Latest California Healthline Stories
Medem Launches No-Cost Electronic Health Records Service
Medem earlier this month launched no-cost electronic personal health records for the general public, a development that some observers say could spur wider adoption of health care information technology.
California IPAs Take Increased Role in IT Adoption
A recent survey of physicians found wide gaps between small and large physician practices’ IT adoption. In California, several forces are attempting to change that, with large independent practice associations in the state beginning to play a larger role in shaping physicians’ IT uptake.
California Hospitals Reflect Successes, Challenges To Wired Health System
Six California hospitals and health systems made this year’s annual Hospitals & Health Networks list of the 100 “Most Wired” U.S. hospitals. In many ways, these hospitals reflect the incremental progress, and the formidable barriers to the health sector’s adoption of new technologies.
Data Exchanges Go Live in California, Nationwide
A health data exchange project that will officially launch in Santa Barbara this summer is a model for what an interconnected health care system might look like. As similar networks start up nationwide, the heath care community must contend with the long-term funding challenges of such systems.