Featured Report: EHRs to save $78B over 5 years

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EHRs to save $78B over 5 years

Nov,11,2014

by: Bernie Monegain,

EHRs are expected to save the global healthcare industry as much as $78 billion over five years, according to new analysis from Juniper Research.The Juniper report Digital Health, Remote Monitoring EHR Cost Savings 2014-2019, notes that EHRs are crucial as the supporting infrastructure for a wide range of digital healthcare and mHealth projects. Also, new accountable care organizationinitiatives, where healthcare providers are paid according to the measured wellness of a patient population, are resulting in a re-think in how healthcare needs should be addressed. The report finds that the medical profession will increasingly rely on EHRs to support disparate elements of digital health. Read More

Health Data Management

Older Americans May Miss Out on Web Health Highway

Nov,13,2014

by: Greg Goth

When it comes to the benefits of electronic health records, older Americans may be left behind, according to a new University of Michigan study. Less than a third of Americans age 65 and over use the web for health information and barely 10 percent of those with low health literacy--or ability to navigate the healthcare system--go online for health-related matters, according to the nationally representative study that appears in the Journal of General Internal Medicine  Read More

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The paradox of digital health, part 1: Money
Nov,13,2014
by: Christopher Wasden

Despite the overwhelming evidence of the benefits of digital health over the traditional analog services, we have seen significant barriers to adoption that have resulted in what I refer to as the Ten Paradoxes of Digital Health. This article will address the Money Paradox. The Money Paradox in Digital Health is that healthcare stakeholders seem to be unwilling to transform their business models to deliver the digital triple aim of greater access, with better quality at lower cost unless they are paid more than at present to do it. How can we save money if we have to pay providers more to adopt money saving technologies?  Read More

MobiHealthNews

Survey: Hospital execs bullish on telemedicine, but slow to adopt

Nov,13,2014

by: Jonah Comstock

A survey by the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP of 57 executives at provider organizations found a healthy interest in telemedicine, but that concrete adoption is still in the early stages, and possibly more than a decade away. Only 3 percent of respondents considered telemedicine unimportant to their organizations. Fifty-two percent found it very important and 32 percent said it was important to their organizations.  Read More

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