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interesting article on adoption of EHR

http://www.the-hospitalist.org/details/article/321433/Digital_Dilemma.html

September 21, 2009 Posted by jgershater | Health Information Technology | , | No Comments Yet

Should a patient have access to their medical record?

HIPAA says yes and that your access is assured of privacy, this story on National Public Radio offers a different perspective: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112971637

September 21, 2009 Posted by jgershater | Health Information Technology | , , | 2 Comments

mobile devices for Healthcare

I just came across Neil Versel’s blog which I will begin to read regularly.

He wrote a week ago about Apple’s push into HealthIT and other readers commented that Drs prefer Blackberry devices.

I have yet to find a hospital that permits, or even has, WiFi in the wards, so I wonder how these devices will be used?

Though I personally would love to see Drs and nurses updated patient charts with mobile devices

September 21, 2009 Posted by jgershater | Health Information Technology | , | No Comments Yet

some upcoming HealthIT conferences

Health2.0 in San Francisco: http://www.health2con.com/sf2009/

Healthcare Finance (virtual conference): http://www.himssvirtual.org/hfn/

September 21, 2009 Posted by jgershater | Health Information Technology | | No Comments Yet