Archives for July 2014
Top Rated Electronic Health Record Software Is Free29 Jul 2014
Earlier this month, Medscape published the results of their recent survey (here) which asked 18,575 physicians across 25 specialties to... Continue Reading
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ACOs Flourishing in 2014, Study Reports29 Jul 2014
Just as newly insured patients were entering the U.S. health care system at the start of 2014, physician practices were... Continue Reading
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Former CMS Head Breaks Down ACO Lessons to Date29 Jul 2014
A new approach to delivering — and paying for — health care made its debut three years ago and has... Continue Reading
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Telemedicine Service Aimed at Truck Drivers29 Jul 2014
Truckers MedCallAssist is a new telemedicine program designed to connect truck drivers instantly with a board-certified emergency-trained physician 24 hours... Continue Reading
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EHR Vendors: Step Up Your Game29 Jul 2014
Electronic medical record vendors need to take a clue from video game design. It’s time to deliver intuitive, simple to... Continue Reading
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Google’s ‘perfect human’ project isn’t evil, it’s business29 Jul 2014
This past Friday, Google unveiled the latest in a line of ambitious and somewhat confounding health programs. After building a glucose-measuring... Continue Reading
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Why aren’t clinicians using secure text messaging to coordinate care?29 Jul 2014
America’s hospitals are wasting $11.2 billion and a significant amount of time every year by using inefficient communication technology. A... Continue Reading
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Making use of electronic medical record29 Jul 2014
Electronic medical and health records make it easier for healthcare facilities and independent physicians to quickly access a patient’s medical... Continue Reading
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When Patients Fear EHR29 Jul 2014
When patients believe paper medical records are safer and more private than electronic ones, their health can suffer. Many members... Continue Reading
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Nearly half of Kaiser Permanente’s members use My Health Manager29 Jul 2014
Around 4.4 million members in health system Kaiser Permanente’s 9.1 million member network are using Kaiser’s online health management platform,... Continue Reading
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