Drs Ken Roberts and Jim Granfortuna on problems with electronic health records (from a debate on whether EHRs enhance patient care and education or not, 5/5/2013):

The new SMART helmet

This is pretty smart - "SMART helmet is the world’s first smart cycling helmet which monitors your heart rate without using a chest strap" …

Two new jobs on the Health Informatics Forum jobs board this week:

• Education and Informatics Technical Advisor at IntraHealth International (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
• Health Informatics Coordinator at ATCIC (Austin, Texas)

See all the jobs here:…

By: Kim Phan, Program and Marketing Coordinator, The Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT²)

The …

Interesting piece on healthcare execs being reliant on IT now more than ever.  Read more here: http://ricoh.emailsrvc.net/track/dl/1394/Wave_2_Healthcare_final_WEB.pdf

Harvard researchers find a way to re-identity anonymous research patients – take a look at this: …

Let us know what you think about the recent findings from this study particularly the comment “All of us think that interns spend too much time behind the computer” ….…

Without comprehensive educational support for both doctors and patients, frustration, confusion and complaints will arise from what should be a positive step forward in healthcare”  - A survey of UK doctors suggests clinicians are far less positive about the idea of sharing information than the government might like:…

Interesting read if you’re wondering what might be in store:  http://jamia.bmj.com/content/early/2013/03/27/amiajnl-2012-001508.short?g=w_jamia_ahead_tab

There are approximately 1050 steps between the front door of our hospital to the side door of the attached Hospice facility.  Metaphorically speaking that is 1050 steps from hope to hopelessness for many.  It is so easy to look past the people who come through our…

GE and Microsoft launches Caradigm:  http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/EHI/8537/ge-and-microsoft-launch-caradigm-in-uk          

Dan West on Histalk has written a nice piece on improving UX in healthcare: http://histalk2.com/2013/04/15/readers-write-five-ways-to-improve-the-healthcare-user-experience/

Get involved in the  www.ehi.co.uk EPR debate:   http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/ehi/8517/take-part-in-the-big-epr-debate

Early bird registration is available until the 26th April for Medinfo 2013 World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics in Copenhagen: http://www.medinfo2013.dk/registration

eHealth Week will be held in Dublin from MAy 13-15 this year. It looks like a very exciting program, especially the mobile health symposium which is being hosted by HIMSS Europe. 

 “eHealth solutions are critical in the delivery of a world class health system and offer significant opportunities for stimulating economic growth” said Dr James Reilly TD, Minister for Health in Ireland."

We're looking for a new m-Health Postdoc at the University of Oxford:

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in m-health

Department of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford

Grade 7: £29,541 - £36,298 p.a.

The mobile health (mHealth) research team in the Biomedical Signal Processing and e-health group at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering in Oxford is continuing to expand.

We are now…

Hello all HI members,

I have been accepted to the University of Central Florida's Master's in HI.  I am also a registered nurse and would like to know how this field is and what my job prospects are after graduation in Florida?  I really would like to know if getting into this will be beneficial financially to me, because it's going to be a lot of work to get there?

Thank you,

Karen

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2013/03/04/exclusive-health-it-firms-join-forces-to-create-national-system-for-sharing-medical-records/

Today, five major providers of electronic medical records are banding together to form a new non-profit called the CommonWell Health…

Our secure medical platform infrastructure streamlines interoperability and date exchange for companies in order to achieve Meaningful Use Stage 2 and future certifications.



Evolve Exchange empowers companies with our cloud based technologies to overcome obstacles such as Transitions of Care and PQRS, allowing your company and your clients to prosper.



Realizing…

Hello world! We are happy to announce the official launch of Evolve Exchange. To view our press release, go to …