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Headlines for May 9 - May 14
- Posted May 15th 2009
- by Janice
From Mark Logic User conference #MLUC09, write-up of Webmedx, a company that provides transcription s/w to convert dictation to coded XML documents. Notes that approx. 60% of physician-created documentation is dictated & transcribed. Note section on CDA: Clinical Data Architecture & link to this open source standard.
Kevin MD on whether doctors who follow EBM should be protected against malpractice. Short answer, yes.
Dr. Thomas Frieden, NY City’s health commissioner, will be announced today as Obama’s pick for director of Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).
Mark Leavitt, MD, CEO of CCHIT, says “meaningful use” of EHRs = “a certified EHR, it has to include e-prescribing, it has to be able to exchange information and it has to be able to report quality data.” I’ll add: to exchange information and report quality data, common standards for coding information are needed between the senders & recipients of info, and quality info must be input into the system before quality data can be reported. GIGO.
Google is experimenting with asking users who search for health-related topics why they are searching, e.g, looking to diagnose, find treatment, etc.
Philip Pead, former CEO of Per-Se Technology, is named successor to Andrew Eckert as CEO of Eclipsys.
Elizabeth Satin, who has focused on healthcare industry in her investment banking career, joins Wolters Kluwer as SVP & head of Corporate Development & M&A for N. America.
John Goodman raises issue of poorly-designed healthIT systems that in some circumstances increase the likelihood of error & cites a 2005 study.
Ad Age nicely surveys the state of digital marketing & social media usage by Big Pharma and their agencies. Highlights J&J, GSK, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Sanofi & Boehringer Ingelheim. Good quotes from top digital agencies, too.
Qforma, a healthcare-analytics company launches new directory for Most Influential Doctors in conjunction with USA Today. At launch, coverage will be national with doctors in these specialties: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and asthma. QForma partnered with Wolters Kluwer Health for info on “millions of data points that reflect important collaborative indicators such as referral networks, practice patterns, publication history and leadership positions in professional associations.”
Dr. Gwenn interview Denise Basow, MD, editor-in-chief of UptoDate, to discuss appropriateness of patient site on UTD for spectrum of patients.
Pharma lobbying up 36% in Q1 2008, whereas most industries are down significantly. Pharma clearly wants active role in health reform.
NIH is seeking comments on possible changes to fed. regulations regarding potential conflicts of financial interest on part of researcher that could affect objectivity in design, conduct, or reporting of research fundeed under PHS grants. Note, transparency of researchers’ financial interests will be increasingly important as more medical & other scientifc research is made for widely available via the Web and other vehicles. Related to Open Access themes, too.
Intel-sponsored site on mobile healthcare
Some ideas for searching and mining info in Twitter.
Wal-Mart ready to expand onsite health clinics in partnership with hospitals. Initial partnership with Revolution’s RediClinics didn’t work out.
Extended list of academic, industry, and consultants who will advise on implementation of ARRA funds for health IT.
Brief summary of recent Forrester Research study on usage of social media in pharma marketing. Includes link to slides Josh Bernoff (author of the study) used at Social Pharmer, which I attended,. Note, many pharma marketers & agencies in the room didn’t agree with Forrester’s conclusions about target markets.
BreastCancer.org partners with HealthCentral.com for sponsorship ads. Is this a sign of new type of partnerships between online consumer health portals and non-profit consumer healthcare online communities. Can HealthCentral serve as effective ad/sponsorship agency for such sites? How will sponsoring social media healthcare sites like BreastCancer.org compare with Pharma’s direct development of community sites around a specific drug (e.g., Alli)?
New study on EMR adoption that surveyed Mass. doctors in 2005 and 2007 to be published in J. American Medical Informatics Assoc. cautions that inadequacies in most EMR systems lead doctors to only use pieces that work efficiently, e.g., e-prescribing. This confirms our view that lack of standards for data transfer and inadequate research in product design has resulted in EMR systems that do not improve efficiency of practitioners. Design that incorporates analysis of practitioner workflow and improved data standards are required before EMRs can be expected to improve productivity and lead to better patient outcomes. That’s what I think “meaningful use” should imply.
Health insurers, PhRMA, AMA, AHA, and SEIU say they will work to contain cost future increases in health care. Comments from readers reflect skepticism of pledge.
An essay from Times of London on future of printed books.
MobihealthNews interviews Roni Zeiger, product manager of Google Health.
HHS’s Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) is conducting “Listenning Sessions” for public to comment on CER. Upcoming sessions 5/13 in Chicago; 6/10 in DC.
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