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A community of medical librarians and researchers is using a social bookmarking tool Diigo to bookmark and share articles, book notes and other sources relevant to healthcare IT and electronic medical records system.
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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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Tags: no_tag

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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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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Tags: HIT, economics, EMRS_general, policy, disruptive_innovation, quality, privacy, best practices, usability, standards, stimulus, meaningful use

by: Garrett Eastman



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