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The Health and Human Services Department plans to survey 500 Medicare beneficiaries this fall about difficulties and benefits they may have experienced using personal health record (PHR) systems.
Administrators say they know 'very little' about why Medicare beneficiaries use personal health record systems.
Paul Pitcher, analyst with Orem, Utah-based research firm KLAS, ventures that not much seems to have changed in the single sign-on market since KLAS published his report in February 2008.
General Medical History, developed by Clinical Cliffs, is a free iPhone/iPod Touch application that's great for new doctors and medical students, but is hardly adequate for the veteran physician.
Eclipsys, the Atlanta-based health software and services company, has beaten expectations for the fourth quarter of 2009, posting adjusted earnings of 17 cents per share when analysts, on average, had predicted that number to be 12 cents.
With 2010 bringing a heightened focus on healthcare compliance, reform efforts and enforcement, providers should be aware of the legal ramifications that surround these issues, says law expert Stephen W. Bernstein.
A Health and Human Services Department advisory panel has stepped up its efforts to identify standards and services that would open up the nationwide health information network to providers who need simple ways to share health data.
GE, athenahealth and Sermo are among the top 10 innovative healthcare companies named by Fast Company. Kaiser Permanente is the sole healthcare provider on the list.
Blumenthal says providers and states are 'hungry for guidance' on setting up health information networks by next year.
Acumen Solutions has been selected by the Department of Health and Human Services to build a cloud-based customer relations management solution in support of the department's electronic healthcare record program, which has been expanded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.