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Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians (COPCP), a physician-owned medical group, needed a way to keep all of its physicians and selected other staffers connected 24x7 from any location. The goal? To allow physicians who are outside of the organization's internal network, such as when they are doing rounds or visiting our local partner hospitals, to sit down at any computer and access the COPCP internal network.
Harvard, Massachusetts General Collaborate on AIDS Research Via Web Conferencing
A SaaS-based online collaboration platform is enabling doctors, researchers and clinicians at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital to collaborate on research and engage fellow practitioners in South Africa, China and Nepal.
Social Medicine: Is the Internet Transforming Healthcare?
Whether or not you work in the healthcare or pharmaceutical industries, it's worth noting the growing role of the Internet and social networks in how we make medical decisions. The fact that Americans are turning to the Internet and social networks for resources on some of our most deeply personal healthcare issues is a striking commentary on just how much our ideas about privacy are changing. If someone is willing to discuss their personal medical care in an open forum, it should give you pause to consider what else they might be open to discussing online, including, perhaps, confidential information about your company. With this in mind, the report & Peer to Peer Healthcare,& released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, reveals that, while many of us continue to consult family and friends about health problems, the Web has taken on greater importance than ever as a source of information, particularly for those grappling with chronic illness. In addition, another Pew report, & The Social Life of Health Information,& finds that 11% of adults, have followed their friends’ personal health experiences or updates on via social networking sites. Even so, the majority of health care conversations continue to happen offline: Just 5% of adults say they received online information, care, or support from a health professional, 13% say they had online contact with friends and family, and 5% say they interacted online with fellow patients. The & Peer to Peer Healthcare& report is based in part on a national telephone survey of 3,001 adults which captures an estimate of how widespread this activity is in the U.S. All numerical data included in the report is based on the telephone survey. The other part of the analysis is based on an online survey of 2,156 members of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) who wrote short essays about their use of the Internet in caring for themselves or for their loved ones. & The Social Life of Health Information& report is based on a national telephone survey conducted in August and September 2010 among 3,001 adults in the U.S.
Mapping Patient Data: Aurora Health Care's Business Analytics Mission
Serving 1.5 million patients a year, this not-for-profit health system is looking to maximize its ability to analyze data in order to attract researchers for clinical trials. One of the key technical challenges is mapping Aurora's clinical data to put it into a form that is suitable for medical research, while at the same time ensuring patient privacy.
Implementing Electronic Health Records: Six Best Practices
Accenture recently published a report entitled Secrets of Success on the EMR Journey to Meaningful Use, which is based on interviews conducted with CIOs of health systems with advanced use of electronic medical records (EMRs). According to the report, less than 1 percent of health systems achieved mature use of EMRs in 2009, and approximately 50 percent of US hospitals are at risk of incurring penalties by 2015 for failing to meet federal requirements. Accenture estimates that an average 500-bed hospital would face annual reductions in Medicare reimbursement rates equivalent to $3 million to $6 million annually for failing to meet meaningful use requirements by 2015. What’s more, the survey finds that most major health systems underestimate the time and cost required to implement advanced EMR functions. “Meaningful use of EMRs is often wrongly characterized as a check-the-box qualification for stimulus monies,” says Mark Knickrehm, global managing director, Accenture Health Practice. “But, this survey shows that exemplary hospital CIOs and health systems are changing the way technology is used to deliver healthcare. From strategic planning, staffing and adoption, health systems are integrating technology at a previously unprecedented level, but many health systems are lagging and at risk of facing penalties.” The survey results are based on in-depth, in-person interviews conducted with 15 CIOs from select US health systems with advanced EMR use and annual revenues between $1 billion and $15 billion from April to August of 2010.
Businesses Health Care Compliance Help with HighRoads
HighRoads, a provider of employer health care compliance and benefits management, announced that its full-service technology solution HR Compliance has been optimized to better serve SMB clients.
IT Spending Due for Health Care Bump
Health-care reform will require billions in IT investment by government agencies to achieve legislative mandates, according to a new report from INPUT.
A Management and Information Perspective on Healthcare
You would never put up with anything as inefficient as the US healthcare system in your own organization. Maybe we should apply some of the principles you use to the problem.
Virtualization Delivers on Health Records Project
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center combines a big virtualization project with a critical electronic records rollout.
Dossia Versus the Healthcare Monster
Can a non-profit consortium tackle some of healthcare's biggest issues? Dossia aims to find out -- with Wal-Mart as a key testing environment.
10 Ways IT Makes Wal-Mart Healthier
Big companies like Wal-Mart are backing an electronic health records consortium called Dossia. The impact on the business and practice of healthcare could be profound. For an in-depth view of Dossia, see this article.
Identity Theft: Providence Health's Serious Pain
Providence Health Services lost information on 365,000 patients after 10 backup tapes and disks were stolen from the back of an employee's minivan. Now, 12 months and $7 million later, the health-care provider remains mired in the aftermath. Here's
Industry Focus: Healthcare IT
The War on Healthcare
In the expensive, confused world of healthcare IT, the slightly less-convoluted world of military IT might be the right model to follow.
Hospitals Put IT in Second Place
Innovations 2006: Information technology is a priority for hospitals, but with many of them facing a difficult financial environment exacerbated by the ballooning ranks of the uninsured investing in new IT systems may have to wait.
Health IT Innovations Organize People, Not Data
If 2004 was rightly hailed as beginning of the dot.gov boom in health IT, 2005 must be hailed as the year of committees.
GE Healthcare, MobileAccess Pair Up for Single Wireless Infrastructure
Giant GE Healthcare has teamed up with MobileAccess to enable hospitals to use common infrastructure for their wireless applications, such as cell phones, pagers, public safety radio and Wi-Fi.
Grants Encourage Public Health IT
Twenty-one grants of up to $100,000 were recently awarded to state and local health departments and public health institutes.
Health IT Groups: Anti-Corruption Rules Stall Technology
According to health IT proponents and organizations, exceptions to anti-kickback laws do not do much to calm hospitals' fears about helping community physicians adopt health information technology.
Intel Takes Center Stage at Aging Conference
With a keynote from Intel chairman Craig Barrett, technology aimed at seniors took a place of prominence at this week's White House Conference on Aging.