It’s a long one this time, well worth the read and well worth jumping around for if you have the time. Check it out.

According to a newly released study by Kalorma Information, the healthcare information technology market will grow by two-thirds to $38 billion by 2009.

CIO Insight writer Stacy Lawrence wrote on Monday (article) that the market research firm’s report estimated that at present only 10 to 15 percent of 5,500 hospitals in the United States have some [...]

Matthew Holt had an article last week commenting on the USAToday article I previously blogged. Most useful piece of his article? His summary of the four types of PHRs that are out there.

Fun article in today’s USAToday discussing the marketing tactics being employed by several PHR vendors. Their pitch: Disasters can destroy your medical records.

The article mentions several PHR vendors and notes that most consumers don’t see the point for digitizing their health records.

Quote: “Consumers … [aren’t] sitting around saying, ‘I wish there was a place I [...]

Speaking at a conference in Boston, Senator Edward Kennedy urged physicians to adopt PHRs.

Kennedy is part of a group of bipartisan senators that sponsored the Wired for Health Care Quality Act. This legislation encourages the universal use of electronic medical records.

Coverage after the jump.