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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Lengthy cover story yesterday at Information Week on the use of information technology to reduce costs in healthcare. What’s interesting about this article was the discussion of how the uses of IT to reduce healthcare costs have become the providence of early adopter Human Resources and benefits managers – not the CIO or IT manager. [...]