94 percent of physicians find all that digital health data overwhelming, redundant and unlikely to make a clinical difference, according to Black Book’s recent consumer survey. Conducted from September through December 2016, the survey asked 12,090 adult consumers to evaluate the technology they were exposed to, know of or interacted with as an active patient in the last twelve months.The report revealed that 94 percent of consumers with health or activity trackers said their physician informed
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How Millennials Lead the Way to Healthcare Innovation
Editor's Note: Mark Haddad is VP of Consulting for the Microsoft group at SADA Systems, a full-service cloud migration and IT consulting services company, offering cloud solutions, managed services, technical services. Statisticians, researchers and workplace experts love to talk about how different Millennials are than the rest of us as workers and consumers. There have been numerous studies about the potential impact of this group on the healthcare industry, since healthcare defies nearly
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20 Promising Canadian Digital Health Companies to Watch
“A company’s odds of success are better the closer they can get to their market,” argues Stephen Hurwitz, a thought leader in the Canadian venture capital industry, recognizing that the proximity to a VC-tech hub can help the success rate of Canadian startups. A socialized healthcare system, Canada’s market is fragmented by province and type of care – most primary and emergency care is free for residents whereas specialty care, prescription drugs, long-term and in-home care amongst others,
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The Kabuki Dance Of “Blocking Data” In Healthcare
The lack of data interoperability in healthcare continues to plague and haunt the entire industry. Much of the challenge falls squarely in the realm of Electronic Health Record (EHR) software, but EHR software is by no means the only category where this challenge is directly affecting patient lives. I ‒ along with countless others ‒ have written extensively about this topic. Last year I did a 5‒part series on just "interoperability" which I published on Forbes. One piece highlighted the
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CMS Dr. Thompson Talks Challenges of Meaningful Use Implementation
CMS Dr. Thompson talks challenges of Meaningful Use implementation IHT2 Editor Joseph F. Jalkiewicz As chief medical officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regional Office in San Francisco, Dr. Thompson serves as the chief CMS clinician for Region IX. She is also the principal liaison with professional organizations in the region with respect to quality improvement and healthcare reform. In advance of the HIT Summit, IHT2 Editor Joseph F. Jalkiewicz spoke with Dr.
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HIMSS 2012 in Retrospect – From Patient Engagement to Big Data. Viva Las Vegas or Tumbling Dice?
The following is a guest post from Jane Sarasohn-Kahn's Health Populi blog reflecting her thoughts on last week's HIMSS12: The record attendance at HIMSS12, in terms of both attendees (numbering some 38,000) and exhibitors, illustrated just how hot health information technology has become in the 20 years since I first began attending this meeting — when it was only a few thousand hospital computer geeks and materials managers picking up pocket protectors and calculators
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Xerox’s ACS Buys The Breakaway Group
ACS, a Xerox company has announced that it has acquired the software training company The Breakaway Group, adding a new cloud based service that will accelerate their adoption of Electronic Medical Records to help healthcare providers prepare for ICD-10 compliance and maximize their meaningful use funding. Denver-based firm's technology, PromisePoint, allows caregivers to practice using an EMR just as they would in the hospital or doctor's office. By simulating their environment, they get
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2011 ONC Annual Meeting on 11/17/11
November 17, 2011 The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will be holding its 2011 ONC Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 17 in Washington, D.C. In-person attendance for this meeting is closed, but we welcome you to join us virtually. Register to watch the webcast. Schedule of Events Thursday, November 17, 2011 ONC Grantee and Stakeholder Summit 8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. EST (All Thursday sessions are open to the public. Plenary and keynote sessions
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Study: U.S. Patients Have Little Control Over EHRs
The following is a recent study released by the Journal of Science & Technology Law revealing that American patients have little control and options regarding EHRs that may have implications on successful adoption of EHRs in the U.S. Summary The importance of the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and the associated cost savings cannot be ignored as an element in the changing delivery of health care. However, the potential cost savings predicted in the use of EHR are accompanied
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Specialty Article: HIT: Incentives May Not Always Serve Intended Purpose
Survey suggests some awards are going to doctors who have been using electronic health records for years by Josh Israel and Kimberly Leonard About half of the first batch of federal dollars meant to encourage doctors and hospitals to switch to electronic records went to providers who were converts to the technology long before the stimulus program was announced, an iWatch News analysis suggests. The analysis could raise questions about whether the government will be able to meet its goal
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