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Sunday, 01 May 2011 00:00

Worth a Read: Articles of Interest to the Health IT Field

The Meaningful Yoose Rap
By: Ross D. Martin, M.D.
YouTube, March 11, 2011

Okay, so this one is actually a video instead of an article, but it’s well worth the watch!

See video…

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Balancing Act
By: Mark Hagland
Healthcare Informatics, May, 2011

Physician documentation in the patient record has long served multiple purposes, from core clinician-to-clinician communication, to billing requirements, to data analysis tasks. Now with the advancing progress of the meaningful use process under the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, even more elements are being added to the demands on M.D. documentation. What kinds of strategies are the leaders of pioneering organizations coming up with that might serve as models for their peers across the industry?

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Top 10 ways to engage patients with IT
By: Healthcare IT News Staff
Healthcare IT News, May 3, 2011

The Institute for Health Technology Transformation has released a report that compiles what key health IT experts from across the United States view as the best ways to engage patients in the digital age.

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A New Path for Health Care
By: Elizabeth Gardner
Health Data Management, May, 2011

Nothing is easy in health care communications, but a federal initiative could spur a makeover in data exchange.

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Data-sharing impediments and performance measures among CHIME concerns with ACO rule
By: HMT
Health Management Technology, May, 2011

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to re-examine proposals that would restrict the flow of information and create significant pressures on accountable care organizations (ACOs).

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