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HIMSS14: Patiently Waiting for Progress

Chilmark Research

EHRs Look Inward. EHR vendors are at last developing moderate to advanced functionality with their portals (refills, secure communication, education, scheduling), with improved UX/UI that is starting to conform to consumer tech standards. HIEs Look Backward.

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Digital health is ready for its second act. Will it deliver on its promise to empower patients and providers?

Redox

We’ll explore the recent history of health IT and then look at current forces that make today very different from 2008 when EHR adoption kicked into overdrive and set us down the path we find ourselves today. It’s been well documented that clinicians, particularly physicians, are feeling the pain of transitioning to EHRs.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Primary Care In February, Apple launched a new subsidiary company tasked with providing healthcare clinics to Apple employees: AC Wellness. They are rounding out this scenario with key executive hires from the healthcare industry with expertise in primary care for Medicare patients. But how easy will it actually be?

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How Do Patient Portals and Personal Health Records Differ?

Lloyd Price

TETHERED PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS VERSUS PATIENT PORTALS A tethered PHR, as defined by the ONC, is an online interface tied to an EHR with which patients may view and sometimes interact with their health data. Google launched its standalone PHR, Google Health, back in 2008 as health IT began to gain traction through government incentives.

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Review of Mobile Devices and Health by Ida Sim in the NEJM

mHealth Insight

who is a Primary Care Physician, Professor at UCSF & coFounder at Open mHealth (follow her on Twitter @IdaSim ). Back in 2008 at 3GDoctor we started offering the ability for Patients to use their mobiles to provide their own history to Doctors prior to a documented video consult: [link]. Authored by Ida Sim, M.D.,