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As I’ve mentioned before, once a month the CDC presents a Public Health Grand Rounds webcast, on a wide spectrum of health issues.
Last April, I gave considerable blog space to CDC Grand Rounds: Sodium Reduction.
Later today (Thursday July 21st, 2011) - at 1pm EST - the CDC will present their latest Grand Rounds broadcast, this time on Electronic Health Records.
While admittedly not without its controversies (including start up costs, Physician training, privacy issues, etc.), their use over time is expected to save billions in health care costs every year, and so their adoption – particularly among Medicare & Medicaid providers - is being heavily encouraged by the HHS.
To learn more about this technology, and how it will affect medical care in the future, tune in today at 1pm.
Next Grand Rounds Presentation
Electronic Health Records: What′s in it for Everyone? - Electronic health records (EHRs) allow for the systematic collection and management of patient health information in a form that can be shared across multiple health care settings. By providing easier access to patients’ medical records, EHRs can help improve healthcare quality, efficiency and safety. Full Text
- 7/21/2011, Thursday, 1pm-2pm, EDT
- Watch live webcast
- Watch the live broadcast at:
http://cdc.wl.miisolutions.net/live/cdc/6- For slower or dial-up connections:
http://cdc.wl.miisolutions.net/live/cdc/7
NOTE: presentation will be archived 48 hours following the live event
These presentations run about an hour.
If you miss the live broadcast, you’ll be able to view this latest Grand Rounds presentation on the CDC’s Streaming Health Youtube Channel in about 48 hours.
Other Grand Rounds presentations archived, and available for viewing, include:
- Child Maltreatment: Creating a Healthier Future Through Prevention
- Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Threats and Opportunities
- Chlamydia Prevention: Challenges and Strategies for Reducing Disease Burden
- Folic Acid: Folic Acid in the Prevention of Birth Defects
- Foodborne Diseases: Better Prevention with Better Public Health Information
- Global Child Survival: Strategies for Improving Global Child Survival
- H1N1: Why H1N1 Still Matters
- HIV Prevention: Targeted Paths to HIV Prevention
- Malaria Eradication: Back to the Future
- Nanotechnology: Preventing Adverse Health Effects from Nanotechnology
- Nuclear Disaster Preparedness: Radiological and Nuclear Disaster Preparedness
- Polio Eradication: in India
- Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic
- Rabies Elimination: Rabies Elimination in the 21st Century?
- Sodium Reduction: Time for Choice
- TB & HIV: A Deadly Duo
- Tobacco Regulation: The Public Health Impact of Tobacco Product and Advertising Regulation
- Vitamin D: The Importance of Monitoring Vitamin D Status in the U.S.
