MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'health data'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:04:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069596&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=39280&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMarkHawker%2F%7E3%2FIC2Jkp7k4Bs%2F8095131439 Health InfoScape is a “disease network” that illustrates the relationships between various ailment conditions and how common those connections are. (Source: Mark My Words 2.1) Mark My Words 2.1 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069596 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:13:44 +0100 5069596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952737&cid=t_160538_86_f&fid=35599&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshrlibrary.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fcommunity-view-collaboration.html In collaboration with the City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon Public School Division, Saskatoon Greater Catholic Schools, and other Saskatoon Regional Intersectoral Committee agencies, Public Health Services of the Saskatoon Health Region have developed a regional comprehensive community information system, the CommunityView Collaboration (CVC). The main features of the system are:- The assembly of data from multiple sources, and; - A system supported by appropriate information technologies and tools for end-user analysis including the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS). CommunityView allows for inter-sectoral and inter-jurisdictional data sharing and access among human services organisations. According to the CVC site, its primary objective of this sharing is to "ensure consistent, tim... SHR Medical Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952737 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:04:00 +0100 4952737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862677&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=38494&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcuretogether.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F05%2F25%2Fannouncing-the-health-data-discovery-contest%2F What it is: Over the past 3 years, CureTogether has gathered millions of patient-reported data points on symptoms and treatments for over 500 conditions. Now it’s time to test on a larger scale how well CureTogether data represents the general population. Do they match up or not? So we’re running a contest to tap the most brilliant stats minds out there. Challenge our dataset! See whether or not it holds up to existing research studies. Why? You’ll be helping to demonstrate the effectiveness of online platforms for medical discovery, and ultimately helping to reduce global suffering. NOTE! The goal of the competition is not to reach any predetermined conclusion. It is to measure as well as we can how much our conclusions agree or disagree with the PubMed literature. Whether you fin... The Collective Well blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862677 Wed, 25 May 2011 19:07:54 +0100 4862677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4549802&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2Fif4wLMHT2oE%2F I recently read an article (which I can’t find now) that said, We don’t log in to check our health data as much as we do our financial data. This was a pretty interesting statement considering a few days back I posted this tweet about PHR and being an active patient: #bbpBox_41380840890048512 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0084B4 !important; } #bbpBox_41380840890048512 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } I want to spend some time thinking about the motivation for a healthy individual to become an active patient. #PHR #ePatient February 26, 2011 6:15 am via HootSuite @techguy John Lynn Figuring out the right motivation for someone to use a PHR has been something that’s been on my mind for quite a while. You may remember my post about requ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4549802 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:24:24 +0100 4549802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4433149&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FQYTLUG33_IE%2Fi-havent-done-much-with-my-youtube-page.html I haven't done much with my YouTube page since I launched it last month, but here's some new video of me, courtesy of Nuesoft Technologies. Nuesoft hosts a podcast series, and they recently invited me, along with Health Data Management Editor-in-Chief Greg Gillespie to discuss mobile healthcare technologies. We all had webcams, so the result is this YouTube video.In a bit of serendipity, Gillespie happened to be looking for freelance help with HDM's HIMSS Microsite, a collection of articles previewing HIMSS11. My first story should be up within the next hour. (Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog) Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4433149 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:59:29 +0100 4433149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304954&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F12%2F30%2Fsurescripts-becomes-onc-atcb-ehr-certification-body%2F In the weirdest news I’ve seen in a while, SureScripts has become an ONC-ATCB. Here’s the details from Health Data Management: In a Dec. 23 announcement, the Office for the National Coordinator for Health IT said that Arlington, Va.-based Surescripts can verify that e-prescribing, privacy and security modules meet the standards laid out in the meaningful use requirements. Surescripts is the sixth authorizer to be approved by ONCHIT, but it’s the only one with limited certification abilities—the five others have ONCHIT’s blessing to certify Complete EHRs and EHR modules. Doesn’t this scream conflict of interest? They run a nationwide e-Prescribing network, and yet they can certify ePrescribing for ONC. I guess you could make the argument that they know ePrescribing w... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304954 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:59:44 +0100 4304954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298689&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FEaXwhFuiM7w%2F I’m excited to announce the beginning of Meaningful Use Monday on EMR and HIPAA. I first came up with the idea when Lynn Scheps from SRSsoft commented on one of my previous meaningful use posts. Lynn provided such valuable information, I asked her if she’d be interested in becoming a regular guest blogger on EMR and HIPAA. As they say, the rest is history. Each Monday, Lynn (and sometimes myself) will be covering some topic related to the EMR Stimulus money and meaningful use. We hope you enjoy Meaningful Use Monday. -John With the impending start of the EHR incentive program on January 1, the results of a recent Health Data Management poll are troublesome. 72% of respondents feel that the meaningful use guidance provided by the government to-date has been either “inadequate ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298689 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:18:40 +0100 4298689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200541&cid=t_160538_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2010%2F11%2Fonline-health-data-in-employers-and-insurers-predictive-analytics.html By FRANK PASQUALE Did you know that buying generics instead of brands could hurt your credit? Or that a subscription to Hang Gliding Monthly could scare off life insurers? Or that certain employers’ access to electronic health records could lead... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200541 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4200541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119198&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fnine-ways-icd-10-will-better-your-business The healthcare industry might not yet realize this simple fact: Although this does not garner much in the way of media attention, ICD-10 promises to improve the business of healthcare in numerous ways. Despite the cost, expanse, and overwhelming transformation payers and providers will have to undertake to achieve ICD-10 compliance, ultimately it will be a boon for both healthcare in America and those organizations that serve up that care. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119198 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:15:09 +0100 4119198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3831432&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=38494&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcuretogether.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F08%2F06%2Fwelcome-curetogether-curators%2F . We’re excited to announce a new development at CureTogether. Our most active contributing members have been upgraded to official Curators! Amazing people like Ricky Buchanan in Melbourne, Australia (pictured above and found at http://notdoneliving.net/) are combing through CureTogether data. They are carefully checking for accuracy, duplicate entries, and generally helping to make sure that the information we have for our over 500 conditions is the highest quality it can be. This enables more discoveries that we can share with our condition communities and the larger public. Ricky and people like her are the reason CureTogether was started, and we are so grateful and glad to welcome the support of these inspiring heroes. Thank you!! (Source: The Collective Well) The Collective Well blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3831432 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:42:25 +0100 3831432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3621681&cid=t_160538_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealth-journalism-gems-you-shouldnt-miss%2F2010.06.02 A couple of health journalism gems you shouldn’t miss just because they were published over the holiday weekend: Natasha Singer of the New York Times had an important piece, “When Patients Meet Online, Are There Side Effects?,” about privacy concerns when social networking sites like CureTogether.com and PatientsLikeMe.com offer online communities for patients and collect members’ health data for research purposes. John Fauber of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel published another in his “Side Effects” series on conflicts of interest in healthcare. This one was about doctors vouching for the drug Multaq for treating atrial fibrillation without ever having seen all of the data. The Minneapolis Star Tribune began a “Too Much Medicine” series. Heal... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3621681 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:00:47 +0100 3621681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3611975&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=38494&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcuretogether.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F05%2F29%2Fcommunity-health-data-initiative%2F The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) are working on a major event around innovation and health data for which there will be a public launch on June 2nd with remarks from Secretary Sebelius, HHS CTO Todd Park and White House CTO Aneesh Chopra.  HHS and IOM have never done an event like this before. There will be major tech companies doing public launches of their work using HHS data. The webcast will be hosted in 2 spots: 1.       http://www.hhs.gov/open/ or http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=9347 2.       Meeting information: http://www.iom.edu/communityhealthdata 3.       HHS Blog Post: http://www.hhs.gov/open/discussion/chdi.html 4.       RWJF Blog Post: http://rwjfblogs.typepad.com/pioneer/2010/05/introd... The Collective Well blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3611975 Sat, 29 May 2010 17:30:51 +0100 3611975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2724910&cid=t_160538_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F23%2Fsxsw-2010-from-freud-to-facebook%2F SXSW is a huge multi-week festival held annually in Austin, Texas, one that I’ve been attending and presenting at regularly over the past decade. The festival features three main components — SXSW Interactive, SXSW Film, and SXSW Music. The largest part is, by far, the music component, but the Interactive component has grown substantially as well, largely due to its popularity amongst young web designers, developers and social media enthusiasts. In the past, I’ve talked about topics covering e-health, social media, Health 2.0, and where mental health fits into all of this. For SXSW 2010, Dr. Keely Kolmes (twitter) and I have proposed a panel called “Psychology and the Internet: From Freud to Facebook:” With the popularity of online social networks and services... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2724910 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:34:49 +0100 2724910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576525&cid=t_160538_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F3nehSvGIZeo%2F This is a very difficult decision for me. I have not joined in the large group of friends, peers, and mentors in the health and tech world endorsing the draft of Health Data Rights as they currently exist. Here’s the current draft: http://www.healthdatarights.org/home Why not? It’s not a difficult question to answer, but the answer is difficult to share openly. This is my patienthood we’re talking about here. That has been, historically, a huge compositional element of my personhood in total. I can’t take this one lightly and start throwing smoke bombs at store windows without thinking it through very carefully. When I saw the first draft, I immediately began looking at other Bills of Rights, including the US Constitution. I thought about what Bills of Rights are su... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576525 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:15:52 +0100 2576525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2513149&cid=t_160538_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEPharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FNA3r1Vbq5G0%2Fhealthdatarights-looks-to-help-patients.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2513149 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:13:00 +0100 2513149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523622&cid=t_160538_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fgrassroots-upheaval-a-declaration-of-patients-rights-to-health-data.html A new initiative, launched today at HealthDataRights.org, brings together all manner of patients’ rights activists — doctors, researchers, software developers, writers, entrepreneurs, health economists, and of course, health and medical bloggers — calling for “the right to access all health data about ourselves, so we can make the most effective health decisions using the resources [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523622 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:02:00 +0100 2523622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2258165&cid=t_160538_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F11%2Fus-mental-health-grades-virtually-useless%2F While I applaud the intent of the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s effort to “grade” the 50 states in the U.S. on their mental health care, the problem with such reports is that they are out-of-date and virtually useless from the moment they are published. The problem with the report isn’t its data gathering methods or purpose, both of which are solid and noble. The problem is that in the amount of time it takes to gather the data, analyze it, and publish it, the data is already out of date. To see how out of date, you only have to look and see that the last report was published 3 years ago. Hardly timely. In my home state, Massachusetts, it received a B, up from the C- it received in 2006, and much better than the national average of D. What the report doesn&... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2258165 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:31:55 +0100 2258165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1531582&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2F315769979%2F by David C. Kibbe MD, MBA The purpose of this post is to help a non-technical audience untangle some of the confusion regarding health data exchange standards, and particularly come to a better understanding of the similarities and  differences between the Continuity of Care Record (CCR) standard and the CDA Continuity of Care Document (CCD). But what I’m most interested in is getting beyond the technical, political, or economic positions and interests of the proponents of any particular standard to arrive at some principles that demonstrate in plain language what we are trying to achieve by using such standards in the first place. Frankly, I don’t give a hoot about what standardized XML format for capturing clinical data and information about a person becomes the norm in the ... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531582 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:43:32 +0100 1531582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1087780&cid=t_160538_113_f&fid=36670&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmsdn%2Fhealthblog%2F%7E5%2F198904787%2F A couple of week's ago I had a chance to catch up with Peter Neupert and Sean Nolan from our Health Solutions Group here at Microsoft.  They sat down with me to record a special video program for my House Calls for Healthcare Professionals series. Since the launch of HealthVault back in October there's been a groundswell of interest from consumers, doctors, health organizations, medical device manufacturers, partners, and others.  HealthVault is a platform for online services to help people SEARCH, STORE and CONNECT their health information, putting them in control of  their, and their family’s health and wellness.  Using HealthVault, people can store and control an array of health information including prescription medication lists, health histories, hospital dischar... HealthBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1087780 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:24:31 +0100 1087780