In response to widespread demand for an improved health care system, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened a committee to explore health care challenges and to recommend ways to create a continuously learning health care system. 2012 report brief.

List of the entire ACR Appropriateness Criteria, including Narrative & Rating Table, Evidence Table, and Lit Search documents.

An overview of Imaging 3.0, from the American College of Radiology, which provides concrete steps to allow all radiologists to take a leadership role in shaping America's future healthcare system.

Presentation slides from 10/19/17 webinar reviewing the results of eHI's 2017 Survey on Access to Patient Information.

The results are in! Over 100 providers, payers and delivery organizations responded to eHealth Initiative’s recent survey on provider-related interoperability solutions. Jennifer Covich Bordenick, eHealth Initiative’s Chief Executive Officer, will lead a discussion panel featuring expert Jon Zimmerman, VP and GM, Value-based Care Solutions, GE Healthcare Digital; Speakers will examine the survey and discuss the implications for providers, patients, and vendors. 

Highlights include:

• Compliance with 2015 patient access requirements in Health IT Certification Criteria
• Data types most requested by patients
• Concerns related to federal regulations
• Impact of current solutions on value-based care
• Most common frameworks and alliances followed by providers

Speakers:

• Jennifer Covich Bordenick, CEO, eHealth Initiative
• Jon Zimmerman, VP and GM, Value-based Care Solutions, GE Healthcare Digital
• Christopher Muir, Office of Standards and Technology, Office of the National Coordinator

9/15/17 post from Waterloo Research and Consulting on how electronic HIE networks should be considered a critical part of a state’s and region’s emergency preparedness and response infrastructure.

Article from the New England Journal of Medicine from Lisa Rosenbaum who interviewed 20 patients who had a myocardial infarction, questioning them in person at the time of the event and once or twice more over the phone
during the ensuing months about their medication adherence.

Study from Beckie, Campbell, Schneider, and Marcario (2017) investigating relationships among self-care activation, social support, and self-care behaviors of women living with heart failure.

Study from Macario et al. (2015) exploring presentation, comorbidities, treatment, and quality of life issues among women with AF.

September/October 2017 Progress in Cardiovasular Diseases

Study from Witt, Benson, Campbell, Silah, and Berra (2016) describing the structure of peer-led support groups offered by WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women Living with Heart Disease and assesses participants' quality of life and social, emotional, and physical health.