Telehealth

At the ATA 2011 opening plenary Sunday afternoon, American Telemedicine Association President Dale Alverson, MD, gave a powerful opening speech that emphasized how a "perfect storm" of factors has set the stage for fundamental transformation of care healthcare delivery. "This is a time for telemedicine," he said.

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“It’s widely agreed upon that barcoding at the bedside does improve patient safety,” said Coray Tate, clinical research director at KLAS. “That’s been proven without any doubt.”

The American Academy of Family Physicians and e-prescribing network Surescripts have introduced a new messaging system to provide doctors across the country with a way to securely communicate with each other.

An electronic health card designed to maintain an individual's personal health record and provide a payment card option that can access an individual's HSA, FSA or HRA account was launched during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference last month.

Patient Centered Medical Home initiative follows patient home

The cloud, social networking are key

As the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Beacon Communities focus on using IT to improve the quality and efficiency of care, they also have a rare opportunity to spur regional economic growth by making use of private-sector systems and technology.