A patient's story matters more than a computer checklist

When doctors spend more time talking to the information technology team than they do caring for their patients.
An essay worth reading.

Illustration by Daniel Horowitz for NPR

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"Life as a CIO is like boiling the frog"

Interesting insight into the life of a CIO: is this job becoming an impossible one?

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Indian hospitals could show U.S. hospitals how to save money without cutting quality

The biggest challenge facing U.S. health care is reducing costs while improving quality of care and access for patients.
The experience of a few innovative Indian hospitals may point the way forward, showing that costs can be dramatically reduced and access can be expanded even as quality is improved.

Read more here: http://wapo.st/HJHBTA

Mobile health and EHRs likely to decrease visits to the doctor

Researchers at Johns Hopkins analyzed recent trends in digital health care, concluding that mobile health and EHRs will help reduce in-person doc visits and resolve future physician shortages.

Read all the details here: http://cnet.co/1aaHFVQ

EHRs at risk of becoming irrelevant and obsolete

The ability to communicate and capture data in real time through mobile devices and wearable sensors has made typical EHRs obsolete.
EHR vendors will need to find a way to modify their products to focus on data that the patient and his care team want, or they'll become irrelevant.

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Solving the IT talent problem

Business-savvy IT executives can be hard to come by. An interesting article by Martha Heller shares some ideas that may help solving the technology workforce crisis.

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Doctors dissatisfied with current EHRs

Poor EHR usability, time-consuming data entry, interference with face-to-face patient care, inefficient and less fulfilling work content, inability to exchange health information between EHR products and degradation of clinical documentation are important sources of professional dissatisfaction among doctors, according to a recent survey.

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Mobile health market to grow by billions in years ahead

Thanks to the upswing in smartphone and tablet adoption, the mobile health apps market is expected to experience a compound annual growth rate of 25.5 percent, from $6.6 billion in 2013 to $20.7 billion in 2018.

Chronic disease management will play a leading role, with the highest growth being witnessed by the diabetes management devices market.

Read the full article at: http://bit.ly/19wf2BY.

ACA: how does Individual Mandate work?

The Affordable Care Act requires that many U.S. people be insured or pay a penalty, beginning in 2014.
A useful infographic by the Kaiser Family Foundation describes how Individual Mandate works.

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How healthcare CIOs can sell IT to hospital boards

Healthcare CIOs have to put IT strategy in the context of business strategy in order to sell expensive IT to hospital boards, convincing them that a particular investment is worth the time, money and risk.

An interesting perspective on the role of Chief Information Officers in modern healthcare.

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Roles and responsibilities of CIOs

Health providers can't find IT staff

Respondents to an HIMSS survey listed staffing as the biggest barrier to implementing health IT systems: 51% plan to hire IT professionals in the next year, mostly personnel that can build clinical apps.

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Health Information Technology: progress to date

An interesting infographic shows the latest record of progress on Health Information Technology.

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