Concordance between documented and patient-reported medication regimens and reduction in potentially harmful medication discrepancies can be improved with a PHR medication review tool linked to the provider's medical record, according to a
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association article published online May 3.
Storing medical images in the cloud makes distribution faster for patients who want to share images with their physicians, regardless of where the physician is located, according to a preliminary report on the Radiological Society of North America's Image Share project presented April 30 at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting in Vancouver.
Healthcare organizations are teaming up to help take the mystery out of using personal health records (PHRs) by rolling out two new informational brochures to help promote the understanding and use of PHRs among consumers and clinicians.
As adoption rates rise, health IT makes protected health information (PHI) available to more organizations and entities, increasing the likelihood of data being improperly disclosed, lost or stolen. Despite the risks and costs of a potential data breach, many healthcare executives aren’t doing enough to support their organizations’ security efforts, but researchers from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) believe they’d do more if the far-reaching consequences of a breach were more clearly outlined.
The American Medical Association (AMA) and AT&T will merge its community portal for physicians, Amagine, with the Dallas-based communication firm’s cloud-based health information exchange platform, Healthcare Community Online, and its attached applications. This announcement was made during the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference last week.
LAS VEGAS—Using a protocol-based remote monitoring program did not help to control the blood pressure or blood sugar of hypertensive and diabetic patients in the primary care setting, based on an e-session study at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. In addition to patient outcomes, the researchers found that the lack of integration and reimbursement caused a greater workload and cost burden.
LAS VEGAS—Image-enabled personal health records (PHRs), the cornerstone of an IHE-based image sharing network, have leveraged the cross-enterprise document sharing (XDS) profile to engage consumers, David S. Mendelson, MD, chief of clinical informatics at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, said during a Feb. 22 session at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. The PHR model mimics (and could augment) the CD-based image exchange model.
Business associates (BAs) are a huge area of concern when it comes to healthcare data privacy and security. “If you look at the statistics, there were nearly 400 healthcare data breaches in the last two years and almost half are due to BAs. But, “that half accounts for more than 75 percent of all records involved,” said Mac McMillan, CEO of Austin, Texas-based health IT security firm CynergisTek, and co-chair of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Privacy and Security Policy Task Force.
This session will present an IHE-based image sharing network that has adapted the XDS profile to engage consumers in image-enabled PHRs.
GE Healthcare has launched a new web-based patient portal, the Centricity Patient Online 13, which healthcare consumers can use to schedule appointments, pay bills, manage health information, send secure messages and receive reminders from providers.
My Medical Images, a newly-released DICOM viewer application (app) from Peridot Technologies, allows users to browse, load and share medical images from their Microsoft HealthVault accounts with friends, family or physicians.
Although 44.4 million adults make it a point to receive periodic health examinations each year, many of them may not be receiving the recommended screening tests and counseling services that could benefit their health, according to a study published January in the
American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Internet use among adults has skyrocketed over the past several years and the time may seem ripe for developing web-based tools to help patients manage their health, but research published online Jan. 4 by the
Journal of Health Communication suggested that such tools will receive underwhelming attention from patients.
Patients are demanding access to their health information now more than ever, but the healthcare industry has failed to produce products with a function that live up to consumers’ expectations–until now, according to the presenters of a Jan. 17 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) webinar. They believe that the Blue Button, an online tool that allows patients to easily access and download their health information, is different.
Researchers investigating the effectiveness, clinical usefulness, sustainability and usability of web-accessible tools for diabetes management determined that, despite their abundance, few practical web-accessible tools exist, according to a report published Jan. 3 by the
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Although a proposed policy that would provide patients with the right to request and receive their test results directly from laboratories could empower them and reduce physicians’ workloads, it’s unclear what the specific effects of such a policy would be, according to Hardeep Singh, MD, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, in a recently published Journal of the American Medical Association commentary.
Patients demand their medical records to be guaranteed against data theft and snooping, according to a survey from healthcare privacy auditing supplier Fair Warning.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed new rules to expand the rights of patients to access their health information through the use of health IT. Specifically, the new rule gives patients access to test results directly from labs.
Future policy activities, such as requirement specifications for the latter stages of meaningful use, should be leveraged as an opportunity to encourage standardization of functionality and broad deployment of personal health records (PHRs), according to an article published online Sept. 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
RSNA Image Share, the RSNA network designed to provide patients with easy access and control of their medical images and reports, has entered into clinical practice. The network will facilitate access to imaging exams for patients and physicians with a goal of enabling better informed medical decisions through improved information sharing.
