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Variances In Clinician EHR Use Can Hold Back Interoperability Efforts

Healthcare IT Today

Given that clinicians have different styles, it’s hardly surprising that they document care in different ways. In a piece published in mHealth Intelligence, the vendor notes that one of the biggest […].

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What Do Tomorrow’s Doctors REALLY Think of mHealth Technology?

mHealth Insight

Nathan Ratner, a third-year medical student at the University of Minnesota and third-place finisher in last year’s Elsevier Hackathon in Finland, talks to Eric Wicklund at mHealth Intelligence, about the promise of mobile health technology. mHealth Insight.

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FDA and Digital Health Regulation

Health Blawg

The FDA had a digital health banner day on December 7, announcing one final guidance and two draft guidance documents (with a 60-day comment period). FDA has done a very good job of moving the ball forward, though there is certainly room for improvement, and there is opportunity for comment on two of the three guidance documents announced.

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal fitness trackers have helped create awareness through use. According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. EHRs were designed as documentation centers for billing and regulatory purposes.

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MHD Connectathon Results

Healthcare Exchange Standards

IHE Connectathon did informal testing of Mobile access to Health Documents (aka #MHD - #XDS on #FHIR. One use of MHD is as a front API to XDS, but the profile can also be used for point-to-point PUSH (similar to XDR), or access to a Community (like XCA), or just as a simplified API to an EHR or a Direct HISP. For more on mHealth

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Nashville’s Neighborhood Health Takes to the Streets with NextGen’s Mobile Technology

Healthcare IT Today

This helps to fully document a chart which saves time, and a complete chart means better care for our patient.” The app provides all the basic functions needed in the field – access to the medical record, e-prescribing, and charge entry. “It Patient navigators in the field are equipped with an LTE-enabled tablet.

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FDA and Digital Health Regulation

Health Blawg

The FDA had a digital health banner day on December 7, announcing one final guidance and two draft guidance documents (with a 60-day comment period). FDA has done a very good job of moving the ball forward, though there is certainly room for improvement, and there is opportunity for comment on two of the three guidance documents announced.