2010. Health Data Management.

Technology Tools Could Curb Barriers to Mental Health Care, Report Says

A recent report from the California HealthCare Foundation finds that computer-based cognitive therapy, online social networks, mobile health applications, virtual reality programs and other IT tools offer a low-cost, convenient way for patients to access mental health care. InformationWeek.

HHS Innovation Fellows Program To Tap Experts for Health IT Projects

HHS' new Innovation Fellows Program is seeking external experts to work on several projects, such as an effort to create electronic identification and tracking technology for the U.S. organ transplant system. Applications for the fellows program are due July 20. CMIO, Modern Healthcare.

Kaiser Permanente, SSA Aim To Speed Disability Application Processing

Kaiser Permanente and the Social Security Administration aim to accelerate the processing of disability applications through the exchange of electronic health data. The organizations plan to use protocols of the Nationwide Health Information Network. Healthcare IT News et al.

Health Care Industry Struggles With Usability of Electronic Health Record Systems

Former National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal, Jacob Reider, acting CMO at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, Matt Quinn of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Rod Piechowski of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Joseph Scherger of Eisenhower Medical Center in California spoke with iHealthBeat about efforts to boost the usability of electronic health record systems.

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DATA POINTS

How Familiar Are Insured U.S. Adults With the Concept of Medical Identity Theft?

Fifteen percent of insured U.S. adults say they are familiar or very familiar with the concept of medical identity theft, while 59% say they are not at all familiar with the concept, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

FEATURES

Patients Go Online for Health Data but Afraid To Share What They Know

by Lisa Zamosky, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter

Patients increasingly are taking a more active role in their own health care and going online to obtain health information. Yet, several new studies suggest that many patients are afraid to discuss what they've learned online or to ask pointed questions during a medical consultation.

PERSPECTIVES

The Dangers of Too Much Ambition in Health Information Exchange

by Micky Tripathi

The health information exchange market is poised for spectacular growth over the next couple of years. However, the propensity to pursue over-architected HIEs -- those that try to do too much for too many with not enough money or time -- raises concerns.

COMMENTS (8)

"The final point of Mickey’s article seems to be “Start with PUSH” because it is high value to physicians and low risk. It is true that PUSH is high value to physicians and that it is the primary thing they are willing to pay for. But, this alone will..."

- Joel Ryba