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CIO: Consider 'Lessons Learned' Before Implementing Open Source EHRs

Marla Durben Hirsch | FierceEMR | July 9, 2013

Open source electronic health record systems such as VistA are better than closed proprietary systems in terms of development, innovation and continuous quality improvement, but providers can still make the transition run more smoothly, according to Peter Groen, former CIO of Atlanta VA Medical Center. Read More »

Coalition: Meaningful Use Stage 3 Must Focus On Care Disparities

Staff Writer | HITECH Answers | August 28, 2013

Last week the Consumer Partnership for eHealth — a coalition of more than 50 consumer, patient and labor groups — published an action plan aimed at ensuring that Stage 3 of the meaningful use program focuses on health care disparities, Healthcare IT News reports. Read More »

Collaborative Drugs Management "Reduces Errors By Nearly 80%"

Lynne Taylor | PharmaTimes | February 19, 2014

A new, more collaborative approach to medicines management for hospitalised patients has been shown to reduce medication errors by nearly 80%. Read More »

Commentary: Better Communication For Improved Outcomes, Reduced Readmissions

Andrew Brooks | Government Health IT | April 26, 2013

Despite having one of the most technically advanced healthcare systems in the world, the United States continues to struggle with the most basic of tasks — efficient communication and care coordination amongst different providers. Read More »

Computerization In Health Care Demands High Data Standards

Thomas C. Redman and Donald Nielsen | Harvard Business Review | February 25, 2013

Recent reports bookend the promise and peril of computerization and the electronic medical record in health care. On the truly positive side, the Mayo Clinic and UnitedHealth Group have teamed up to form Optum Labs, a research group aimed at mining (initially) claims records for over 100 million people and 5 million clinical records... Read More »

Consumer Reports Dives into Healthcare Ratings

Susan D. Hall | FierceHealthIT | July 5, 2012

Consumer Reports magazine announced it's getting into the growing business of publishing public ratings of hospitals and private physicians. It's only the latest move in the trend toward improving consumer information online amid growing public and political pressure for transparency. Meanwhile, it will likely be part of another trend, as well--that of hospitals and physicians criticizing hospital and physician ranking sites. Read More »

Context is King: Knowledge Sharing on Communications Tools at BBC Media Action

Amy O’Donnell | FrontlineSMS | July 6, 2012

Often when people first hear about FrontlineSMS, it’s not just the software which inspires them, but the valuable lessons we learn from how the tool is being used. BBC Media Action works to directly engage people in debate and discussion through programming and this workshop explored the potential of SMS to open up participation. Read More »

Cooking Up A Menu Of Services: Responding To User Needs For Mobile Engagement Support

Amy O’Donnell | FrontlineSMS | November 28, 2012

The FrontlineSMS team is pleased to announce a new level of premium support and consultancy services to help users  design mobile engagement strategies, build capacity for professional adoption and automate communication workflows. Read More »

Cut Readmissions with Discharge 'Passports,' Communication

Karen M. Cheung | Fierce Healthcare | December 22, 2011

Discharge planning and provider communication helped Philadelphia hospitals reduce readmissions by 7 percent, according to a report released last week by The Health Care Improvement Foundation. Most of the hospitals involved screened patients that are at risk for readmissions and provided them with checklists and reminders about medications and appointments, developing what they call "passports." Read More »

Dadaab: Using Mobile Technology For Large Surveys In Emergency Settings

Anahi Ayala Iacucci | Internews | March 22, 2012

In August 2011, Internews led a joint communication and information needs assessment with Radio Ergo / International Media Support (IMS) and Star FM of Kenya, with significant support from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). This assessment aimed at understanding the information needs of refugees in Dadaab and exploring ways to improve the flow of communication between refugees, aid agencies and host communities. Read More »

Developing a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for FrontlineSMS

Juliana Bedoya Carmona | FrontlineSMS | July 24, 2012

I have recently joined the FrontlineSMS team in Nairobi as part of an ongoing Monitoring and Evaluation Project rolled out by FrontlineSMS in collaboration with [others]. So far, my experience in Nairobi has been very enriching. Getting to know the FrontlineSMS Nairobi team, meeting FrontlineSMS users and finding out about other M4D and ICT4D start-ups working out of Nairobi’s iHub, has been a very exciting and valuable learning opportunity. Read More »

Did Politics Help Cause HealthCare.gov Failures?

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | October 17, 2013

There was the government shutdown, which drew to a close late Wednesday and was largely seen as a case of partisan politics hijacking the work of nonpartisan career employees. Then there was the troubled launch of the online health insurance marketplace, HealthCare.gov, which was largely seen as a failure of bureaucracy. Read More »

Digital Political Candidates Driven by Technology

Jessica Meyer Maria | Govtech.com | June 29, 2012

What technology has done...is allowed candidates at every level to connect via personalized message with vast numbers of voters, creating platforms for two-way conversations and feedback. The future of campaigning will only grow more targeted and personal, merging the physical and the virtual. Read More »

Do We Need Five-Star Open Development?

Claudia Schwegmann | OpenAid | September 17, 2012

According to Beth Noveck open data can probably not make government more transparent and accountable. Instead, she holds the value of open data is primarily in making use of the wisdom of crowds to solve complex problems in society. Read More »

Docs Favor Paper Over Portals, Study Shows

Erin McCann | Government Health IT | October 25, 2013

Patient portals will become a big part of the requirements doctors must fulfill for Stage 2 meaningful use in the HER incentive program. And that means, doctors have a long way to go to get there, because the vast majority still like communicating the old-fashioned way. Read More »