This Week's Healthcare Online News
Fierce Mobile Healthcare
mHealth seen as solution to medical malpractice epidemic
July,15,2013
by+Greg Slabodkin
One can add reduced medical malpractice cases to the list of potential benefits to society from widespread mHealth adoption, so says Zachary Landman, MD, chief medical officer for Doctorbase, a developer of mobile health solutions, patient portals and patient engagement software. Landman believes that mHealth can reduce the "suffocating" costs of malpractice that plague our healthcare and legal systems. He argues that "whereas email and 'EHR messaging' feels and acts impersonal, takes considerable time and forces physicians to be stationary (more difficult than it sounds), mobile messaging is in real-time and emulates a conversation." In addition, "mobile messages tend to be sent quicker and are less proofread, less polished and more personal," according to Landman.
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Med City News
After simple surgeries, post-op checkups by phone save time and travel
July,16,2013
by:+Doyle, Kathryn
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a preliminary study of patients who had simple surgeries, most did well and seemed satisfied with post-operative checkups by telephone instead of seeing their surgeon in a clinic visit.
The phone follow-up saved doctors and patients the time and effort involved in clinic visits without compromising patient care, according to the study of California patients.
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New York Times Health
Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set to Fall 50%
July,16,2013
By:+ RONI CARYN RABIN and REED ABELSON
Individuals buying health insurance on their own will see their premiums tumble next year in New York State as changes under the federal health care law take effect, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Wednesday
State insurance regulators say they have approved rates for 2014 that are at least 50 percent lower on average than those currently available in New York. Beginning in October, individuals in New York City who now pay $1,000 a month or more for coverage will be able to shop for health insurance for as little as $308 monthly. With federal subsidies, the cost will be even lower
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Fierce Health IT
Insurer slow to close debate on masking personal health info
July,16,2013
by:+Ashley Gold
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina periodically does something that just may be concerning to its customers: it shares their personal health information with a third-party company employed to design the company's software, according to documents and interviews compiled by the Charlotte News-Observer.
In the article, it is explained how the internal documents show a discussion within the 3.7 million member Blue Cross of NC, deciding whether to scramble or mask the data--which includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers and medical information--before it goes to the third party. So far, the payer is not doing that.
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