Author: trident50
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USDA Dishes Out Rural Telehealth Grant to Essentia Health
The United States Departure of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the Duluth, Minn.-based health system, Essentia Health more than $200,000 to expand rural telemedicine services in three states. The United States Departure of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the Duluth, Minn.-based health system, Essentia Health more than $200,000 to expand rural telemedicine services in three states. read…
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Mayo Clinic, Austin Public Schools team up on telemedicine system
The Mayo Clinic Health System, in partnership with Austin Public Schools, is working to improve care at education facilities through the use of Mayo Clinic Health Connection. read more …read more
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Government agencies face big hurdles in mHealth app innovation
Governmental agencies face a wide spectrum of challenges in creating mHealth apps, ranging from a changing development culture to potential litigious issues, revealed a new report published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. read more …read more
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Big name mHealth apps rank low in satisfaction study
Medical software and health/fitness apps, overall, are finding fans while achieving an average satisfaction score of 78 and 76, respectively, which puts them in the excellent range in the inaugural “2015 State Of The U.S. Health & Fitness Apps Economy” ARC 360 report. read more …read more
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Study: BP apps require greater oversight due to lack of validation
A vast number of mobile applications promising blood pressure and hypertension management capabilities lack validation and require greater oversight, claims a study published this month in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. read more …read more
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Wearables And Mobile Apps Pose New Data Security Risks
In the early days of mobile health apps and wearable medical devices, providers weren’t sure they could cope with yet another data stream. But as the uptake of these apps and devices has grown over the last two years, at a rate surpassing virtually everyone’s expectations, providers and payers both have had to plan for a day when…
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Hospital shifts strategy to build – not buy – mHealth apps
An increasing demand for mobile medical applications is prompting at least one New York hospital to revert its software strategy from buying to in-house development. read more …read more
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Morning Headlines 7/2/14
Billionaire With Achy Knees Cashing In on Health Data Bloomberg profiles InterSystems and its owner Terry Ragon, whose net worth has soared to $3.1 billion since starting the company. NextGen Healthcare and Mirth Launch Enterprise Interoperability Platform Quality Systems Inc., parent company to both NextGen and Mirth, announces a new interoperability offering that allows NextGen…
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Reform roundup: Georgia exchange attracts more insurers; Kansas embraces one part of health law
UnitedHealthcare, Coventry, Cigna and Time Insurance Company have each submitted plans with the state to offer health insurance in the federally run exchange in Georgia next year. They join the five holdovers from this year’s exchange that are also submitting rates for review: Alliant Health Plans, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Humana, Kaiser…
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Researchers use simple tactics to reduce unnecessary blood tests, health care spending
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center used two relatively simple tactics to significantly reduce the number of unnecessary blood tests to assess symptoms of heart attack and chest pain and to achieve a large decrease in patient charges. …read more