March 2012

Topics for This Week’s #HITsm TweetChat, March 9, 11 a.m. CT

March 9, 2012

I’m looking forward to a lively #HITsm TweetChat this week. Lots of interesting topics to discuss, namely the infamous Health Affairs article that cited a study that claimed EMRs may actually lead to an increase in health costs, rather than a reduction as everyone had hoped. It was interesting to watch the reaction to the [...]

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Meaningful Use Stage 2: How the Changes Impact Integration

March 8, 2012

The proposed rules for Meaningful Use Stage 2 impact the standards that are used for data exchange and the required utilization of interoperability by providers. Some of the areas that are most impacted by the proposed rules include: Patient Summary Clinical Messages Electronic Prescribing Transport Specifications Patient Summary Meaningful Use Stage 1: HL7 CCD (C32), [...]

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Three Free Healthcare Apps That Empower Patients

March 8, 2012

TechCrunch | The significant adoption of smartphones among physicians has not only led to an explosion of medical apps aimed at healthcare providers, but it has also cultivated an emerging trend of health and wellness apps aimed at empowering patients. According to the Iltifat Husain, MD, there are three apps he routinely prescribe to his [...]

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Information overload: Cybrarians contribute to use of evidence-based practice

March 7, 2012

Forgot your password? I probably answer yes to this question about once a week. I have multiple email and voicemail accounts and various profiles at sites like Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Facebook–all requiring different passwords. At work, I’ve been instructed to keep passwords secret, not to write them down and to create ones that are [...]

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A Must Read: The Creative Destruction of Medicine

March 1, 2012

For me, one of the big advantages of healthcare social media is learning more about our system, our role, and the opportunities ahead. A few months ago, I learned about a new book being written by Eric Topol, M.D., entitled The Creative Destruction of Medicine. It sounded intriguing so I immediately pre-ordered it. The timing [...]

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