Health IT Q&A, Speciality EMRs, and Secure Messaging: Around Health Care Scene.

EMR and HIPAA

Health IT Q&A With Scott Joslyn, CIO and Senior Vice President, MemorialCare Health System

This post features Scott Joslyn from MemorialCare Health System. He talks about a few different Health IT topics, including benefits and disadvantages to EHR and voice recognition. Joslyn is definitely an expert on Health IT, so this is a post you don’t want to miss.

Verizon Hopes To Be Secure Healthcare Network For All

Verizon is more than just switches, routers, and cables. Katherine Rourke discovered what the company has in store in the future with mHealth. She talked with Dr. Tippett from Verizon, who said Verizon’s Connected Health Division is “aiming to set the bar higher.” The company is hard at work, so expect some great things coming from Verizon.

Hospital EMR and EHR

Specialty EMRs: Behind the Curve? 

Are specialty EMRs worth investing in? There is debate on both sides of the issue, and a general consensus doesn’t appear to be developing anytime soon. Anne talks about assertions made in a statement recently about specialty EMRs, and offers her own two cents on the topic.

Study Suggests Most HIEs Aren’t Sustainable

HIEs are very expensive. Unfortunately, according to a recent study, the investment in them don’t seem to have any financial or clinical payback. There’s so much time and effort being put toward HIEs — would money be better spent elsewhere? Likely, but Anne Zieger doesn’t see things changing anytime soon.

Smart Phone Health Care

App Developers Urged to Consider Older Generations

There are apps developed that could make managing diseases like diabetes so much easier. However, these apps may not be designed with all age groups in mind. Researchers from North Carolina State are urging app developers to keep older generations in mind, who aren’t able to use certain apps as they are currently designed.

Happy EMR Doctor

EMRs’ Big Gaping Hole of Secure Messaging

This post is the first in a series from Dr. West, highlighting insights from his recent participating at a breakfast panel in Washington D.C. He talks about issues with secure messaging, including the lack of EMRs that have secure messaging included in their system. In the end, he discusses how secure messaging could impact patients and doctors positively.

About the author

Katie Clark

Katie Clark is originally from Colorado and currently lives in Utah with her husband and son. She writes primarily for Smart Phone Health Care, but contributes to several Health Care Scene blogs, including EMR Thoughts, EMR and EHR, and EMR and HIPAA. She enjoys learning about Health IT and mHealth, and finding ways to improve her own health along the way.

   

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