Loss of Steve Jobs

It is a sad day around the world with the loss of Steve Jobs.  His brilliance has transformed how we use technology.

Telehealth Success Story

In the Journals: IT Bundle Reduces Mortality; Commentary Examines Comparative Effectiveness Research abstract of an  article posted in the April 12, 2010 issue of Archive of Internal Medicine

at https://www.ecri.org/PatientSafety/HrcReports/Pages/AlertListing.aspx?alert=4587&ref=https://www.ecri.org/PatientSafety/HrcReports/Pages/HRC_Public_Alerts.aspx

The researchers found that a combination of healthcare information technology (HIT) and remote intensivists reduced mortality by 30%.  Ventilator use was reduced by 5%. The study included 1,913 patients. 
(Chapter 22 on telehealth)

Meaningful Use for Health Information Technology

Meaningful Use and Beyond (http://www.nohimss.org//Fall2009Presentations/Fall2009Presentations.htm) is a presentation by James C. Larson given on Dec 4, 2009 at the Northern Ohio Health Information Management Systems Society Fall Conference. This PDF file of the presentation slides (MUandBeyond) provides an update, plus some of the objectives and measure for Meaningful Use as it relates to health information technology. Hyperlinks to the Health and Human Services web site at http://healthit.hhs.gov/ are noted in the presentation.

This information was added to the textbook website (http://dlthede.net/Informatics/Informatics.html) to supplement Chapter 21, Healthcare Systems Issues.