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Healthcare IT News ■ November 2008 industry news www.HealthcareITNews.com Some view PHrs as critical to patient power By Molly MerrIll, Associate Editor SOUTH PORTLAND, ME – “Patients should be stewards of their own data,” one of the more forceful voices in healthcare says regarding personal health records. John Halamka, MD, chief information officer Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, spoke in South Portland, Maine, last month at a meeting of the New England Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Halamka acknowledged the concerns people have about personal health records including text note sharing and patient test results. Even though physicians are wary, he said, “transparency is a win for everyone.” As for sharing results, he said some test results could be held for days or weeks until the physi- can compare their results cian talks to the patient. with “normal” results, and Halamka emphasized, SafeMed, which helps eduthough, that data shared cate patients on treatment online “has to be shared in options. way that is in context to the The medical center patient.” also uses PatientSite, a He said the informasecure Web site that allows tion could be wrapped John halamka, MD patients and providers in other data that can be understood by the patient. For to communicate online. The site example, Beth Israel Deaconess includes links to Google Health, uses labtests.org, where patients which can allow patients to link to and upload different accounts from third-party providers and Microsoft HealthVault, which he described as “secure storage container for the patient.” HealthVault also has the endorsement of privacy advocate Deborah Peel, MD. “Their model is that consumers truly should control the information, Peel said when Microsoft launched HealthVault. “As the volume of medical information available to patients increases, it becomes more important for doctors and patients to use this information in a way that empowers the patient to be more collaborative with their care providers,” said Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, president and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic has partnered with Google Health on a PHR project. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: PHr 1108 ● rsNa Continued from page 3 SuperPACS™ ARCHITECTURE information is provided for planning purposes. Commercial availability is pending submission to and clearance by FDA and other regulatory agencies. © Carestream Health, Inc. 2008. ONE INTRODUCING SuperPACS™ ARCHITECTURE. Now you can synchronize disparate PACS systems using your existing infrastructure within a multi-site healthcare network, providing you ONE global worklist no matter where your site or data is located. SHARE clinical resources and balance radiology workload with ONE rules-based global worklist across all sites. COLLABORATE with peers, clinicians and referring physicians. Diagnose and REPORT quickly with numerous advanced clinical tools and set proﬁles. Experience common reading and reporting for all sources and formats of data. ONE chair. ONE workstation. ONE solution. opportunities for medical professionals to share knowledge in the pursuit of universal standards of quality care. As a part of RSNA’s global theme, a new scientific session called “Japan Presents” is being offered in conjunction with the Japan Radiological Society, said Maureen Morley, spokeswoman for RSNA. With more than 4,000 scientific presentations, education exhibits and informatics demonstrations, “there’s really a ‘can’t miss’ in just about every subspecialty,” Morley said. “Attendees have an incredible choice of topics based on their interests.” Morley highlighted some special focus sessions: “The New Reality of Combat Injuries, with Emphasis on Central Nervous System Trauma,” “Rationing of Imaging Services: Facing the Inevitable Crisis in Resources U.S. versus Canadian Perspective,” and “Covering the Emergency Department: 24/7.” As for topics, she said, “we are seeing more about quantitative imaging and biomarkers.” Morley said one very obvious change attendees would notice this year is the layout of the exhibition. “To help attendees see more in less time, we are expanding the technical exhibition into the Lakeside Center,” she said. The Lakeside Learning Center, containing education exhibits, scientific posters and informatics presentations, will be located in Hall E, across from Arie Crown Theater. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: rSNa 1108 ● e ● Connect: CareStreaM 1108 Set up a demo at RSNA www.carestreamhealth.com/RSNAdemo or 1-877-865-6325, ext. 100 What was your top take away from rsNa 2008? send your comments to Bernie Monegain at bernie.monegain@ medtechpublishing.com RSNA ‘08 Booth 8342 Hall B, North Building http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10364 http://www.vha.com/contracting http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10280 http://www.vha/cp/contracting http://www.healthcareitnews.com/eConnect.cms?id=10312

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