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· Utah physician invents disease-diagnosing smartphone app Link The app can image and interpret many diseases, including HIV, thyroid disease, syphilis, diabetes, adrenal disorders, malaria, kidney disease, infertility, anemia — the list goes on. The key, he said, is to move beyond simple tests that don't yield much information to portable high-tech handheld devices that can interpret, evaluate, and recommend a course of action. · More than Forty Percent of U.S. Consumers Willing to Switch Physicians to Gain Online Access to Electronic Medical Records, According to Accenture Survey Link The survey, of more than 9,000 people in nine countries, shows that only about a third of U.S. consumers (36 percent) currently have full access to their EMR, but more than half (57 percent) have taken ownership of their record by self-tracking their personal health information, including their health history (37 percent), physical activity (34 percent) and health indicators (33 percent), such as blood pressure and weight. · Hospital Chain Returning MU Incentive Funds for 11 Hospitals Link Health Management Associates is correcting “material weaknesses” in internal controls related to administration and oversight of its EHR enrollment process. “Management concluded that a control deficiency related to the administration and oversight of the company’s EHR enrollment process constituting a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting” Now that’s a mouthful of words that somehow does not really explain why they are returning $31Million. 11 of its 71 hospitals received Medicare or Medicaid electronic health records incentive payments without meeting the meaningful use criteria. There is a back story in there somewhere. · IMS Health Identifies Opportunities for Mobile Healthcare Apps to Drive Patient Engagement, Enhance Delivery of Care Link 1. Despite the large number of healthcare apps developed, most have only limited functionality. More than 90 percent of healthcare apps reviewed by the IMS Institute scored less than 40 out of a possible 100 for functionality, based on 25 screening factors. 2. The downloading and use of healthcare apps is limited. More than 50 percent of available healthcare apps have been downloaded fewer than 500 times. 3. Few apps are designed to address areas of greatest need. Patients over the age of 65 are among the top users of healthcare resources, yet smartphone use and app downloads are the lowest among this group. 4. Most physicians remain wary of formally recommending healthcare apps. Physicians recognize the potential value of apps but typically will not recommend them to patients without evidence of clinical benefits, clear professional guidelines regarding their use, and confidence in the security of personal health information that may be generated or transmitted by the app. In order for apps to move from novelty to mainstream, four areas need to be addressed: 1. There must be recognition of the role apps can play in healthcare by payers and providers, as well as regulators and policymakers; 2. Security and privacy guidelines and assurances established among providers, patients and app developers; 3. A systematic evaluation of apps to inform their appropriate use; and 4. The effective integration of apps with other aspects of patient care.
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