AMA president, Cecil B. Wilson, MD, cites Markle survey results in discussing the emergence of EHRs and how physicians are adapting to the technological change.
Lauren Vogel writes in a Canadian Medical Association journal about how patients are turning to the Internet for self-treatment and how-to videos giving step-by-step instructions on do-it-yourself medical procedures.
Jeff Byers of CMIO shares information from a recent HIMSS conference regarding EHRs and making the transition to a more technology oriented health care system.
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, health economist and management consultant, blogs on recent survey findings regarding doctor and patient views on electronic health records.
AMedsNews.com writer, Pamela Lewis Dolan, shares results from a Markle survey finding that public and physicians agree on how funds allocated to improve health IT should be used.
A study published in the journal Health Affairs provides statistics on how physicians differ in their experience with PHR's and their willingness to use them in their practices.