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IOM kicks off study of EMR safety as FDA regulation looms
The Institute of Medicine is back on the EMR beat. This week, the IOM Committee on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology held its first meeting as it embarks on a yearlong study of medical
The privacy/security tiger doesn't have any teeth
Amid the recent firestorm of debate and controversial regulation aimed at curing the nation's healthcare system, significant effort and focus have been paid to matters of availability of care and to
Many using iPads in healthcare, but few have deployment strategies
"iPad and other kinds of tablets are going to permeate the [healthcare] enterprise," Brian Reed, vice president of products at BoxTone, a Columbia, Md.-based mobile service management firm, said
Docs should engage vendors about EHRs, not complain
Here's a refreshing perspective: "I think vendors of electronic health record systems [EHRs] are tired of hearing from complaining clinicians. We have written and spoken about why we have trouble
HIMSS: Reluctant prescribers are the biggest barrier to e-prescribing adoption
After the DEA officially lifted the restrictions against the use of electronic prescribing for controlled substances in June, it eliminated the single greatest barrier to e-prescribing in a decade.
Health IT Week raises awareness of EMRs, but does little else
It's National Health IT Week again, the fifth annual, and hundreds if not thousands of EMR advocates--and no doubt a few skeptics--have converged on Washington, D.C. I'm not among them. As I noted
New coalition to offer FDA guidance on regulation of mobile smartphone apps
As the FDA ponders whether to regulate mobile health apps as medical devices, industry stakeholders are coming together to develop a guidance document on the scope of what they perceive the federal
'Boston Globe' frames meaningful use in terms of patient safety
We've heard plenty comments about how CMS should weaken or delay regulations for meaningful use of EMRs because so many hospitals and physician offices simply won't be able to qualify for Medicare
There are reasons good and bad why EMRs still stir doubt
We've written recently about fears the public may have with EMRs, such as greater risk of identity theft and more government or insurance bureaucrat intrusion into the doctor-patient relationship.
No consensus on meaningful use so far
I can't imagine what the CMS and ONC review committees are going through right now. My head is spinning, and I don't even have to read every last word of all the public comments on the proposed rule
