Archive for September, 2008
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One in five could object to SUS data use
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“One in five people in England may have objections to proposals for the Secondary Uses Service because of moral and ethical concerns over the use of their data, Catholic bishops have warned.
The Catholics Bishops Conference says that the proposed consent model for the SUS, which means patients would not give explicit consent for their information […]
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Rule Exempts Systems from Privacy Act
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“The Department of Health and Human Services has published a final rule to exempt four federal “systems of records,” or computer systems, from several provisions of the Privacy Act. These systems include one used to track alleged violations of HIPAA’s administrative simplification provisions.”
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Health Data Management, 29 September 2008
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Public Comment - CCHIT Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
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“Welcome to the very first public comment period for Personal Health Records draft criteria for certification:
Public Comment - CCHIT Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.
There is an introductory document that accompanies the PHR criteria that I encourage all commenters to read.”
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Ted Eytan MD, 29 September 2008
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HealthVault Surges, Google Flounders
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“Late last week I received a note from Sean Nolan, Chief Architect for Microsoft’s HealthVault. While Sean and I certainly share a passion for the home town team, the Red Sox, he was not writing to share the joy of seeing the Red Sox capture a play-off berth. No, Sean was writing to tell me […]
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The HealthVault Nickel Tour
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“A couple of weeks ago now we shipped a bunch of new HealthVault stuff — in particular, we’ve significantly enhanced the tools available directly on healthvault.com. We had a bunch of our best designers rework the site’s content, styling and navigation, and added editing and graphing capability for a set of core data types. This […]
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Telehealth program serves growing elderly population
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“The telehealth program, an interactive TV system for providing care and monitoring for patients in their own living rooms, is part of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Home Care Network’s efforts to keep elderly patients out of the emergency room or a nursing home.
Telehealth is a means of using technology to monitor people more frequently […]
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Standards Collaborative
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“Standards facilitate information exchange and are a critical foundation for an interoperable electronic health record (iEHR).
They create the opportunity for future cost reduction as systems converge on pan-Canadian and international standards. But more importantly, common data and communication standards support timely, appropriate diagnosis and treatment and improve planning and coordination of care. In addition, standards […]
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Parkinson’s Disease Information Added to NIHSeniorHealth Web Site
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“More than half a million Americans suffer from Parkinson’s disease, a brain disorder that leads to tremor and difficulty with walking, movement, and coordination. Although not a normal part of aging, Parkinson’s occurs most often among people 60 and older, and the risk increases with age. Older adults now can visit the NIHSeniorHealth Web site […]
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The benefits of personal health records
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“Online personal health record applications, available through a growing number of federal employee health plans, have a variety of forms. But they all are designed to give federal employees a convenient way to track, view and manage personal health information and share that information with providers. Employees can put all their information in a PHR […]
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Connected Personal Health in 2015: “Getting it Right!”
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“This Vision Paper is a creative synthesis of many ambitious ideas about possible developments in the field of telehealth. These imaginative glimpses of telehealth futures, crafted by some of the leading health and technology experts in the field, project a fascinating new world of personal health possibilities that could become very real within the next […]
