63% of doctors are using mobile devices that aren’t connected to their practice.
79% prefer the iPad and 75% have purchased an Apple device.
Another 38% plan to purchase an iPad in the coming year.
86% of physicians want to use their mobile devices to access EMRs.
Women prescribed the “abortion pill” after a videoconference with a doctor appear to fare as well as those who have a face-to-face visit, a new study finds.
The findings, researchers say, suggest that using technology to expand access to the abortion pill can be safe and effective — albeit controversial.
The study found that of 449 female patients of Iowa Planned Parenthood clinics, those who were given the abortion pill after a “telemedicine” consult had a successful abortion 99% of the time.(comapred to 97% success rate in conventional consultations)
Probably because patients who rely on teleconsults take the onus of following the doctors’ orders to a T
The analysis identifies 19 types of health IT-related medical errors based on a literature review and the authors’ knowledge. It also lists eight categories of situations that could lead to such errors and provides examples of preventive measures to reduce the likelihood of the mistakes.
According to the researchers, health IT problems that could lead to medical errors include:
Martinaeau says a QuantiaMD survey shows
older physicians (those practicing 31 years or longer) are almost as likely as those just out of medical school to own a tablet computer or plan to
purchase one.
The survey shows:
Apple’s iPad is making rounds in healthcare. Its ergonomic design, long battery life, and beautiful user interface (UI) gives other tablets a run for their money. Several reports indicate that the iPad is growing in popularity among physicians. As a result, more and more electronic medical record (EMR) vendors are releasing iPad-specific versions of their EMRs. Some offer native iPad EMRs; others offer web-browser access through the iPad. However, there is no perfect iPad EMR solution. Each type of deployment has it benefits and drawbacks. In this guide we review the three main iPad EMR options:
Apple’s iPad is making rounds in healthcare. Its ergonomic design, long battery life, and beautiful user interface (UI) gives other tablets a run for their money. Several reports indicate that the iPad is growing in popularity among physicians. As a result, more and more electronic medical record (EMR) vendors are releasing iPad-specific versions of their EMRs. Some offer native iPad EMRs; others offer web-browser access through the iPad. However, there is no perfect iPad EMR solution. Each type of deployment has it benefits and drawbacks. In this guide we review the three main iPad EMR options:
- Web-based EMRs. These systems are used through a web browser, and can therefore be accessed using the iPad’s Safari browser. They are great for many reasons.
- Remote access EMRs. Most client/server, on-premise EMRs can be accessed from a remote system, including iPads, through utilities like Citrix. This isn’t ideal, but it works.
- Native iPad EMRs. These are probably what you want most – a slick app developed just for the iPad – but the options are very limited so far. You might have to wait.
An unprecedented federal effort is under way to boost the adoption of electronic health records and spur innovation in health care delivery. We reviewed the recent literature on health information technology to determine its effect on outcomes, including quality, efficiency, and provider satisfaction. We found that 92 percent of the recent articles on health information technology reached conclusions that were positive overall. We also found that the benefits of the technology are beginning to emerge in smaller practices and organizations, as well as in large organizations that were early adopters. However, dissatisfaction with electronic health records among some providers remains a problem and a barrier to achieving the potential of health information technology. These realities highlight the need for studies that document the challenging aspects of implementing health information technology more specifically and how these challenges might be addressed.
Few points:
1) All deaths are finally because of Lack of Oxygen, whether after trauma, myocardial infarction, stroke or whatever.
2) The US government does not classify Old Age as a cause of death.
3) There are over 200 euphemisms for death in the English language!
Via: Medical Insurance
A new whitepaper from GE Healthcare IT highlights the crucial role IT must play in preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), which affect 1.7 million inpatients each year and are the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
The report shows several instances where IT is showing promise.
“Evidence-based protocols, which start out as paper-based guidelines, are eventually rolled into a clinical information system and then used as a ‘shared baseline’ at the patient bedside,” it reads. “As such, physicians are expected to base their treatments on these protocols and then to make necessary adjustments to meet the individual needs of each patient. Currently, about 80 percent of care delivery at Intermountain is evidence-based, as opposed to less than 55 percent for the rest of the industry. Utilization of such clinical decision support technology drives unnecessary care and unnecessary variation out of the care delivery process – helping to make Intermountain a top performing organization.”
The GE report concludes that using such an electronic system to provide clinicians with evidence-based criteria “holds the promise to make implementing patient safety initiatives even easier and more effective. Because HAIs are prevalent, costly and easily prevented, applying automated clinical decision support to prevent such infections is likely to result in a substantial return on investment.”
