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CSC U.S. Healthcare Workforce Shortages: HIT
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- A challenge facing the health care industry today and in the near future is growing workforce shortages. A product of industry growth and demands for reform, it includes growing shortages of both caregivers (see “U.S. Health Care Workforce Shortages: Caregivers”) and health care information technology workers. - Mark Frisse
Tags: workforce
by: Mark Frisse
A Progress Report On Electronic Health Records In U.S. Hospitals
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- "Using a recent survey of U.S. hospitals, we found that the share of hospitals that had adopted either basic or comprehensive electronic records has risen modestly, from 8.7 percent in 2008 to 11.9 percent in 2009. Small, public, and rural hospitals were less likely to embrace electronic records than their larger, private, and urban counterparts. Only 2 percent of U.S. hospitals reported having electronic health records that would allow them to meet the federal government’s "meaningful use" criteria" - Garrett Eastman
Tags: HIT, economics, EMRS_general, policy, disruptive_innovation, quality, meaningful use
by: Garrett Eastman
Health Policy Briefs: meaningful use of electronic health records
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- April 24 2010 - Mark Frisse
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by: Mark Frisse
Mental Health Providers Excluded From Health IT Incentives Read more: http://www.ihealthbeat.org/features/2010/mental-health-providers-excluded-from-health-it-incentives.aspx#ixzz0utE8tS6R
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- "The 2009 federal economic stimulus package excludes clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, psychiatric hospitals, mental health treatment facilities and substance abuse treatment facilities from receiving incentive payments for the meaningful use of EHRs." Bill by Rep. Patrick Kennedy and Rep. Tim Murphy seeks to alleviate situation - Garrett Eastman
Tags: HIT, economics, EMRS_general, policy, stimulus, meaningful use, mental health
by: Garrett Eastman
Breaking barriers to EMR adoption
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- Podcast features interview with authors of Beyond Implementation: A Prescription for Lasting EMR Adoption - Garrett Eastman
Tags: HIT, economics, EMRS_general, policy, quality, privacy
by: Garrett Eastman
E-Health Hazards: Provider Liability and Electronic Health Record Systems
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- "proposes a novel, uniform process for developing authoritative clinical practice guidelines and explores how EHR technology itself can enable experts to gather evidence of best practices." - Garrett Eastman
Tags: HIT, EMRS_general, policy, privacy, quality
by: Garrett Eastman
Business Models for eHealth
Tags: HIT, economics, policy, telemedicine, European Union, Rand Europe
by: Garrett Eastman
Emerging Technologies Forum: Health IT and the Cloud
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- An event featuring networking and panel discussion sponsored by Mass High Tech will take place at Harvard Medical School on June 24, 2010 - Garrett Eastman
Tags: HIT, EMRS_general, policy, disruptive_innovation, cloud computing, cyberinfrastructure
by: Garrett Eastman
HHS Unveils Project To Promote Use of Community Health Data
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- national Community Health Data Initiative - Garrett Eastman
Tags: HIT, economics, policy, disruptive_innovation, quality, HHS, Community Health Data Initiative
by: Garrett Eastman
Electronic Health Record Usability: Vendor Practices and Perspectives
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- AHRQ survey of EMR vendors - Garrett Eastman
Tags: HIT, economics, EMRS_general, policy, disruptive_innovation, quality, privacy, best practices, usability, standards, stimulus, meaningful use
by: Garrett Eastman
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