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Do doctors want patients to have full access their own medical information? It depends.

By on March 13, 2013 in Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Demographics and health, Design and health, Digital health, Doctors, Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health IT, Health literacy, Health policy, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, HITECH Act, Internet and Health, media and health, Medical technology, Patient engagement, Personal health records, PHRs, Physicians, Primary care, Privacy and security, Trust

Only one-third of U.S. physicians believe that patients should have “full access” to their electronic health records, according to Patient Access to Electronic Health Records What Does the Doctor Order?, a survey conducted by Accenture, released at HIMSS13 in March 2013. Two-thirds of doctors in the U.S. are open to patients having “limited access” to their [...]

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Bill Clinton’s public health, cost-bending message thrills health IT folks at HIMSS

By on March 7, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Aging and Technology, Baby Boomers and Health, Children's health, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Connected health, Corporate wellness, Design and health, Electronic health records, Employers, Environment and heatlh, Financial health, Food and health, Global Health, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health IT, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, Health social networks, HITECH Act, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Kids' health, media and health, Medicaid, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medicare, Medication adherence, mHealth, Money and health, Noncommunicable disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Patient engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personalized medicine, Physicians, Popular culture and health, PPACA, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Privacy and security, Public health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Social media and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Women and health

In 2010, the folks who supported health care reform were massacred by the polls, Bill Clinton told a rapt audience of thousands at HIMSS13 yesterday. In 2012, the folks who were against health care reform were similarly rejected. President Clinton gave the keynote speech at the annual HIMSS conference on March 6, 2013, and by [...]

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Patients globally would embrace Jetsons-style health care…but will health providers?

By on March 4, 2013 in Connected health, Demographics and health, Design and health, Digital health, Doctors, Electronic health records, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, HITECH Act, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, Medical innovation, Medical technology, mHealth, Mobile health, Remote health monitoring, Sensors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust

Patients are getting comfortable with remote health care – that is, receiving care from a health provider at a distance via, say, telehealth or via a Skype-type of set-up. Furthermore, 70% of people globally saying they would trust an automated device to provide a diagnosis that would help them determine whether or note they needed [...]

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Americans #1 health care priority for the President: reduce costs

By on November 28, 2012 in Accountable Care Organizations, Affordable Care Act, Consumer-directed health, Doctors, Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health IT, Health literacy, Health policy, HITECH Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personal health records, Pharmaceutical, PHRs, Physicians, PPACA, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Trust, Value based health

Reducing health care costs far outranks improving quality and safety, improving the public’s health, and upping the customer experience as Americans’ top priority for President Obama’s health care agenda, according to a post-election poll conducted by PwC’s Health Research Institute. In Warning signs for health industry, PwC’s analysis of the survey results, found that 7 [...]

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The state of health informatics: positive ROI, but a shortage of talent and comprehensive data

By on November 19, 2012 in Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Plans, HITECH Act, Hospital finance, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Pharmaceutical

While most players in health care see potential ROI through investing in health informatics, there’s a supply-side problem in the market in two ways: a labor shortage of health IT talent, and a dearth of clean and comprehensive data needed for specific objectives. Even with sufficient budgets, health care providers, plans, and pharma companies say, [...]

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