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Mobile technologies will enable patient-centered care, PwC report says

Rising healthcare costs and prevalence of chronic disease are not merely American problems; they are affecting the delivery of care worldwide. The crunch, says a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report, will push millions upon millions of people to take more control over their own healthcare, often enabled by mobile technologies and the Internet. “The overarching challenge for incumbent health systems will be to shift their internal focus from a siloed bureaucratic healthcare infrastructure to one that puts the patient at the center…and engages them to be active stakeholders in their health and the health system,” the report reads. In an interview with the Reuters news agency, David Chin, director of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute says that the Internet and mobile technologies would help to break down some of the silos, empower patients and save money. He is particularly interested in the potential of mobile monitoring systems. “We’re optimistic that the combination of a personalized approach and better technology will improve the health of the population, and start addressing the cost issue,” Chin says. “Of course the advantage to an insurance company or (healthcare) delivery system is that is costs less to deliver care over the Internet,” he adds. “You’re able to reach a wider audience for a lot less money.” For more details: - see this PwC press release - take a look at this Reuters story - download the PwC Healthcast series of reports

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CMS: Final meaningful use, certification rules sent to OMB

Posted by admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 08-07-2010

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How do we know the rules for meaningful use will be out any day now? CMS has sent its regulatory language to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review, the final stage in the rulemaking process.

Health Data Management reports that OMB has received the regulations for meaningful use and the related final EHR certification criteria, the latter developed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Once OMB signs off, both rules will be released for viewing at the Federal Register Public Inspection Desk while they await official publication. HHS officials publicly released proposed criteria for meaningful use and an interim final rule on certification Dec. 30, but they were not published until Jan. 13.

With the rules at OMB, CMS can’t give an exact date for release, but the Medicare and Medicaid agency stands by its forecast of early summer, according to Health Data Management. CMS had slipped from its earlier targets of late spring, then the end of June. FierceEMR reported last week that the final rules will be out by July 14, which is next Wednesday.

For more:
- read this Health Data Management update

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