Should You Worry About Your Website Being ADA Compliant?
Great read from @referralMD. Worth the time of anyone with a health related website. See www.getreferralmd.com
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Communications Technology Speeding ER Care Delivery
Health information technology and the use of newer applications that were not originally designed for health care (texting, mobile downloads,…
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40% of doctors using electronic health records
The CDC (Center for Disease Control) estimates that as of 2009, about 4 in 10 physicians are using electronic health…
Social Networking May be Real Health Reform
It is becoming clear from the pace of health reform initiatives in Congress, that the public, as usual is far,…
61 % of American adults online for health info
In 2006 over 80% of all internet users (over 113 million Americans) searched at least once for medical information on…
Archiving patients' emails – another thing for docs to do
There are many considerations when physicians move to electronic data management systems. When it comes to medical records, there are…
Louisiana to facilitate adoption of electronic medical records systems
This is great news for the advance of electronic health records. Kudos to Louisiana Governor Jindal for embracing this step…
Feds release summary of HIT plan
The government has released it's summary of funding and expenditures for the implementation of the HIT strategy included in the…
Prescribed Informed Therapy
Many claim to have coined the term "information therapy". The fact is that information "therapy" has been practiced by providers…
HIT Adoption, Implementation, Control – Caution Ahead
Perhaps the most chilling comment buried in Dr. Blumenthal musing is as follow: "That means taking advantage of embedded clinical…