http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Technology/Article/list/25086 Computers, e-mail, EHRs, Internet, PDAs 2012-05-17T00:41:38Z http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/CMS-proposing-new-e-reporting-deadline/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/734939?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The requirement for physicians to report quality data electronically would be delayed for at least a year under rule changes proposed recently by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 2011-08-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/332011/734939null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/EHR-transition-initially-may-raise-lawsuit-risk/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/734951?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine says that new information systems tend initially to increase malpractice risks for physician practices, largely because of unfamiliarity with the system and computer-related errors. 2011-08-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/332011/734951null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Setting-up-a-wireless-network-in-the-office/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/734947?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Find out how to set up a wireless network for your office computers. 2011-08-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/332011/734947null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Back-up-your-data-with-a-cloud-based-storage-servi/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/734933?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Learn how to back up your practice management data using a cloud-based storage service. 2011-08-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/332011/734933null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/EHRs-giving-boost-to-mobile-personal-health-record/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/734938?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 EHRs may be breathing new life into the mobile personal health record market. The mobile format encourages development of applications that allow patients to manage chronic diseases, make appointments, and perform other tasks. 2011-08-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/332011/734938null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Health-information-exchange-benefits/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/732431?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Learn how health information exchanges can benefit physicians in paper-based practice. 2011-07-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/302011/732431null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Physicians-use-of-mobile-products-growing-rapidly/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/732449?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 When it comes to technology, an apple a day does not keep the doctor away. In fact, physicians prefer Apples, as in the Apple iPad and iPhone. 2011-07-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/302011/732449null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Shopping-for-a-practice-management-system/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/732430?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 How to update your practice management system. 2011-07-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/302011/732430null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/New-HIPAA-rule-would-show-who-sees-health-informat/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/731296?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A proposed change to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act would give people the right to see who has electronically accessed their protected health information. 2011-07-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/292011/731296null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/CMS-considers-more-e-prescribing-exemptions/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/731291?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has extended the deadline to October 1 for implementing e-prescribing standards. 2011-07-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/292011/731291null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Few-patients-check-online-rankings/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/728459?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Relatively few Americans consult online rankings or reviews of hospitals and physicians. 2011-06-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/262011/728459null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Health-information-technology-pilot-programs-strug/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/728460?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Federal pilot programs established to use health information technology to improve patient care and reduce costs are having a hard time meeting the latter goal. 2011-06-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/262011/728460null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Meaningful-use-and-e-prescribing-incentives/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/726066?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Understand whether meaningful use and e-prescribing incentives are based only on Medicare Part B patients. 2011-06-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/242011/726066null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Adding-an-automated-phone-attendant/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/726059?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Determine whether it's a good idea to add an automated phone attendant to help front office staff. 2011-06-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/242011/726059null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/New-Mexico-rural-telemedicine-program-lowers-costs/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/726075?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Project ECHO uses telemedicine technology and care-based learning, enabling specialists at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center in Albuquerque to partner with primary care clinicians in underserved areas to deliver specialty care to patients with chronic diseases. 2011-06-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/242011/726075null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Email-and-your-patients/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/726070?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A decade ago, a risk management consultant in Washington State predicted that "within the next few years all clinicians will be routinely using email as a communications tool in patient care." 2011-06-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/242011/726070null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Electronic-messages-ultimately-not-effective-in-im/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/724103?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Researchers involved with a study published in a recent Archives of Internal Medicine hypothesized that you could improve colorectal screening rates among your patients by sending reminder messages and personalized risk assessments via their personal health records (PHRs). The results didn?t turn out quite the way they had thought. 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/222011/724103null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Doctors-suggest-ways-to-improve-EHRs/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/724094?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A newly published study by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers may lead to electronic health record (EHR) system improvements that facilitate your ability to follow up on your patients? abnormal test results?if vendors heed the findings. 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/222011/724094null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/AMA-subsidiary-expands-availability-of-health-IT-p/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/724091?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Your physician colleagues in Michigan may be able to offer insights into American Medical Association subsidiary Amagine Inc.?s health information technology (IT) platform, Amagine, which now is available to physicians nationwide. 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/222011/724091null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Study-details-smartphone-tablet-computer-use/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/724100?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 You and your peers increasingly are relying on smartphones and tablet computers to check email, research medications and conditions, and complete online surveys, according to new research by online research company Knowledge Networks using its Physicians Consulting Network. 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/222011/724100null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Patients-more-comfortable-with-doctors-who-use-EHR/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/724096?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Good news if you use an electronic health record (EHR) system?and a tip on how best to use it, courtesy of the Sage Healthcare Insights survey: Patients feel more comfortable with physicians who use an EHR system, and they believe that the information contained in the medical record is more accurate when they physically see the information being entered electronically. 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/222011/724096null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Leasing-office-equipment-offers-advantages-over-pu/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/723786?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The equipment used by primary care physicians grows more advanced by the day, but its rapid evolution also means you must think carefully about the risks involved in purchasing equipment. 2011-05-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/212011/723786null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Medical+Economics/Be-careful-when-using-social-media/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722519?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 When you're on Facebook or Twitter or using other social media, remember to be honest, respect privacy, and uphold the reputation of the medical profession. 2011-05-12T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722519null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Government-names-new-leader-for-HIT-efforts/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722541?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Remember this name--Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM--because you?re going to be seeing and hearing it a lot. He is the new person leading the federal government?s efforts to encourage the adoption of health information technology and health information exchange in the practices of you and your peers as well as by other health system entities. 2011-05-12T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722541null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Will-you-really-qualify-for-meaningful-use/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722540?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Are you part of the 80% of ambulatory providers who have purchased an electronic health record and are confident they will qualify for meaningful use this year? Take a closer look to be sure. 2011-05-12T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722540null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/HIT-programs-first-grads-ready-to-help-your-practi/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722522?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Need help adopting electronic health records and achieving meaningful use? You can look to the 3,000 people who will be the first graduates of the Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals by the end of the summer. More than 2,200 of these graduates are expected to complete their training in April. 2011-05-12T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722522null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Survey-Collaboration-technologies-could-transform-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722520?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Collaboration and information-sharing between you and your fellow health professionals have the greatest near-term potential for facilitating large-scale health sector innovation, according to findings from a global health leader survey on national health sector innovation. 2011-05-12T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722520null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Primary-care-physicians-most-likely-to-earn-electr/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722645?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 As a physician practicing family or internal medicine, you are more likely than your colleagues in other specialties to qualify for Medicare or Medicaid-related incentives for achieving meaningful use of electronic health records. 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722645null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Only-14-of-practices-expect-to-meet-CMS-meaningful/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722653?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Very few practices predict an ability to meet all 15 core criteria for eligibility to receive incentive payments through CMS. 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722653null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Tech-support-screening/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722637?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Know what to ask when interviewing someone for tech support. 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722637null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Centers-for-Medicare-and-Medicaid-Services-wont-pa/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722638?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Understand the rules regarding online services. 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722638null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/What-you-can-learn-from-three-practices-poised-to-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722647?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 On April 18, primary care practices around the country began attesting to meaningful use of an electronic health record system in hopes of earning $44,000 over five years from the CMS. 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722647null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/The-phone-is-your-friend-when-used-properly/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722651?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 For whatever reason, the author says, many physicians appear to be afraid of the phone. 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722651null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Electronic-health-records-rules-changes-demanded-b/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/722458?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Medical societies want more flexibility in meeting the meaningful use requirements of the electronic health record incentive program. 2011-04-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202011/722458null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/20-get-healthcare-information-from-social-media/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/718201?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Is your practice using social media? Twenty percent of your patients may be doing so, and social media may be a way that you can reach them?and others. 2011-04-21T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/182011/718201null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Practices-unprepared-for-HIPAA-electronic-update/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/718192?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Where does your group stand in transitioning to the new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Version 5010 electronic standards? If you?re like the majority of respondents to a recent Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) survey, it?s facing significant challenges in this effort. 2011-04-21T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/182011/718192null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Automation-aids-diabetes-hypertension-care/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/718187?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A well-designed automated patient identification and outreach program can motivate those who have gaps in care to have their treatment needs addressed, according to a peer-reviewed paper published in Population Health Management. 2011-04-21T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/182011/718187null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Marketing-can-increase-PHR-adoption/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/718197?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Your patients belonging to a racial or ethnic minority, and those with the lowest annual incomes, may be less likely than others to adopt personal health records (PHRs), according to the results of research, titled ?The digital divide in adoption and use of a [PHR],? published in the March 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. 2011-04-21T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/182011/718197null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Health+Care+Information+Technology/Five-million-people-affected-by-data-breaches/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/718181?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Are you or any of your patients among the 5 million people who, according to a new white paper from accounting firm Kaufman, Rossin & Co., have been affected in the 166 incidents of data breaches since September 2009? 2011-04-21T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/182011/718181null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Health+Care+Information+Technology/Analysis-EHR-implementation-averages-32409-per-phy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/716623?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 If your practice is on the small side and plans to implement an electronic health record (EHR) system soon, an analysis of 26 primary care practices?each ranging from two to 12 physicians?in the Dallas, Texas, area may provide some insights into the financial and nonfinancial costs you?ll incur. 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/162011/716623null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/PCPs-most-likely-doctors-to-qualify-for-meaningful/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/716625?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 As a physician practicing family, or internal medicine, you are more likely than your colleagues in pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, or other medical specialties to quality for Medicare- or Medicaid-related incentives for achieving ?meaningful use? of electronic health records (EHRs). That?s the finding of an analysis of federal survey data by Brian K. Bruen, lead research scientist in the Department of Health Policy in the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC, and colleagues. 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/162011/716625null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/New-Web-site-explains-Affordable-Care-Act/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/716628?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 You and your patients have a new non-government resource for information related to the Affordable Care Act, thanks to a new Web site launched by a coalition that includes the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association, and five other organizations. 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/162011/716628null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Patients-want-online-connection-to-you/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/716624?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 If your patient population is similar to the pool of those responding to a recent survey, you?ll want to consider adding a secure online communication tool to your practice to allow patients to obtain lab results, request appointments, pay medical bills, and communicate with your offices?if you haven?t done so already. 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/162011/716624null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Study-Leadership-buy-in-vital-to-HIT-success/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/716629?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 If you want your practice to reap benefits from electronic health records (EHRs), computerized provider order entry, and clinical decision-support systems, it?ll take strong leadership and staff ?buy-in.? So conclude researchers from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (HIT) after reviewing 154 recent studies on the topic. 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/162011/716629null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Electronic-health-record-buyers-remorse/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/714246?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Learn how to handle the decision to buy an electronic health records system. 2011-03-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/142011/714246null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/EHR-implementation-advice-and-lessons/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/714240?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Author recalls the "go-live" day for his practice's electronic health records system. 2011-03-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/142011/714240null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Telehealth-services-added-by-CMS-CLIA-waived-test-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/714243?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Learn about the telehealth services that Medicare added for 2011. 2011-03-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/142011/714243null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Tech-savvy-patients-drive-practice-changes/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/714242?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Are you ready to deal with the vast amount of information available to your patients in just seconds, thanks to technology? 2011-03-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/142011/714242null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Online-access-sought-by-patients/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/714252?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Seventy-three percent of Americans surveyed would use a secure online communication service to make it easier to get lab results, request appointments, pay medical bills, and communicate with their doctors' offices. 2011-03-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/142011/714252null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/HIMSS-identifies-its-10-top-priorities-for-governm/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/713350?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 How do your top concerns related to health information technology compare with the priorities identified by the ?Call for Action? for 2011/2012 recently released the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)? 2011-03-24T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/132011/713350null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Patients-still-struggle-with-EHR-access-and-use/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/713351?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Only 14% of patients get their medical records electronically from their physician?s offices, and 30% don?t know why they would need to do so, finds a new report by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health Research Institute. The finding has implications for you and your peers in practices and organizations that hope to reap federal stimulus payments. 2011-03-24T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/132011/713351null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Researchers-to-study-mobile-phone-technology-for-d/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/713349?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Your patients who have diabetes ultimately may benefit from research to be undertaken at five U.S. institutions as they share $1.3 million in grants as part of the McKesson Foundation?s Mobilizing for Health initiative. The investigators will study ways in which the use of mobile phone technology can improve diabetes care and management in underserved populations. 2011-03-24T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/132011/713349null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Health-information-technology-case-studies-now-ava/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/713352?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Learn how real-time data access, auditing, and reporting can help you quickly assess the health of your patients with diabetes by reading how Southeast Texas Medical Associates (SETMA) used an electronic health record system toward this end. 2011-03-24T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/132011/713352null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Government-initiatives-drive-health-IT-spending/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/713353?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Confirming what you already may have suspected, results of the 22nd annual Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Leadership Survey suggest that federal government initiatives are the driving force behind current healthcare information technology (IT) spending. 2011-03-24T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/132011/713353null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Docs-patients-agree-on-key-requirements-for-health/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/711432?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Chances are, you agree with your patients on key requirements for information technology (IT) to increase the quality, safety, and cost-efficiency of care, as well as core privacy protections, according to results of a national survey released by the Markle Foundation. Agreement between physicians and patients was strongest on requirements to ensure that new federal health IT incentives will be well spent. 2011-03-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/112011/711432null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/EHR-implementation-requires-embracing-technology/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/712092?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The author's first step into beginning the journey into the new world of the electronic health record was to buy Windows for Dummies. 2011-03-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/122011/712092null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/EHR-payoff-depends-on-change-management/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/712071?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 How can you prepare your practice for meaningful use of electronic health records? 2011-03-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/122011/712071null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/EHR-incentive-checks-start-going-to-meaningful-use/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/712087?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 More than 21,000 providers registered for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs in January, and four states reported initial Medicaid incentive payments totaling $20.4 million. 2011-03-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/122011/712087null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/InfoTech+Bulletin/Rural-and-male-physicians-most-willing-to-use-PHRs/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/711430?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Do you practice in a rural area, or are you a male physician? If either or both of these descriptions apply you to, you belong to a group(s) more willing to use electronic personal health records (PHRs) compared with your urban, suburban, and female colleagues, according to research published in the February issue of Health Affairs. 2011-03-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/112011/711430null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Health-information-technology-chief-exits-after-tw/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/709210?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 After two years on the job, David Blumenthal, MD, announced his resignation as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, effective in the spring. 2011-02-25T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/092011/709210null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Cell-addiction-in-todays-practice/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/709380?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 I am in a love-hate relationship with the pocket-sized technological marvel called the cell phone. 2011-02-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/102011/709380null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Health+Care+Information+Technology/MedApps-suite-added-to-ATampT-ForHealth-portfolio/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/706309?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Users of AT&T's portfolio of mobile health (mHealth), cloud-based, and telehealth products?ForHealth?now will have the ability to automatically transmit readings from retail health monitors to electronic health records and review and manage collected data remotely from any location with Internet connectivity now that the portfolio includes two products from MedApps (HealthPAL and Health COM, respectively). 2011-02-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/062011/706309null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Firm-ranks-best-electronic-health-records-by-pract/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/709382?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Research firm KLAS has released its 2010 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Professional Services report. 2011-02-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/102011/709382null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Health+Care+Information+Technology/Research-firm-ranks-best-EHR-practice-management-s/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/704621?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Research firm KLAS has released its 2010 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report, which includes the annual rankings of healthcare information technology vendors. The rankings are based on more than 17,000 interviews conducted yearly with healthcare providers. 2011-01-27T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052011/704621null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Study-Advanced-EHRs-dont-boost-quality/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/704744?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Hospitals with basic electronic health records demonstrated a significantly greater increase in quality of care for patients being treated for heart failure, but similar gains were not found in hospitals that upgraded to advanced electronic health records, according to RAND Corp. 2011-01-25T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052011/704744null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Life-with-and-without-electronic-health-records/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/704754?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 One of the many technological advances in healthcare is the electronic health record. However, paper-based records are still the preferred method of recording, storing and retrieving patient information in many hospitals and doctors' offices. 2011-01-25T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052011/704754null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/AMA-adopts-new-social-media-policy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/698498?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The American Medical Association has adopted a new policy in an effort to help physicians maintain a positive online presence and preserve the integrity of the patient-physician relationship. 2010-12-09T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/492010/698498null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Patients-more-likely-to-abandon-e-prescriptions-th/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/698485?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Patients are significantly more likely to abandon at the pharmacy prescriptions submitted electronically than those dropped off in person, according to the results of a study appearing in the Annals of Internal Medicine. 2010-12-09T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/492010/698485null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Welcome+to+ModernMedicine/Automated-system-useful-in-finding-safety-risks-in/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/698499?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 When researchers in Massachusetts used a computer-automated safety surveillance system of clinical outcomes registries for cardiovascular devices, they were able to identify a drug-releasing stent that had significantly higher rates of major adverse cardiac events than similar stents. 2010-12-09T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/492010/698499null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Medical-practices-lag-behind-hospitals-in-electron/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/698496?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Medical practices lag behind hospitals in their past efforts and future plans to address security issues related to electronic health records, according to responses to the 2010 HIMSS Security Survey, sponsored by Intel and supported by the Medical Group Management Association. 2010-12-09T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/492010/698496null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Gaps-exist-in-broadband-use-government-report-find/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/698510?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Socioeconomic factors such as income and education levels, although strongly associated with broadband Internet use, are not the sole determinants of use, according to ?Digital Nation II,? a new report issued by the Department of Commerce?s Economics and Statistics Administration and National Telecommunications and Information Administration. 2010-12-09T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/492010/698510null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Electronic-health-record-related-risk-lowered-if-r/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/699157?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 As an increasing number of physicians migrate to electronic health records to replace their paper charts, concerns have been growing about the possibility of information being wiped out or no longer accessible. 2010-12-03T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/502010/699157null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Easing-the-transition-to-electronic-health-records/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/699151?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 "Wow, that was easy!" How wonderful it would be if you could utter those words once your transition to electronic health records was complete. 2010-12-03T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/502010/699151null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/CDC-provides-social-media-advice-for-health-profes/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/694069?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 If you?d like your health-related messages to reach more people, improve access to your online content, and increase interaction with your patients and others, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s new guide, Health Communicator?s Social Media Toolkit may be useful to you. 2010-10-28T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/452010/694069null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Technology-can-help-reduce-death-risk-costs-of-cor/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/694068?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 An intensive population management program that matches patients who have coronary artery disease to personal nurses and clinical pharmacy specialists and uses electronic medical records, computerized disease registries, and the telephone not only reduces the risk of death but reduces healthcare costs as well, according to a new study published in the November issue of Pharmacotherapy. 2010-10-28T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/452010/694068null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Healthcare-providers-generally-satisfied-with-IT/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/694067?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Healthcare providers responding to CompTIA?s Second Annual Healthcare IT Insights and Opportunities survey said that they generally are satisfied with the information technology solutions they now use in their practices, but they?re also interested in improved reliability and performance as well as lower costs for future purchases. 2010-10-28T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/452010/694067null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Report-Physicians-role-in-technology-development-i/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/694077?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The traditional model of innovation in the medical technology industry, which includes iterative product improvements driven by physician collaboration and interaction, is being affected by new restrictions on products eligible for 510(k) marketing clearance, according to Pulse of the Industry: Medical Technology Report 2010, Ernst & Young?s annual report on the industry?s performance. 2010-10-28T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/452010/694077null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Health+Care+Information+Technology+Top+Story/MGMA-report-EHRs-boost-practices-financial-perform/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/694066?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Medical practices that have implemented an electronic health record system report better financial performance than those that have not, according to the Medical Group Management Association?s newly released Electronic Health Records Impacts on Revenue, Costs, and Staffing: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data. 2010-10-28T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/452010/694066null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Cincinnati-Detroit-last-two-of-17-Beacon-Communiti/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/688932?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Cincinnati and Detroit are the two final pilot cities selected under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Beacon Community Program, which aims to use health information technology to help tackle leading health problems in communities across the country and accelerate development of a nationwide health IT infrastructure. 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/402010/688932null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/First-two-EHR-certification-bodies-named/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/688885?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology and the Drummond Group Inc. are the first two technology review bodies authorized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to test and certify electronic health record systems for compliance with the standards and certification criteria that were issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier this year. Applications for additional certification bodies also are under review. 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/402010/688885null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Inability-to-access-medical-records-top-patient-wo/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/688937?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Inability to access their own medical records when needed was the top worry of respondents to a survey conducted by GfK Roper for electronic health record company Practice Fusion. 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/402010/688937null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Web-site-launched-as-primer-on-quality-measurement/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/688934?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The not-for-profit Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has introduced Quality 101, a Web site designed to be a primer on the basics and metrics of quality measurement and improvement. 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/402010/688934null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Indianapolis-VA-joins-pilot-HIE-project/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/688977?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis will partner with the Indiana Health Information Exchange, the largest health information exchange organization in the United States, to securely exchange electronic health record (EHR) information using the Nationwide Health Information Network in the third of three pilot programs announced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the delivery of veterans? health information. 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/402010/688977null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Its-prime-time-to-increase-efficiency-through-oper/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/687168?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The medical practice of the future may resemble the Santa Monica, California, multispecialty practice Oceanside Wellness Center, depicted on the show "Private Practice," according to one business consultant. 2010-09-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/382010/687168null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Investment-in-staffing-and-technology-makes-a-last/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/687177?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Proper investment in the staffing and technology related to day-to-day operations can improve the impression your medical practice conveys and help insulate it from economic downturns and other events beyond your control. 2010-09-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/382010/687177null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/No-consensus-on-broadband-access-and-healthcare-in/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/685679?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Americans are divided about whether broadband Internet access is an advantage when it comes to obtaining health information, according to the results a national phone survey by the Pew Research Center?s Internet & American Life Project. 2010-08-26T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/362010/685679null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Telemonitoring-helps-patients-with-chronic-heart-f/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/685678?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Support and monitoring via the telephone for patients who have chronic heart failure helps reduce the risk of mortality from all causes, and hospitalizations related to the chronic heart failure, according to a study recently published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. These interventions also were found to improve patient quality of life, reduce costs, and improve evidence-based prescribing. 2010-08-26T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/362010/685678null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Web-searches-patient-doctor-conversations-often-li/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/685677?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Fifty-three percent of those going online for health information report that they have discussed information they found online with their doctors, and 51% say they have searched for information on the Web based on discussions with their doctors, according to a new Harris Poll. 2010-08-26T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/362010/685677null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Social-networking-games-email-top-online-activitie/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/685689?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Americans spend 40% of their time online participating in social networking activities, playing games, or emailing. Almost 25% of the time online is spent with social networking sites and blogs, up from 15.8%. 2010-08-26T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/362010/685689null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Meaningful-use-to-be-part-of-MOC-program/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/685676?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The American Board of Medical Specialties plans to incorporate the ?meaningful use? of health information technology into its maintenance of certification program. 2010-08-26T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/362010/685676null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Advanced-features-of-e-prescribing-often-overlooke/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/683479?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Even when physicians have access to e-prescribing capabilities, many do not routinely use the technology, particularly the more advanced features the federal government is promoting with financial incentives, according to a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change. 2010-08-13T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/342010/683479null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/EHR-certification-important-but-needs-clarificatio/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/683424?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Sixty-six percent of healthcare providers responding to a recent survey said that certification is a very important element in the process they use to evaluate ambulatory EHRs, but 52 percent erroneously thought that they must purchase an EHR certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology to receive stimulus funds to cover the purchase. 2010-08-13T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/342010/683424null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/94-of-physicians-now-using-smartphones/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/683481?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Ninety-four percent of physicians are using smartphones to communicate, manage personal and business workflows, and access medical information, according to a study released by Spyglass Consulting Group. 2010-08-13T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/342010/683481null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/FCC-FDA-to-promote-broadband-wireless-use-in-healt/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/683477?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Federal Communications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration have announced a joint effort to help ensure that the capabilities of broadband use in healthcare and wireless-enabled medical devices are fully realized. 2010-08-13T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/342010/683477null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/World-Health-Organization-launches-global-EHR-stan/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/683488?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The increasing use of electronic health records has led to a collaboration between the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) and the World Health Organization to harmonize WHO classifications with the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine?Clinical Terms maintained and distributed by IHTSDO. 2010-08-13T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/342010/683488null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Telemedicine-effective-treating-pain-depression-in/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/681462?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Patients with cancer who participated in a program that included telephone-based care management and home-based automated symptom monitoring had greater improvement in pain and depression compared with patients who received usual care, according to a study published in the July 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. 2010-07-29T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/322010/681462null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Medicare%2FMedicaid/Meaningful-use-rules-draw-mixed-response/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/681442?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' July 13 announcement of the final rules for the "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) has elicited mixed responses from medical societies representing primary care physicians. 2010-07-29T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/322010/681442null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Telephone-coaching-benefits-parents-of-children-wi/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/681464?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A coaching program administered via telephone for parents of children with asthma can improve their quality of life and can be put into operation without additional doctor training or practice redesign, according to a study published in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2010-07-29T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/322010/681464null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Physician-use-of-EHRs-smartphones-increases/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/681459?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Primary care physicians (PCPs) and specialists have dramatically increased their use of electronic health records in the past two years, and more than half of them have smartphones, according to the results of a new survey by Knowledge Networks. 2010-07-29T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/322010/681459null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/ONC-establishes-temporary-EHR-certification-progra/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/679052?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has established a temporary certification program through which it will authorize organizations to test and certify electronic health record technology. 2010-07-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/292010/679052null HTML