http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Technology/Article/list/25086 Computers, e-mail, EHRs, Internet, PDAs 2010-07-30T10:37:16Z http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Health+Information+Technology%3A+Computers/Keeping-mobile-computers-mobile/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/382214?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Tech Talk 2006-11-03T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/432006/382214null XML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Health+Care+Information+Technology+Top+Story/EHR-meaningful-use-rules-finalized/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/678919?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced final rules for the "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHR). 2010-07-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/292010/678919null 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 http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Studies-examine-online-patient-communication-in-he/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/679093?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Two papers in the July issue of Health Affairs examine how email, cell phones, and other technology can affect the patient-provider relationship and health outcomes. 2010-07-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/292010/679093null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/HHS-Web-site-is-database-of-public-private-health-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/679095?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new Web site aimed at helping consumers access healthcare coverage. HealthCare.gov is the first central database of public and private health coverage options, according to the government. 2010-07-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/292010/679095null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/CMS-launches-EHR-incentive-programs-Web-site/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/679092?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services has launched the Web site for its electronic health record incentive programs. 2010-07-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/292010/679092null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Obstacles-to-clinical-data-use-remain-healthcare-p/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/675997?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 One obstacle to better use of clinical data within healthcare organizations is that capturing discrete patient data and entering that data in a computable format appear to be daunting, resource-intensive tasks, according to healthcare providers participating in a study, the findings of which are summarized in a white paper titled, Can Organizations Maximize Clinical Data? 2010-06-24T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/262010/675997null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/HHS-awards-839-million-to-aid-in-EHR-adoption/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/675989?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The U.S Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $83.9 million in grants to help networks of health centers adopt electronic health records and other health information technology systems. 2010-06-24T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/262010/675989null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/National-initiative-will-share-health-data-to-spur/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/675995?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A national initiative by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Institute of Medicine aims to improve access to health data so that developers of Web and mobile phone applications, social media, and other information technologies can create tools designed to improve health. 2010-06-24T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/262010/675995null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Study-allows-patients-to-view-physician-notes/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/675988?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A new study in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Washington will examine the effect of physicians sharing with patients, through online medical record portals, the comments and observations they make after each patient encounter. 2010-06-24T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/262010/675988null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Security-of-records-top-EHR-concern-for-patients/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/676000?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Potential theft is the top worry of those with concerns about electronic health records, according to a recent online survey conducted for Xerox Corp. by Harris Interactive. 2010-06-24T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/262010/676000null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Use-of-EHRs-helps-speed-treatment-of-STDs/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/673600?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Practices using paper notes should consider switching to electronic health records to improve the efficiency with which they recall and treat sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia, according to research conducted at the Patrick Clements Clinic, Central Middlesex Hospital, London. 2010-06-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/242010/673600null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Commission-recommends-voluntary-technology-certifi/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/673592?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A proposal by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to establish a temporary program to certify electronic health record systems, followed by a permanent program, has elicited formal comments from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission. 2010-06-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/242010/673592null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Home-monitoring-improves-blood-pressure-control-st/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/673694?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The use of at-home blood pressure monitors and Web-based reporting tools that connect clinicians and patients via the Internet appears to significantly improve patients? ability to manage their hypertension to healthy levels, according to a recent study from Kaiser Permanente. 2010-06-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/242010/673694null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Survey-telehealth-improves-outcomes-but-pay-an-iss/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/673614?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Improved patient outcomes are the biggest benefit of the use of telehealth, and the main barrier to telehealth adoption is reimbursement, according to a national survey of healthcare and information technology professionals sponsored by Intel Corp. 2010-06-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/242010/673614null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/MGMA-HITECH-provision-puts-unnecessary-burden-on-p/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/673588?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A new provision under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act places an administrative burden on physician practices that could discourage them from adopting electronic health record systems, according to the Medical Group Management Association. 2010-06-10T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/242010/673588null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/ModernMedicine+Now/Report-technology-innovation-needed-to-transform-h/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/671750?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Healthcare reform can "catalyze healthcare innovation that improves quality and reduces cost, if only investors, policy-makers, and companies rise to the challenge before us," according to a new report by healthcare venture capital firm Psilos Group. 2010-05-27T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/222010/671750null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/CMS-provides-92-million-to-four-states-for-EHR-imp/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/671787?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is providing $9.2 million in federal matching funds to Medicaid programs in four states to enable the programs to implement electronic health records. 2010-05-27T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/222010/671787null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/ModernMedicine+Now/One-in-five-consumers-express-high-interest-in-per/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/671743?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 One in five consumers rated their interest in accessing personal health records through a secure Internet connection as high, said they would switch physicians to obtain access, and indicated that they would be very likely to use a mobile communication device to access them, according to the third annual Deloitte Center for Health Solutions Survey of Health Care Consumers. 2010-05-27T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/222010/671743null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/New-committee-will-advise-NQF-on-health-IT/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/671744?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The non-profit National Quality Forum has formed the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) to guide its ongoing work in health information technology. 2010-05-27T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/222010/671744null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/ModernMedicine+Now/Governments-healthcare-Web-sites-among-consumers-f/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/670049?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Citizen satisfaction with government Web sites, which climbed to an all-time high last year, remained high through the first quarter of 2010, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index?s E-Government Satisfaction Index. 2010-05-13T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202010/670049null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/ACP-EHRs-critical-to-effective-reporting-of-qualit/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/670018?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 To achieve meaningful use of health information technology, physician practices must increase the use of quality measurement as part of their electronic health records systems, according to a paper recently released by the American College of Physicians. 2010-05-13T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202010/670018null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/EHR-system-can-help-practices-pinpoint-areas-for-i/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/670053?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Electronic health record systems can help medical practices improve their design and payment structures, according to one doctor?s examination of his five-physician internal medicine practice, published in the April 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. 2010-05-13T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202010/670053null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Ambulatory-practices-considering-more-EHR-vendors-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/670046?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Physician practices are considering an ever-increasing number of software vendors when it comes to choosing an electronic health record, according to a new report from KLAS, a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors. 2010-05-13T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202010/670046null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Health-information-exchanges-to-blossom-in-12-to-1/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/670033?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The health information exchange infrastructure will change dramatically over the next two years, according to the new report from IDC Health Insights. 2010-05-13T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/202010/670033null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/EHR-use-associated-with-upper-extremity-musculoske/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/667287?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Physicians who practice at facilities at which electronic health record systems are used have a high prevalence of computer-associated upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms, according to research recently published in Archives of Internal Medicine. 2010-04-29T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/182010/667287null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/CDC-launches-online-tool-related-to-preventive-car/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/667298?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a new online tool that highlights and compares national, regional, state, and local community data on the use of preventive services among adults aged 50 to 64 years in an effort to help healthcare professionals and others increase knowledge and use of preventive care services. 2010-04-29T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/182010/667298null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Social-networking-spreads-accurate-and-inaccurate-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/667299?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Do you tweet? Do your patients? Social networking via Twitter and other means could be a way to disseminate correct information and improve behavior related to the use of antibiotics, but it also might lead to confusion or the sharing of inaccurate information, contend the authors of research recently published in the American Journal of Infection Control. 2010-04-29T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/182010/667299null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/HIE-hinges-on-regional-health-information-organiza/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/667289?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Regional health information organizations must provide leadership and financial incentives if more comprehensive, community-wide use of health information exchange is to occur, according to research recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. 2010-04-29T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/182010/667289null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Medical-record-privacy-remains-a-concern-for-patie/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/667281?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Americans remain concerned about the privacy of their medical records, according to the results of a new study released by the California HealthCare Foundation. 2010-04-29T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/182010/667281null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Home-telemonitoring-benefits-patients-with-diabete/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/665227?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Home telemonitoring plus active medication management by a nurse practitioner resulted in greater reductions in A1C than did a monthly care coordination telephone call in patients with type 2 diabetes in a study reported in the March issue of Diabetes Care. 2010-04-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/162010/665227null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Those-with-chronic-disease-less-likely-to-use-Inte/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/665222?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Your patients with chronic disease may use the Internet less than your other patients and also may remain more strongly connected to you and other offline sources of medical assistance, including friends, family, and books, compared with your other patients. 2010-04-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/162010/665222null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Remote-monitoring-helpful-in-decision-making-for-c/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/665215?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Remote monitoring reduced the median time to clinical decision compared with standard in-office follow-up for patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, according to results of the prospective Clinical Evaluation of Remote Notification to Reduce Time to Clinical Decision trial recently released during the American College of Cardiology annual meeting. 2010-04-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/162010/665215null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/ONC-releases-new-white-paper-on-patient-consent/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/665221?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A new white paper released by the Department of Health and Human Services? Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology highlights five options and recommends additional research in relation to consumer consent possibilities for electronic health information exchange. 2010-04-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/162010/665221null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/ModernMedicine+Now/FCC-broadband-plan-includes-recommendations-for-he/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/665214?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The United States ranks in the bottom half among comparable countries in almost every metric used to measure the adoption of health information technology, according to the National Broadband Plan recently delivered to Congress by the Federal Communications Commission. 2010-04-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/162010/665214null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Internet-helpful-in-management-of-chronic-illness-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/662362?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The use of at-home medical devices to connect doctors and patients via the Internet can help patients and their physicians work together more efficiently to manage some chronic conditions, according to results of a pilot project that paired the Cleveland Clinic?s electronic health records (EHR) system with Microsoft?s online HealthVault service. 2010-03-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/132010/662362null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Louisiana-launches-health-Web-site/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/662437?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The state of Louisiana has launched a new website, www.healthfinderla.gov, in an effort to give residents easy access to detailed, accurate information on how to live more healthful lives. 2010-03-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/132010/662437null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Initiative-aims-to-ease-sharing-of-health-history/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/662358?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A new initiative is designed to enable your patients to more easily share their family health histories with you, so that you can make well-informed treatment decisions. 2010-03-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/132010/662358null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/E-prescribing-now-used-by-25-percent-of-office-bas/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/662353?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Twenty-five percent of all office-based prescribers now use electronic prescribing, according to a new report by e-prescribing network Surescripts. 2010-03-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/132010/662353null HTML http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/Modern+Medicine+News/Project-to-test-smartphone-sensor-ability-to-assis/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/662361?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded more than $2.4 million to five grantee teams to test whether and how information?such as the stress levels of caregivers of premature infants and medication-taking routines of senior citizens at risk of cognitive decline ? can be collected, interpreted, and acted on by clinicians and patients in real-world clinical settings. 2010-03-25T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/132010/662361null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/HHS-proposes-two-part-approach-to-EHR-certificatio/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/660983?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius March 2 proposed a two-part approach for establishing a certification program to test and certify electronic health record systems. 2010-03-11T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/112010/660983null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/HIMSS-chair-IT-will-transform-healthcare/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/660966?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 "Healthcare information technology is the instrument that will transform healthcare . . . [and] improve quality, safety, access, and cost-efficiency," said Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society board chairman, March 1 in his opening remarks at the HIMSS annual conference in Atlanta. 2010-03-11T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/112010/660966null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Meaningful-use-to-spur-healthcare-IT-spending-HIMS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/660981?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The concept of ?meaningful use,? together with an improving economy, appears to be spurring an increase in healthcare information technology spending, suggest recently released results of the 21st annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Leadership Survey. 2010-03-11T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/112010/660981null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/FCC-proposes-steps-to-meaningful-use-of-IT/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/660980?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 To close the broadband connectivity gap that exists among healthcare practices, the Federal Communications Commission is proposing transforming its Rural Health Care Program, which is authorized to spend $400 million per year, to help healthcare delivery locations meaningfully use health information technology. 2010-03-11T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/112010/660980null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Case-studies-serve-as-meaningful-use-examples/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/658642?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and American Society for Quality expect to issue a call for submissions for their "Stories of Success! Leveraging HIT, Improving Quality & Safety" series in early March. 2010-02-25T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/092010/658642null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Automated-outreach-fails-to-boost-colorectal-cance/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/658633?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Automated telephone outreach with speech recognition is not an effective way to increase the incidence of colorectal cancer screening, according to a study of 80,000 health plan members published in the February 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. 2010-02-25T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/092010/658633null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Medicare%2FMedicaid/MGMA-Practices-unhappy-with-PQRI/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/658630?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Medical practice leaders continue to experience administrative challenges reporting data for Medicare?s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, according to results of a survey recently released by the Medical Group Management Association. Specifically, respondents reported difficulty accessing the feedback reports and said that the presentation of information in the reports was not satisfactory. 2010-02-25T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/092010/658630null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/One-in-five-physicians-likely-to-purchase-iPad-wit/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/658645?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Twenty percent of physicians plan to purchase an iPad within the year, according to responses from a survey by Epocrates shortly after Apple announced the device. 2010-02-25T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/092010/658645null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Three-hospitals-to-be-honored-for-advanced-EHR-int/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/656697?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Two academic medical centers and one rural hospital will be recognized with Stage 7 awards, representing attainment of the highest level of electronic health record adoption as judged by HIMSS Analytics, at the 2010 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual meeting in March in Atlanta. 2010-02-11T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/072010/656697null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/iJAMAi-EHRs-hold-promise-need-improvements/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/656510?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Electronic health record systems hold much promise for the future of healthcare, but improvements are needed before their benefits can be fully realized, according to two commentaries published in the February 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. 2010-02-11T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/072010/656510null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Doctors-more-likely-to-report-drug-side-effects-el/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/656512?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Physicians are more likely to report drug side effects through an electronic health records system than they are via traditional paper methods, according to the results of a survey sponsored by Pfizer. 2010-02-11T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/072010/656512null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/ModernMedicine+Now/Dermatologists-oncologists-most-likely-to-communic/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/656702?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Dermatologists and oncologists are the physician specialist groups most likely to communicate with patients online, according to the latest physician report, "Physicians in 2012: The Outlook on Health Information Technology," from pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research. 2010-02-11T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/072010/656702null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Cost-control-top-theme-for-healthcare-industry-in-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/656521?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Healthcare cost control is the overarching theme for 2010, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute's "Top 10 health industry issues in 2010" report. 2010-02-11T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/072010/656521null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Medicare%2FMedicaid/HHS-to-fund-60-million-in-projects-to-address-mean/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/653634?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Department of Health and Human Services expects to award in March $60 million to universities and research centers to support the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology. 2010-01-28T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052010/653634null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Watchdog-group-releases-personal-health-record-pri/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/653649?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The watchdog group Patient Privacy Rights has released its first personal health record privacy report card in an effort to educate and protect consumers. 2010-01-28T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052010/653649null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/HHS-to-fund-health-IT-workforce-training-and-devel/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/653652?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Department of Health and Human Services will fund two additional grant programs totaling $38 million to support the training and development of the skilled workforce required to support broad adoption and use of health information technology. 2010-01-28T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052010/653652null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/CCHIT-certification-updated-to-conform-to-new-HHS-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/653630?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is updating its electronic health record technology certification programs to conform to the interim final rule recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services. 2010-01-28T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052010/653630null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Research-firm-ranks-medical-IT-software-vendors/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/652950?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Greenway Medical PrimeSuite Chart took top honors in multiple categories in research firm KLAS' annual rankings of the best-performing healthcare IT software and service vendors. 2010-01-22T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/042010/652950null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/State-Roundup-Maine-launches-program-for-online-vi/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/652946?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine launches a pilot program that offers online visits to patients of physicians at two medical centers. 2010-01-22T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/042010/652946null XML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Telemedicine-program-tested-in-Minnesota/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/651742?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota?s 10,000 employees and family members are part of a new pilot program testing the insurer?s Online Care Anywhere program. The program is designed to allow patients access to medical care from home or work via computer or phone. 2010-01-14T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/032010/651742null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Remote-monitoring-for-ICU-patients-not-associated-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/651729?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units was not associated with an overall improvement in the risk of death or length of stay in the ICU or hospital, according to a study. 2010-01-14T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/032010/651729null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Survey-Only-half-of-hospitals-compliant-with-meani/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/651793?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 U.S. hospitals are only halfway to qualifying for government incentive payments aimed at controlling healthcare costs while improving the quality and effective delivery of patient care, according to a survey released by technology consulting firm CSC. 2010-01-14T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/032010/651793null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Report-hospitals-and-vendors-not-government-will-d/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/651719?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The federal government can encourage physicians to buy electronic health record systems, but it is the vendors and hospitals that affiliate with doctors that ultimately will determine whether they adopt them, according to a new report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. 2010-01-14T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/032010/651719null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Aetna-WellPoint-earn-electronic-data-exchange-cert/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/651739?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Aetna and WellPoint are the first national health plans to earn certification for electronically exchanging administrative data using the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange Phase II rules. 2010-01-14T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/032010/651739null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Kaiser-VA-join-forces-in-pilot-EHR-pilot-project/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/649444?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Two of the largest electronic health record systems in the country, Kaiser Permanente?s HealthConnect and the Department of Veterans Affairs? VistA, have joined forces in a pilot project in San Diego to exchange electronic health record information using the Nationwide Health Information Network created by the Department of Health and Human Services. 2009-12-28T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/522009/649444null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Iowa-first-state-to-receive-EHR-incentive-funding/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/649449?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Iowa?s Medicaid program is the first to receive federal matching funds for planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, according to an announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). 2009-12-28T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/522009/649449null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Commission-certifies-first-EHR-products-for-Medica/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/649425?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has announced the first electronic health record products to be certified under its CCHIT Certified 2011 Comprehensive and Preliminary ARRA 2011 programs. 2009-12-28T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/522009/649425null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Research-firm-names-top-EHR-practice-management-sy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/649436?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Orem, Utah-based research firm KLAS released its annual rankings of the best-performing healthcare IT software and services vendors. 2009-12-28T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/522009/649436null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Text-messaging-may-be-effective-for-treatment-adhe/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/649427?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Daily text-message reminders appear to increase patient adherence to recommendations from physicians, at least when it comes to sunscreen use, according to a report in the Archives of Dermatology. 2009-12-28T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/522009/649427null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Study-Telemedicine-benefits-cardiac-patients-with-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/647033?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Collaborative care delivered via telephone benefitted patients with depression after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, according to a study recently published in Journal of the American Medical Association. 2009-12-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/502009/647033null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/California-launches-first-online-PPO-rating-report/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/647103?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 California launched an online resource designed to help consumers decide which preferred provider organization is best for them. 2009-12-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/502009/647103null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Health+Care+Information+Technology+Top+Story/HHS-to-award-80-million-for-health-IT-training/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/647028?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Department of Health and Human Services plans to award $80 million in grants to develop and strengthen the health information technology workforce. 2009-12-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/502009/647028null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/MGMA-sends-EHR-recommendations-to-HHS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/647101?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Medical Group Management Association says many medical groups may not achieve "meaningful use" and will not qualify for the EHR incentives if the criteria are too burdensome. 2009-12-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/502009/647101null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Managed-care-company-loses-data-on-446000-patients/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/647023?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Connecticut attorney general's office is investigating the loss of health information of 446,000 state residents by managed care company Health Net and the company's six-month notification delay. 2009-12-10T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/502009/647023null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Boost-your-practices-technology-savvy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/644708?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Although much attention is being paid to software solutions, gadget and tool providers continue to release new equipment options. 2009-12-04T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/492009/644708null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Medical+Economics/Physician-smartphone-adoption-rate-to-reach-81-in-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/643658?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Physician smartphone adoption rates will experience significant growth over the next few years, according to the latest physician report from Manhattan Research. Currently, 64 percent of U.S. physicians own smartphones, but this rate will increase to 81 percent in 2012, according to the report. 2009-11-27T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/482009/643658null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Google-unveils-flu-vaccine-finder-site/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/643654?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Google has launched a Web site, www.google.com/flushot, to help people locate the locations nearest to them at which H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines are available. 2009-11-27T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/482009/643654null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/USDA-awards-35-million-for-telemedicine-projects/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/643659?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program has announced the funding of 111 projects in 35 states via $34.9 million in grants designed to expand access to health care services and increase educational opportunities in rural areas via telecommunications, computer networks, and other resources. 2009-11-27T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/482009/643659null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Medical+Economics/New-website-offers-individualized-care-plans/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/640801?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The former head of Google Health has launched a new website, Keas.com, in an effort to provide individualized care plans. 2009-11-12T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/462009/640801null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Medical+Economics/Survey-finds-EHR-adoption-behind-at-hospitals-trea/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/640778?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A new study published in Health Affairs finds that hospitals that disproportionately care for low-income patients are falling behind in adopting electronic health records. 2009-11-12T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/462009/640778null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Cash-only-patients-name-their-price-on-doctor-fee-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/636487?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 After a successful pilot program in the Seattle area, a website that matches cash-paying patients to healthcare providers is slated to launch nationwide on November 2. 2009-10-29T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/442009/636487null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Survey-reveals-attitudes-about-health-care-informa/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/633118?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Health-care information technology (HIT) has the potential to cut costs, increase access and improve quality in the U.S. health care system, according to results of a Harris Interactive survey of a nationwide sample of 2,200 adults aged at least 18 years commissioned by the Career College Association and TechAmerica. 2009-10-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/412009/633118null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Electronic-alerts-do-not-necessarily-ensure-timely/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/633114?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Abnormal results on outpatient imaging tests sometimes may not receive timely follow-up even when clinicians receive and read results in an advanced, integrated electronic medical record system, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine. 2009-10-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/412009/633114null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Web-initiative-aims-to-decrease-time-expense-of-of/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/633112?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A new Web initiative to be launched in Ohio by several health plans is designed to benefit patients and practices by reducing the time, effort, and expense associated with the paperwork required for office visits. 2009-10-15T04:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/412009/633112null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Paperless-hospital-health-benefits-bode-well-for-o/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/583102?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The results of a large-scale study that indicated there are health and operational benefits to hospitals that go paperless are likely applicable to outpatient settings, too, says the study's senior author. 2009-02-27T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/092009/583102null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Googles-PHR-easier-to-use-than-Microsofts-report-s/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/583090?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Google's personal health records application beats Microsoft's because it's easier to use, according to participants in an independent study by a user experience research firm. 2009-02-27T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/092009/583090null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/E-prescribing-systems-cause-alert-fatigue-study-sa/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/583089?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A recent study of doctors' e-prescribing habits says that the software's accompanying medication safety alerts are so often ignored that the alerts are "more of a nuisance than an asset." 2009-02-27T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/092009/583089null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/HHS-launches-HIT-security-education-site-for-docs/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/583091?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The federal government is backing a new pilot website that aims to ease doctors' concerns about security and privacy when sharing health information electronically. 2009-02-27T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/092009/583091null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/ModernMedicine+Now/44K-in-incentives-available-for-EHR-usage-penaltie/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/583097?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Starting in 2011, there could be a total of $44,000 coming your way over the following five years if you choose to adopt an electronic health record system. 2009-02-27T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/092009/583097null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Doctor-Patient+Relationship+Top+Story/Vivacare-offers-free-online-patient-handouts-to-FP/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/577418?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Patient education company Vivacare has expanded its free, online library of patient handouts to include a wider range of specialties, including family medicine. 2009-01-30T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052009/577418null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/ICD-10-deadline-pushed-back-to-2013/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/577401?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier this month granted a two-year deadline extension to 2013 for the transition from ICD-9 codes to the greatly expanded ICD-10 codes. 2009-01-30T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052009/577401null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Medical+Economics/HIT-experts-warn-about-EHR-investment-in-open-lett/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/577410?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Two healthcare information technology experts have penned an open letter to President Obama, warning him against investing too many federal dollars in existing electronic health records systems. 2009-01-30T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052009/577410null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Medical+Economics/Wellpoint-partners-with-four-health-plans-on-cost-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/577421?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Health insurer Wellpoint plans to collaborate with health plans in four states on a new online cost transparency initiative. 2009-01-30T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052009/577421null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Medical+Economics/MGMA-pushes-for-nationwide-adoption-of-electronic-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/577407?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 The Medical Group Management Association launched a national campaign earlier this month to require health insurance cards to be machine-readable and accepted at every medical practice by 2010. 2009-01-30T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/052009/577407null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Medical+Economics/E-prescribing-cuts-drug-costs-study-says/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/572562?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Doctors who use electronic prescribing systems that feature formulary decision support help patients save on drug costs, according to a recent study. 2008-12-24T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/512008/572562null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Welcome+to+ModernMedicine/Online-doctor-visit-service-goes-live-in-Hawaii-in/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/572551?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Hawaii's largest health insurer is the first commercial health insurer in the U.S. to offer American Well's online medical visit service to its members. 2008-12-24T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/512008/572551null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Independent-research-firm-unveils-best-EHRs-for-sm/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/572554?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Greenway Medical Systems earned two first-place awards for its electronic health records system for smaller practices from an independent health-care vendor research firm. 2008-12-24T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/512008/572554null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Medical+Economics/Online-ratings-sites-not-popular-with-consumers/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/572559?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Most patients still find their primary care doctors the old-fashioned way -- through word-of-mouth and physician referrals -- despite all the hype that online physician ratings have garnered in recent years, according to a study by a health policy research group. 2008-12-24T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/512008/572559null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+News/Calif-hospital-adds-palm-vein-ID-technology/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/572555?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 A California hospital system has implemented possibly the latest in patient identification and registration technology - a scanner that reads patients' palm vein patterns. 2008-12-24T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/512008/572555/HandoverFujitsuPalmSecuredevice_main.JPG http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/512008/572555null HTML http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Health+Care+Information+Technology+Top+Story/EHRs-could-lower-malpractice-insurance-costs-study/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/570826?contextCategoryId=25086&ref=25 Could adding an electronic health records system to your practice cut your malpractice insurance costs? 2008-12-12T05:00:00Z http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/data/articlestandard/memag/502008/570826null HTML