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More and more Americans are keen on the idea of using mobile devices to better monitor their health, according to new survey findings released Tuesday. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive and HealthDay, revealed that one-third of Internet-using adults expressed interest in using smartphones or tablets to make doctors appointments, receive medical test results of communicate with their doctors. Big data: None read more
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A California congressman has reintroduced legislation that would create an Office of Wireless Health in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., reintroduced H.R. 2363, known as the Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act, last week. The bill had been introduced last year, but didn't advance beyond the committee stage. Big data: None read more
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Today’s EHR and HIT news includes a customer acquisition updates from Merge Healthcare as well as news from Hyland Software on how their OnBase product has helped one customer recover more than $300 million by reducing net accounts receivable days. St. Mary’s Healthcare System Selects iConnect Access and iConnect Enterprise Archive Merge Healthcare has [...]
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I’m always happy to look at data. Certainly data can lie, but it can also inform if you are looking at the right data and considering the biases of the data. I applaud ONC for being as transparent as possible with the EHR incentive program data. They have an entire Health IT Dashboard for analyzing the data. I think this is a great step towards accountability for how the EHR incentive money is being spent.ONC recently announced a set of Health IT Quick Stats and even created a widget (embedded below) that lets you download a 3 page health IT and HITECH summary for your state. I think a few states are missing from the widget and why they grouped them by area I don’t know, but there’s some interesting data in the reports.I downloaded my home state of Nevada to see how we’re doing with Health IT and HITECH. Here are a few thoughts I had when looking at EHR use in Nevada.I was amazed that so many REC assisted providers were live with an EHR, but less than half of those had demonstrated meaningful use. We’ll see if that changes after this years attestations.I do have to question some of the data since it shows ...Read moreRelated Posts EHR and Encryption, Down Computers and EHR, and State Health Exchanges Might Not Be Sustainable Can 2-State Medicaid Providers Collect 2 EHR Incentives? – Meaningful Use Monday Medicaid State Information for EHR Incentives – Meaningful Use Monday
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