This week, the well regarded periodical, Health Affairs published its annual issue that focuses on Healthcare IT (HIT). One of the papers published was authored by ONC, with ONC head, Dr. David Blumenthal listed as a co-author. The paper, The Benefits of Health Information Technology: A Review of the Recent Literature Shows Predominantly Positive Results [...]
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3 Questions: A Conversation with Dr. Blumenthal
Posted in EHR, EMR, policy, tagged Blumenthal, CPOE, health affairs, HHS, ONC on March 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
mHealth in the Enterprise Set to Explode
Posted in EHR, mHealth, tagged ARRA, CDS, charge capture, CPOE, HIS, HITECH Act, iOS, iPad, iPhone, meaningful use, smartphone, tablet, touchscreen tablet on November 22, 2010 | 14 Comments »
The rapid adoption of smartphones and now touch-screen tablets (e.g., iPad) by clinicians will trigger enormous growth in the use of mHealth Apps within healthcare enterprises, with the market for mHealth in the enterprise projected to reach $1.7B by end of year 2014. Similar to the hockey stick growth for mobile shown in the slide [...]
Meaningful Use Draft is Tough to Swallow
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, eRx, HIT, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, tagged ARRA, CPOE, HITECH, meaning, meaningful use, ONC on June 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Today, the Meaningful Use (MU) workgroup of ONC’s HIT Policy Committee presented its recommendations for what physicians and hospitals will need to demonstrate to obtain ARRA funding for “certified EHRs.” Chilmark listened in on the presentation and deliberations of the meeting and also downloaded the slide deck, following is our initial assessment. The MU workgroup [...]
