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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High Court Upholds Reform Law; Health IT Stakeholders Weigh In

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal health reform law but said the federal government cannot take away funding from states that opt out of the law's Medicaid expansion. Health IT stakeholder groups said the ruling removes uncertainty around the reform law and allows health care providers to move forward with health IT-related reform efforts. Washington Post et al.

CDC Division Asks for Input on Incorporating Job Data Into EHRs

CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is asking clinicians about whether they document patients' job information in their electronic health records. NIOSH also is asking EHR vendors whether their systems include fields for such data. Modern Healthcare.

Report Says Telehealth Market Expected To Reach $2.5B by 2018

A report from market research firm Companies & Markets predicts that the global telehealth market will grow from about $736 million in 2011 to about $2.5 billion by 2018. The report cites possible factors that could contribute to the expected market growth. Healthcare IT News.

Veterans Group Aims To Launch Database With Health Care Wait Times

The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America plans to use a $250,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to develop a real-time digital database that would track wait times for veterans to obtain health care and other services. IAVA members would update the database. Forbes.

University To Take Over Daily Management of Calif. Cancer Registry

The University of California-Davis Health System has announced plans to take over the daily operations of the state's California Cancer Registry. The database contains information on four million cancer cases that have been diagnosed in California since 1988. Modern Physician.

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

Do Physicians Believe That the Patient Care Benefits Outweigh the Costs of EHR Adoption?

In 2012, 60% of surveyed doctors said they believe that the patient care benefits outweigh the costs of adopting an electronic health record system, down from 68% who said the same in 2011, according to a report by EHR provider athenahealth and online physician community Sermo.

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