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Obama On Health Insurance Reform: 'I Won't Go Back' (State Of The Union Excerpts)

In his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama made just one explicit mention of the 2010 health law. Here is a transcript of the few parts of his speech that mentioned health care issues: Innovation also demands basic research. Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally-financed labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched. … I will not go back [...]

 

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The 'three-legged stool' model for EMR transition

PORTLAND, MAINE – “What do you really hold dear to you that you want to preserve into the future as you transition to an electronic medical record?” That’s the question consulting firm Innovation Partners International posed to Maine providers attending a regional extension center (REC) educational forum this week. Bernard Mohr, a partner at the firm, said he grew up next to a farm with milking cows. The stools the [...]

 

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Why We Matter to Health Care

With our nation engaged in dialogue around health care reform, and health care delivery engaged in discussions around what “meaningful use” of EHRs will look like, there has never been a more important time for the health care documentation sector to stand up and demonstrate its contributory value to these critical issues. This means aligning our key messages with health care’s goals and demonstrating why we matter to the health [...]

 

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CCHIT maps out path to certification with meaningful use focus

Diana Manos, Senior Editor The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is expected to release more details on its “modular” certification on Sept. 24, and it is also tentatively planning training sessions in Chicago on Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, to orient vendors and developers to new programs, including updated application processes, certification criteria and test scripts. The modular approach to certification would tell providers that a healthcare IT product [...]

 

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Study suggests EMRs can be used to test drug efficacy

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that electronic medical records can be used to test drug efficacy. Richard Tannen, MD, a professor of medicine at the university, was the lead researcher in the study to find out if patient data, as captured by EMR databases, could be used to obtain vital information as effectively as randomized clinical trials when evaluating drug therapies. “Our findings show [...]