Headlines: Most Physicians Use Smartphones
FALLS CHURCH – Top headlines from Noblis Health Innovation for Tuesday, July 27, compiled daily. Click on the underlined item for the actual story:
- New CMS official faces hostility in Senate: Dr. Donald M. Berwick was named chief of Medicare and Medicaid without a Senate confirmation hearing, and some senators are less than happy about it.
- Medical professionals are jumping on the smart phone bandwagon: According to the blog Medical Smartphones, 94 percent of physicians surveyed by Spyglass Consulting reported that they used smart phones. Forty-four percent owned iPhones, and 25 percent said BlackBerry was their device of choice.
- Survey gives the national HIE landscape: An annual survey of the progress of health information exchanges across the nation has found 234 active HIEs in 2010, compared with 193 in 2009.
- Britain plans to decentralize health care: The new government’s plan would be the most radical reorganization of the National Health Service since its inception in 1948.
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