Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 28th, 2008 N.Y. launches effort to establish electronic health records (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
ALBANY — Without immediate access to medical records, a hospital’s care for an accident victim could be slowed because physicians wouldn’t know if the person had allergies, took any medications or had other conditions unknown to staff.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 26th, 2008 Gemalto powers electronic healthcare project in Algeria (Digital Media Europe)
Gemalto, a Netherlands-based player in digital security, has started the nationwide roll-out of Algeria s first electronic healthcare project.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 25th, 2008 Smead Debuts Records Management System For Health And Human Services (EnterpriseContentManagementConnection-ECM)
Smead Manufacturing Company the world leader in organizing and simplifying the lifecycle management of records in any form recently announced the release of SmeadSoft Records Management for Health and Human Services. The system, designed to help case file workers, supervisors and administrators maintain control of case loads, ensures that court cases won’t be compromised by missing or mishandled …
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 24th, 2008 Patients’ names on stolen NIH laptop (AP via Yahoo! News)
Lawmakers are questioning why the government waited almost a month to warn 2,500 patients enrolled in a National Institutes of Health study that some of their medical records were in a stolen laptop computer.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 21st, 2008 HHS Deputy Secretary Invites Toledo Community to Apply for an Innovative Electronic Health Record Demonstration Project (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
At a meeting today, HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy encouraged community leaders to join together and apply for a new Medicare demonstration project that provides incentive payments for physicians use of certified electronic health records to improve patient care. The project, which will be open to small- and medium-sized primary care physician practices, is expected to reduce medical errors and …
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 20th, 2008 TietoEnator Wins Swedish National Electronic Healthcare Record Contract with InterSystems HealthShare (SYS-CON Media)
InterSystems announced that the Swedish national electronic health record, known as the National Patient Overview (NPO) will be supplied by TietoEnator using InterSystems HealthShare software. The contract is valued at approximately $19 million for the first five years, with an option to extend for an additional two years.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 18th, 2008 Google Unveils Online Health Record Pilot Program (SEO Chat)
Google and the Cleveland Clinic agreed to partner on a program to store patient health records online. The patients who volunteered for the electronic transfer of their records will be able to access their own records. Though all health profiles will be password-protected critics have accused the program of raising more problems than it solves….
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 17th, 2008 PinnacleCare Launches Health Records Online (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
PinnacleCare, the premier private health advisory company, announced today the launch of PinnacleCare Health Records Online, a new tool exclusively for its’ members that enables secure and private access to their updated health records twenty-four hours a day, no matter where they are in the world.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 14th, 2008 Physicians urged to use electronic records (Deseret Morning News)
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt is calling on community leaders nationwide to apply for a new demonstration project that provides Medicare incentive payments to physicians for the use of certified electronic health records to improve patient care.
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 12th, 2008 U.S. lags in digital health records (Detroit News)
For two decades, electronic health records have been the Next Big Thing in health care: a way to improve care and reduce waste in a system clogged with paper and folders. In 1994, President Clinton announced that all doctors would use computerized records within 10 years. In his 2004 State of the Union address, President Bush called for universal use of digital health records.
