Intersection of Social Media and Healthcare
Interview with Howard Luks, MD on Social Media in Healthcare When it comes to physicians who understand the inner workings of engaging patients through social…
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Health IT News: This Week’s Posts on EHR Adoption Rates, SCOTUS Ruling
This week’s posts on EHR Adoption Rates, SCOTUS Ruling on ACA and more… SCOTUS Upholds Affordable Care Act Back in March the Supreme Court heard…
Interest in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Growing
PROMises, PROMises: Finally, Quality Care We Really Care About By Thomas Tsang, MD and Faraz Ahmad, MD Patient-centered care and patient engagement have become central…
Health IT Digest – Posts on HIPAA Security, e-Prescribing, Meaningful Use Standards
This week’s posts on HIPAA Omnibus, eRx Implementation, Standards in Stage 2 New Toolsets Support e-Prescribing (eRx) Implementation The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)…
Patient Engagement and Medical Records Access
Patient engagement and empowerment is not anti-doctor If you missed Tuesday’s MU Live! with our special guest Dave deBronkart aka e-Patient Dave you can sign…
The Voice of Patient Engagement
Patient Engagement in Healthcare Transformation Dave deBronkart, aka e-Patient Dave, is an activist for the e-patient movement and arguably the leading voice on patient engagement….
Providing a Clinical Summary to Patients – Part 2
Meaningful Use Core Measure 13 for EPs Part 2 In Part 1Â of this post we discussed the basics of core measure #13, what is included…
Get Ready for mHealth
Why physicians should become familiar with mobile healthcare tools Linda Harder MDPhyscianMag.com What is mobile health, often known as mHealth? While definitions vary, the term…
OpenNotes Project Evaluates Sharing Patient Encounters
OpenNotes Project Explores Medical Records Transparency Have you read your doctor’s notes from your last visit? Three medical facilities with over 100 of their Primary Care…