iHealthBeat: Special Audio Reports

University of California Spearheading New Initiative To Mine 'Big Data' in Health Care

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT

NIH Director Francis Collins, Atul Butte of the Stanford School of Medicine, David Patterson of the University of California-Berkeley and Taylor Sittler of UC-San Francisco discussed new efforts to mine "big data" for health care and scientific research.

FDA Looking Into Use of Technology Tools To Help People Self-Diagnose, Obtain Medications

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Marcie Bough of the American Pharmacists Association, Charles Daniels of the University of California-San Diego and Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, chair-elect of the American Medical Association's council on science and public health, spoke with iHealthBeat about how technology could expand the number of medications available without a prescription.

Are Federal Training Programs Meeting the Growing Need for a New Health IT Workforce?

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Tim Andrews of Booz Allen Hamilton, Helen Figge of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Norma Morganti of the Midwest Community College Health IT Consortium spoke with iHealthBeat about federal efforts to bolster the health IT workforce.

New California Law Seeks To Expand Telehealth Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

April Armstrong and Thomas Nesbitt of the University of California-Davis Health System, Mario Gutierrez of the Center for Connected Health Policy, Jen Lang-Ree, a nurse practitioner in California, and Jonathan Lopez, a dermatology patient, spoke with iHealthBeat about a new state law that expands and streamlines telehealth services in the state.

HIMSS12 Conference Preps Health Care Industry for Stage 2 of Meaningful Use Program

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Senior Director of Privacy and Security Lisa Gallagher, HIMSS Senior Director of Federal Affairs Tom Leary and IBM Chief Medical Scientist Martin Kohn spoke with iHealthBeat about what attendees can expect at this year's HIMSS conference in Las Vegas.

Center for Democracy & Technology's McGraw Discusses Health Data Privacy Challenges

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Deven McGraw, director of the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology, spoke with iHealthBeat about the challenges of protecting health data privacy.

Stakeholders Respond to Federal Proposal To Give Patients Full Access to Their Lab Results

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Kate Christensen of Kaiser Permanente, Jason DuBois of the American Clinical Laboratory Association, Lawrence Hughes of the American Hospital Association and Eva Powell of the National Partnership for Women & Families spoke with iHealthBeat about a new federal proposal to give patients full access to their laboratory results.

States Making Progress in Tracking Diseases Electronically, but More Work Remains

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Kathleen Gallagher of CDC, Kathryn Turner of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and Sara Cody of the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health spoke with iHealthBeat about states' progress in electronic disease tracking and the remaining obstacles.

Health IT Stakeholders React to Clinical Informatics Becoming Certified Subspecialty

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Edward Shortliffe of the American Medical Informatics Association, Joyce Sensmeier of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and William Hersh of Oregon Health & Science University's School of Medicine spoke with iHealthBeat about clinical informatics being formally recognized as a medical subspecialty.

Private Sector Steps Up Training Efforts To Boost U.S. Health Care IT Workforce

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Helen Figge of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Bill Rudman of the American Health Information Management Association and Alice Hill of Dice.com spoke with iHealthBeat about private-sector efforts to help support and boost the country's health IT workforce.

Wendy Everett of NEHI Discusses How New Technologies Can Improve Care, Cut Costs

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Wendy Everett, founding president of the New England Healthcare Institute, spoke with iHealthBeat about efforts to encourage health care providers to adopt innovative electronic health systems that could improve health care quality and reduce costs.

Health 2.0 Conference Focuses on Patient-Centered Technology To Promote Wellness

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Jonathan Attwood of Zamzee, Stephen Downs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Chris Hewett of Mindbloom, National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari and Christine Robins of BodyMedia spoke with iHealthBeat about new consumer-focused health innovations.

Groups Tap Funding for Mobile Health Efforts Targeting Seniors With Chronic Conditions

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:00:00 GMT

David Lindeman of the Center for Technology and Aging, Nancy Pratt of Sharp HealthCare, René Seidel of the SCAN Foundation and Steven Wallace of the University of California-Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research spoke with iHealthBeat about how mobile health technology could benefit seniors.

Molly Coye of UCLA Discusses Innovative Ways To Improve the Value of Health Care Services

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Molly Coye, chief innovation officer of the University of California-Los Angeles, spoke with iHealthBeat about how UCLA and other health care systems are taking steps to increase the value of the health care services they deliver.

Millions of Dollars in Federal Broadband Funds Fail To Reach Rural Health Care Providers

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, Mark Goldstein of the Government Accountability Office, Carol Mattey of the Federal Communications Commission and Dale Alverson, director of the University of New Mexico's Center for Telehealth and Cybermedicine, spoke with iHealthBeat about FCC's efforts to distribute federal broadband funds to underserved areas.

Health Care Providers, Vendors Weigh In on Qualifying for Stage 1 of Meaningful Use

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Joseph Bettencourt, a family practice physician in California, Elise Singer of the California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization, Girish Kumar Navani of eClinicalWorks and Eric Sorenson of ChartLogic spoke with iHealthBeat about the process for qualifying for incentive payments under Stage 1 of the meaningful use program.

CMS Rule Takes Aim at Telehealth Barriers; Stakeholders Say More Still Needs To Be Done

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Gary Capistrant of the American Telemedicine Association, Scott Cooper of CMS' Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, and Scott Simmons of the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine spoke with iHealthBeat about a new CMS rule that eases the process for the credentialing and privileging of telehealth practitioners.

Recently Launched Federal Health Care Websites Tap Best Practices From the Private Sector

Wed, 11 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Dick Stapleton, deputy director of HHS' Web Communications Division, Kathryn McDonald of Stanford University and Roger Harms of the Mayo Clinic spoke with iHealthBeat about how new federal government websites incorporated best practices from the private industry to better disseminate health information.

John Goldstein of Imprint Capital Discusses Investment in Innovative Health Technology

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:00:00 GMT

John Goldstein, co-founder and managing director of Imprint Capital, spoke with iHealthBeat about how foundations and philanthropic institutions can advance their mission by investing in health IT and other health care innovations.

Community Colleges, Universities Charge Ahead To Address Health IT Work Force Shortage

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMT

David Falkenstein of the Northern Virginia Community College, William Hersh of the Oregon Health and Science University, George Hickman of Albany Medical Center and Thomas Shlala of the Atlanta Technical College spoke with iHealthBeat about federal efforts to boost the country's supply of health IT professionals.

Regional Health IT Extension Centers Embrace Changes in Funding Structure, Time Frames

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Speranza Avram of the California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization, Mat Kendall of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and Christy Rosenberg of the Community Clinics Health Network spoke with iHealthBeat about new developments for regional extension centers.

Annual HIMSS Conference Lights the Road to Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Carla Smith of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Lee Aase of the Mayo Clinic and Patricia Abbott of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing spoke with iHealthBeat about what attendees can expect at this year's HIMSS conference in Orlando, Fla.

States Line Up for Grants Under ONC's Health Information Exchange Challenge Program

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Claudia Williams of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, Jonah Frohlich, managing director of Manatt Health Solutions, Marc Overhage, CEO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange, and Micky Tripathi, CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, spoke with iHealthBeat about a new health information exchange grant program.

Use of Mobile Health Apps Expected To Skyrocket, Sparking Rise of New Questions

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Brian Ahier of Oregon's Health Information Technology Oversight Council, Ralf-Gordon Jahns of research2guidance and Peter Waegemann of mHealth Initiative spoke with iHealthBeat about the growing popularity of mobile health.

Earl Ferguson of the Southern Sierra Telehealth Network on Using Technology To Improve Care

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Earl Ferguson, director of the Southern Sierra Telehealth Network, spoke with iHealthBeat about how telemedicine tools can help people in rural areas obtain access to primary care providers and specialists.

Experts Weigh In on Why Few Patients Use Hospital and Physician Rating Websites

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Tara Lagu of Tufts University, Elizabeth McGlynn of RAND Health and Karsten Vagner of ZocDoc.com spoke with iHealthBeat about why few consumers are using hospital and physician rating websites.

First Electronic Health Records Start Receiving Certification Under Stage 1 of 'Meaningful Use'

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Karen Bell of CCHIT, Maclynn Brinton of InfoGard Laboratories, Rik Drummond of the Drummond Group, Zubin Emsley of ChartLogic and Girish Navani of eClinicalWorks spoke with iHealthBeat about the certification program.

Kaiser Permanente Center Experiments With Incorporating Technology Into Hospital Design

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:00:00 GMT

During the recent Health 2.0 conference, Jennifer Lieberman and Sean Chai of Kaiser Permanente's Garfield Center spoke with iHealthBeat about how changes in technology have led to new ideas about hospital design.

HHS Funding Looks To Meet Challenges of Providing Health Care in Rural Areas

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Ted Epperly of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Sherilyn Pruitt of HHS' Office for the Advancement of Telehealth and Dylan Roby of UCLA's School of Public Health discuss federal funding aimed at supporting rural health care.

Health Care Community Still Examining Final Rule on 'Meaningful Use,' Looking Ahead

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Chantal Worzala of the American Hospital Association, Jason Mitchell of the American Academy of Family Physicians and Glen Tullman of Allscripts discuss the final rule on "meaningful use" with iHealthBeat.

Health IT Community Reacts to Final Rule on Temporary E-Health Record Certification

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Karen Bell of CCHIT, Crystal Kallem of AHIMA, David Muntz of CHIME and Robert Tennant of MGMA discuss the final rule on the temporary electronic health record certification program.

Health IT Policy Committee Debates Role of FDA in Overseeing Safety of E-Health Record Systems

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Patient advocate Dave deBronkart, Deven McGraw of the Center for Democracy and Technology's Health Privacy Project and Paul Tang of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation discussed what kind of role FDA should play in overseeing the safety of EHR systems.

Electronic Health Record Vendors Step Up Game in Preparation for Federal Stimulus Funding

Wed, 12 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Alisa Ray of the Certification Commission for Health IT, Michael Stearns of e-MDs and Steven Waldren of the American Academy of Family Physicians discuss how providers are choosing health IT vendors.

Consumers Increasingly Turning to Internet, Social Media for Health Care Information

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Monique Levy of Manhattan Research, Robin Cohen of CDC's National Center for Health Statistics and Mitchell Cohen, a family physician in Washington state, spoke with iHealthBeat about the growing trend.

Small, Mid-Size Physician Practices Could Face Barriers in Meeting 'Meaningful Use' Criteria

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Jason Mitchell of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Scott Macleod, a solo family physician in Virginia and David Johnson, a family physician in South Dakota, spoke with iHealthBeat about the challenges for physicians.

'Meaningful Use,' Federal Health IT Rules Will Be Hot Topics at Annual HIMSS Conference

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Carla Smith, HIMSS executive vice president, David Kibbe, a senior adviser to the American Academy of Family Physicians, and Patricia Brennan of the University of Wisconsin-Madison discussed this year's conference.

Open-Source Health IT Proponents Weigh In on Proposed 'Meaningful Use' Requirements

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Nancy Anthracite of WorldVistA, Edmund Billings of Medsphere Systems and Kevin Toppenberg, a physician and proponent of open-source health IT spoke with iHealthBeat about the recently released "meaningful use" rules.

Experts Question Whether Hospitals Are Ready To Meet New 'Meaningful Use' Requirements

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Michael Davis of HIMSS Analytics, Erica Drazen of Computer Sciences Corp. and Paul Tang of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation spoke with iHealthBeat about hospital preparedness for the new "meaningful use" rules.

Health Care Organizations Weigh In on Newly Proposed Rules for 'Meaningful Use' of EHRs

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Tom Leary of HIMSS, Cindy Mann of CMS, Don May of the American Hospital Association and Steve Waldren of AAFP's Center for Health IT spoke with iHealthBeat about the proposed regulations for "meaningful use" of health IT.

Social Media Applications Offer New Strategies for Educating Young People About H1N1 Flu

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Anita Barry, Margaux Joffe and Ann Scales of the Boston Public Health Commission spoke with iHealthBeat about using social media to disseminate health care information.

Joint Kaiser, VA Health Data Exchange Could Open Doors to Innovation in EHR Networks

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT

John Mattison of Kaiser Permanente, Arnold Milstein of Mercer Health and Benefits, and Robert Smith of the VA San Diego Healthcare System spoke with iHealthBeat about their objectives for the health data sharing project.

Recent Study Leads Experts To Reconsider Cost Savings of Implementing Hospital EHR Systems

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT

David Himmelstein of Harvard Medical School, Rod Piechowski of AHA, Marc Probst of Intermountain Healthcare and Derek Kelly of Swedish Covenant Hospital spoke with iHealthBeat about the implications of the new study.

High-Tech, Patient-Centered Medical Homes Eyed as Way To Curb Costs, Boost Care Quality

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Adam Bosworth, CEO of Keas, Wayne Gattinella, CEO of WebMD, and Diane Rittenhouse of the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center spoke with iHealthBeat about high-tech, patient-centered medical homes.

Recent Survey Highlights Need for Health Care Organizations To Strengthen Data Protection

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

David Finn of Symantec, Lisa Gallagher of HIMSS, Susan McAndrew of HHS and Deborah Peel of Patient Privacy Rights spoke with iHealthBeat about a recent HIMSS survey on data security among health care organizations.

Safety-Net Health Care Facilities Cite Lack of Capital as Barrier to EHR Implementation

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Anthony Puorro and Melanie Thomas of Chicago's Roseland Hospital, Ashish Jha of the Harvard School of Public Health and John Lumpkin of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation discussed digital disparities with iHealthBeat.

Advocates Raise Concerns About Security of Supposedly De-Identified Patient Health Data

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Ryan Howard of Practice Fusion, Deborah Peel of Patient Privacy Rights, Dan Rode of AHIMA and Vitaly Shmatikov of the University of Texas-Austin spoke with iHealthBeat about data mining and patient privacy concerns.

Experts Foresee Continued Growth in Demand for Health IT Professionals, Training Programs

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Harris Miller of the Career College Association, Carla Smith of HIMSS and Peter Yellowlees of the University of California-Davis spoke with iHealthBeat about the growing demand for health IT professionals.

Health 2.0 Conference Brings Industry Leaders Together To Promote Patient-Driven Health IT

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra, Susannah Fox of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, WebMD's Wayne Gattinella, AAFP's David Kibbe and conference co-founder Indu Subaiya discussed the future of health 2.0 with iHealthBeat.

Stakeholders Discuss Emerging Field of Health 2.0, Make Predictions About Industry's Future

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, Colin Evans of Dossia, Indu Subaiya, co-founder of Health 2.0, and other health 2.0 stakeholders spoke with iHealthBeat at the Health 2.0 Conference.

Health 2.0 Conference in S.F. Showcases New Social Networking Tools for Health Care

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Steven Adams of RMD Networks, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, conference co-founder Matthew Holt and David Kibbe of AAFP spoke with iHealthBeat about how health 2.0 tools could transform health care.

Advocates Question Whether Stimulus Package Will Help Safety-Net Clinics Adopt Health IT

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Kathy Lim Ko and Jane Stafford of the Community Clinics Initiative, Michael Lardiere of the National Association of Community Health Centers and Winston Wong of Kaiser Permanente discussed their concerns with iHealthBeat.

Upcoming Health IT Week Offers Opportunities To Meet With Lawmakers, Other Stakeholders

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Rep. Phil Gingrey, Gretchen Tegethoff of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and HIMSS representatives Tom Leary and Meredith Taylor spoke with iHealthBeat about National Health IT Week events.

Videoconferencing Tools Help Specialists Evaluate Stroke Patients in Remote Areas

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Nancy Edwards of Tobey Hospital, Doug Romer of Grande Ronde Hospital and Lee Schwamm of Massachusetts General Hospital spoke with iHealthBeat about how telemedicine tools can improve stroke care in rural areas.

Health Agencies Face Numerous Challenges in Using Health IT Systems To Monitor Pandemics

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Julia Gunn of the Boston Public Health Commission, Bob Hart of Veratect, Jeff Levi of Trust for America's Health and Henry Niman of Recombinomics spoke with iHealthBeat about current gaps in pandemic tracking systems.

Television-Based Health Education Tools Help Hospital Patients Learn About Their Condition

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Matt Barker and Richard Bootes of TeleHealth Services and Susie Sonnier of Clear Lake Regional Medical Center spoke with iHealthBeat about video-based technologies that allow patients to access medical information.

Hospitals, Health IT Vendors Gearing Up for Transition to ICD-10 Medical Coding System

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Holt Anderson of the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Jim Daley of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and Cindy Hughes of AAFP spoke with iHealthBeat about the new ICD-10 code sets.

Senior Citizens Begin To Embrace Online Tools To Better Manage Their Own Health Care

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Mark Beach of AARP, Elizabeth Boehm of Forrester Research and Jan Oldenburg of Kaiser Permanente spoke with iHealthBeat about seniors' use of online health tools.

Mobile Phones Could Store Electronic Health Records, Boost Personal Health Monitoring

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Monique Levy of the health care advisory firm Manhattan Research and Shankar Sastry of the University of California-Berkeley spoke with iHealthBeat about how mobile phones can help promote personal health monitoring.

More People Turning to Software Programs To Delay Cognitive Decline, Boost Brain Function

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Alvaro Fernandez of SharpBrains, Kathleen Herath of Nationwide Insurance, David Rabiner of Duke University and David Whitehouse of OptumHealth spoke with iHealthBeat about the cognitive benefits of certain software.

Some Health Care Providers Concerned About Feasibility of Timetable for 'Meaningful Use'

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Vice President of HIMSS Carla Smith, Paul Tang of the Health IT Policy Committee and Steve Waldren of the American Academy of Family Physicians spoke with iHealthBeat about proposed benchmarks for "meaningful use" of EHRs.

Electronic Communication Tools Can Boost Medical Tourism, Cross-Border Health Care

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Renee-Marie Stephano of the Medical Tourism Association, Paul Keckley of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and Arnold Milstein of the Pacific Business Group on Health spoke with iHealthBeat about IT and medical tourism.

Rise in Health Record Hacking Cases Prompts Re-Examination of Data Protection Methods

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Internet security consultant Greg Reber, Shelton Waggener of the University of California-Berkeley and Anne Wallace of the Identity Theft Assistance Center spoke with iHealthBeat about patient data breaches and securing sensitive information.

FCC Mulls Making More Radio Frequencies Available to Wireless Medical Devices

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Julius Knapp of the Federal Communications Commission, Ali Rezai of the Cleveland Clinic and Saurin Shah of Medtronic spoke with iHealthBeat about FCC's proposed rule.

Monitoring Devices for Astronauts Could Be Used in Surgical, Trauma, Battlefield Care

Tue, 19 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Bret Nicks of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Babs Soller and Matthias Walz of the University of Massachusetts and Jeffrey Sutton of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute spoke with iHealthBeat about the tools.

VA's Open-Source Electronic Health Record System Could Be Low-Cost Option for Hospitals

Fri, 08 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Sigurd Ackerman of Silver Hill Hospital, Rod Piechowski of the American Hospital Association and Rick Jung of Medsphere spoke with iHealthBeat about the benefits of adopting a low-cost, open-source electronic health record system.

Concerns From Patients, Physicians Prompt Re-Evaluation of PHR Data Collection Methods

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Former National Coordinator for Health IT David Brailer, Paul Tang of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Steve Waldren of AAFP and Roni Zeiger of Google discussed the importance of accurate data in personal health records.

Federal Stimulus Package Hot Topic of This Month's Annual HIMSS Conference

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Steven Fox, chair of Post & Schell's IT Group, and H. Stephen Lieber, president and CEO of HIMSS, spoke with iHealthBeat about last week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference.

Federal Stimulus Funding, Health Reform Talk Add Buzz to Annual HIMSS Conference

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Stephen Lieber, HIMSS president and CEO; Elli Riley, senior exhibits manager for HIMSS; and Vincent Vitali, vice president and CIO of BroMenn Healthcare in Illinois; spoke with iHealthBeat about this year's conference.

Health Policy Experts Push for Network To Share Clinical Data on Medicaid, Medicare Beneficiaries

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, Lynn Etheredge director of the Rapid Learning Project, and Margaret O’Kane, president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance, talked about the proposed network with iHealthBeat.

Medical Group Management Association Campaign Pushes for High-Tech Patient ID Cards

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT

James Kelley of miCARD, Daryl Richard of UnitedHealthcare, Chris Seib of InstaMed and Robert Tennant of the Medical Group Management Association discuss the push for high-tech patient identification cards with iHealthBeat.

Privacy Advocates Support Language in Federal Stimulus Package, But Some Questions Remain

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Pam Dixon of the World Privacy Forum, Deven McGraw of the Health Privacy Project for the Center for Democracy and Technology, Deborah Peel of Patient Privacy Rights and Robert Zirkelbach of AHIP discussed the provisions with iHealthBeat.

Twitter, YouTube, Other Social Media Tools Becoming Popular in Medical World

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Lee Aese of the Mayo Clinic, Russ Cucina of UC-San Francisco Medical Center, Bill Ferris of the Henry Ford Hospital and Ravi Nemana of UC-Berkeley discussed the increasing use of social media in health care with iHealthBeat.

Health IT Provisions in Economic Stimulus Package Raise Prospects for Job Creation

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Don Asmonga of the American Health Information Management Association, Dave Roberts of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse discussed the issue with iHealthBeat.

Smartphones Becoming Integral Tools for Health Care Providers, Medical Students

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Paul Auwaerter of the Johns Hopkins University Point of Care IT Center, Russ Cucina of UC-San Francisco Medical Center and Evan Schoenberg, a software developer and computer programmer, talked with iHealthBeat about new health care applications for smartphones.

Report Urges Federal Government To Lead Efforts To Identify, Curb Medical Identity Theft

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Pam Dixon of the World Privacy Forum, Peter Kaplan of the Federal Trade Commission, Craig May of the American Health Information Management Association, two Booz Allen Hamilton representatives and a health IT legal expert talked with iHealthBeat about medical identity theft.

Health Care Providers Get Two-Year Cushion on ICD-10 Code Set Implementation Deadline

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Sharon Canner of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives; Jamie Mooney, CIO at Norwalk Hospital; Linda Reed, CIO at Atlantic Health; and Don Schoen of Eclipsys Practice Solutions talked with iHealthBeat about ICD-10 code sets.

Health IT Leaders Offer Recommendations for Federal Funding of Health Care IT Efforts

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Bob Doherty of the American College of Physicians, Dave Roberts of HIMSS and Robert Zirkelbach of America's Health Insurance Plans discussed health IT funding strategies with iHealthBeat.

Adoption of Electronic Prescribing Accelerates Before Start of Medicare Incentive Program

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Rob Cronin of SureScripts-RxHub, Janet Marchibroda of the eHealth Initiative and Jason Mitchell of American Academy of Family Physicians spoke with iHealthBeat about electronic prescribing and a looming Medicare e-prescribing rule.

Health Care IT Projects Trimmed But Not Scrapped in Credit Squeeze, Survey Finds

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT

John Glaser of Partners Healthcare, Jane Horowitz of the National Alliance for Health IT and Rod Piechowski of the American Hospital Association discussed the economy's effect on hospitals' IT projects with iHealthBeat.

GE Healthcare, Hospitals Team Up on Interoperable Electronic Health Record System

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Michael Blum of the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center, Mark Dente of GE Healthcare and Stan Huff of Intermountain Healthcare discussed GE's new health IT initiative with iHealthBeat.

Accreditation Group URAC Rolls Out New Standards To Assess HIPAA Compliance

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Christine Leyden of URAC, Mike Niederpruem of the American Health Information Management Association, Sue Padgett of Associated Third Party Administrators and Karen Trudel of CMS discussed the standards with iHealthBeat.

Google's New Flu Tracking Tool Raises Concerns About Internet Users' Privacy, Experts Say

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Lillie Coney of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Deborah Peel of Patient Privacy Rights and Lisa Winston of the University of California-San Francisco discuss the privacy implications of Google's Flu Trends tool.

Health Care Industry at Odds Over HHS' Timeline for Adoption of New Medical Codes

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT

George Arges of the American Hospital Association, Dan Rode of the American Health Information Management Association and Robert Tennant of the Medical Group Management Association discuss HHS' deadline for ICD-10 code set adoption.

Health Care Professionals Dream Up New Technology To Provide 'Health Care Anywhere'

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Jennifer Ruzek, director of Kaiser's Garfield Innovation Center, Penny Carlton of the Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology and Richard Chennault, a health IT consultant, discuss the future of health care technology.

New Guide Aimed at Helping Physicians Embrace Electronic Prescribing Technology

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Michael Barr of the American College of Physicians, Janet Marchibroda of the e-Health Initiative and Steven Waldren of the American Academy of Family Physicians' Center for Health IT discuss the new electronic prescribing guide with iHealthBeat.

Health Care Groups Mount Opposition to Proposed Rule To Move to E-Prescriptions

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Robert Zirkelbach of America's Health Insurance Plans, Mark Merritt of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association and Claudia Schlosberg of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists discuss their concerns about the proposal.

Psychiatric Telemedicine Helps Bring Relief To Shortage of Mental Health Professionals

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Peter Yellowlees of the University of California-Davis, Randall Hagar of the California Psychiatric Association and Scott Zeller of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry discussed the growing demand for telepsychiatry.

New Efforts Use Web-Based Tools Designed To Reduce Number of Prescription Drug Errors

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Diane Cousins, vice president at U.S. Pharmacopeia; Alan Goldhammer, vice president at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; and Allen Vaida from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices discussed efforts to reduce drug errors with iHealthBeat.

Biosurveillance: A National Effort in EDs To Identify, Deal With Health Care Threats

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Jeff Johnson, an epidemiologist; Dean Lampman, a surveillance coordinator; Leslie Lenert, a health informatics expert; and Bill Stephens, a public health expert, discussed the national effort with iHealthBeat.

California Doctors Use Telemedicine To Diagnose, Treat Stroke Patients Remotely

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Ron Fellman of BF Technologies, Walter Koroshetz of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes and Brett Meyer of the University of California-San Diego Stroke Center discussed the use of telemedicine for stroke care.

Infant Screening Programs Provide Big Boost for Burgeoning Field of Genetic Research

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Susan Berry of the University of Minnesota, Piero Rinaldo of the Mayo Clinic's biochemical genetics lab and Mike Watson of the American College of Medical Genetics discuss the new, genetically driven field of personalized medicine.

Online Registration Programs Credited for Increase in Number of Organ Donors

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Katrina Bramstedt, a clinical ethicist at California Pacific Medical Center, and Bryan Stewart, president of Donate Life California, discussed the effort to boost the number of organ donors nationwide through online registration.

Software Glitches Pose New, Potentially Dangerous Problems for Medical Devices

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Paul Anderson, vice president of Gramma Tech; Julian Goldman, a clinician at Massachusetts General Hospital; and Pam Lane, vice president for health informatics at the California Hospital Association, discuss a new generation of technical problems in medical devices.

New Company Plans To Provide Patients With 24-Hour Online Access to Physicians

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Roy Schoenberg, president of American Well; Michael Stollar, vice president of marketing for Hawaii Medical Services Association; and Robert Berenson, senior health policy fellow at the Urban Institute, discuss offering patients 24-hour online access to doctors.

Open-Source Network Focused on Cancer Gaining Ground as More Groups Participate

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Ken Buetow of the National Cancer Institute's Center for Bioinformatics, Eliot Siegel of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Peter Traber of Baylor College of Medicine discuss NCI's caBIG project.

Efforts Aim To Increase Health Care IT, Informatics in U.S. Nurse Training Programs

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Officials from the National League for Nursing, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the University of Minnesota talked with iHealthBeat about the need to re-invent curricula for the nation's nursing schools.

Project Tests Handheld Devices To Monitor Chronic Disease in Low-Income Area in Houston

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT

University, hospital and community leaders involved in a new project spoke with iHealthBeat about the use of handheld wireless devices to monitor the health of patients in low-income areas.

FDA Initiative Aims To Streamline, Modernize U.S. Clinical Trials System

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Officials from FDA's new public-private partnership, the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative, spoke with iHealthBeat about efforts to streamline and modernize clinical drug trials in the U.S.

Research Brings New Medical Uses, Privacy Concerns to Cell Phone Technology

Fri, 23 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Engineering experts, a CIO and an insurance industry official spoke with iHealthBeat about new medical applications for cell phones designed to facilitate diagnoses and speed access to patient information.

State-Level Health Information Exchanges Raise Questions About Federal Alignment

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Officials from the State-Level Health Information Exchange Consensus Project, the California Regional Health Information Organization and the Indiana Health Information Exchange spoke with iHealthBeat for an update on state-level health data exchanges.