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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Colleges Nab Grants for Health IT, Other Training Programs

Community colleges and universities across the U.S. will receive a total of $500 million in grant funding from the Department of Labor to develop and expand career training programs. Some of the grant recipients plan to use the funds for health IT-related initiatives, such as health informatics certificate programs and health IT career training for veterans. Healthcare IT News.

Hospitals Urge AHRQ To Use Stakeholder Input in EHR Quality Measures

In a letter, the American Hospital Association recommends that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that quality measures compiled by electronic health record systems are "valid, reliable and feasible to collect." AHA News.

Study Identifies Racial Differences in Doctors' Use of Health IT Tools

According to a study, white physicians in the U.S. are more likely than minority physicians to communicate with patients electronically, but minority doctors are more likely to use IT for preventive care reminders. FierceHealthIT, Perspectives in Health Information Management.

Ky. Health Agency Alerts 2,500 Individuals About Potential Data Breach

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services is notifying thousands of individuals about a possible breach of data on young people transitioning out of the state's foster care program. The agency says that no medical data were compromised. Modern Healthcare, Healthcare IT News.

Kansas Health Data Exchange Turns Over Operations to State

The Kansas Health Information Exchange's board of directors recently voted to dissolve itself and hand over the exchange's operations to a state agency. The move is expected to save $232,900 in its first year and will not affect information sharing capabilities. CMIO et al.

Several Forces Driving Explosion in Mobile Health Care Industry, Experts Say

Eric Topol of Scripps Health, Chuck Parker of the Continua Health Alliance and Paul Sonnier of Popper and Company spoke with iHealthBeat about the rapid growth of the mobile health market.

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DATA POINTS

What Percentage of U.S. Adults Have Access to Various Types of Online Health Care Services?

Seventeen percent of U.S. adults say they have online access to their health records and 12% say they have email access to their physicians, but only 6% have online access to tools for estimating medical costs, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive.

FEATURES

Patients' Use of Social Media Spurs More Clinical Research

by Lisa Zamosky, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter

A group of women suffering from a rare disease used social media to turn clinical research on its head, persuading researchers to take up their cause and initiate studies to shed light on a rare and potentially deadly illness that remains poorly understood.

COMMENTS (1)

"Hi. I did a story on a woman here in NC who is similarly an internet patient advocate. Enjoy."

- Rosemary Hoban

PERSPECTIVES

Health IT Promotion Goes Direct-To-Consumer

by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

Public and private efforts are underway to educate the public about the benefits of health IT and access to their electronic health data. However, ultimately, physicians and nurses will be the most effective sales force for consumer health IT.