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I’m a Patient! Engage Me!
By Ileana Balcu, Member, HIMSS eConnecting with Consumers Patient Experience and Social Media Task Forces, Project Manager, Dulcian, Inc., Communications Team, Society for Participatory Medicine. I am a patient who wants to be as engaged as possible in my healthcare. I … Continue reading
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Tagged health IT, meaningful use, patient care, Value of Health IT
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The Blurry Lines Between Patients and Healthcare Social Media
by Deborah C. Wells, MS, CPHIMS, member, HIMSS e-Connecting with the Consumer Committee and HIMSS ACO Task Force; Co-chair HIMSS Enterprise HIE Toolkit Task Force, and Strategic Consultant, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia We all know the convenience and ease of communication that cell … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged health IT, healthcare, patient care, Privacy and Security, Social Media
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Public Health Related to Disaster Reporting and Social Media
By Janice Jacobs, HIMSS Social Media Task Force, Healthcare Life Sciences (HCLS), Practices & Solutions Group, Dell. Disaster Timeline: October 2012: Sandy wreaked havoc across Northeast and killed more than 100 people. Summer 2012: The Midwest (U.S.) was hit by … Continue reading
Social Media in Healthcare: Getting Past the Security and Privacy Hurdles (Part 2)
by Doug Dormer, Member, HIMSS Social Media Work Group and HL7 PHR Work Group, CEO, White Pine System, LLC In our previous post we described the emerging gap between consumer expectations for social media participation in healthcare and the slow rate … Continue reading
Social Media in Healthcare: Getting Past the Security and Privacy Hurdles (Part 1)
by Doug Dormer, Member, HIMSS Social Media Work Group and HL7 PHR Work Group, CEO, White Pine System, LLC This is the first in a two part discussion of security and privacy considerations for social media in healthcare. Recently, the Department … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT, Social Media
Tagged health IT, health IT standards, health reform, HIPAA, Social Media
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Today Is Patient Engagement Day at HIMSS13
HIMSS eConnecting with Consumers Committee (eCC) will host its first Patient Experience through Health IT Forum as part of its annual conference education program. The program is embedded into the HIMSS13 education programming and provides a focus for providers and attendees on how … Continue reading
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Tagged electronic health records, health IT, HIMSS13, meaningful use, patient care, Patient Engagement
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EHR Offers Hope – The Value of the EHR and Health IT
It has been recently reported that about seven million people could be drastically affected by primary care physician shortages after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expands insurance coverage next year, according to a new study in Health Affairs. … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT, HIMSS13, Value of Health IT
Tagged health IT, healthcare, HIMSS13, meaningful use, Value of Health IT
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Generations: Embracing Technology and Engaging Each Other
by Jon Mertz, Member, HIMSS Social Media Task Force At any given time, there is a span of six generations in our society. Change seems to accelerate with each passing generation. Although many innovations in healthcare have occurred over the … Continue reading
Payers in the Patient Value Chain – Can We Do Better?
I am very fortunate to have excellent healthcare insurance, with one of the country’s largest health plans, through my husband’s employer. My coverage is also one of the first new value-based purchasing plans in the country. How I got a … Continue reading
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Tagged C&BI, EHRs, electronic health records, health IT, HIMSS13, payer
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Coastal Medical Realizes ROI with EHR Implementation
Medical practices across the nation are achieving success with Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementations! One example is Coastal Medical; a physician owned practice based in Providence, Rhode Island, a recipient of a 2012 Ambulatory HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence.
