Category: apps
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Health System Launches ED-Focused Telemedicine Pilot
The University of California (UC), San Diego Health System is set to launch a telemedicine pilot initiative that will aim to address overcrowded emergency departments (EDs), the organization announced this week. The University of California (UC), San Diego Health System is set to launch a telemedicine pilot initiative that will aim to address overcrowded emergency…
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UC San Diego telemedicine pilot aims to reduce ER wait times
The University of California-San Diego Health System has launched a telemedicine pilot program in order to help decrease ER wait times for patients, according to an announcement from the university…. read more …read more Source: UC San Diego telemedicine pilot aims to reduce ER wait times
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The Role Of Telehealth In An Integrated Health Delivery System
Against the changing landscape of healthcare reform, healthcare organizations in the United States are focused on achieving the industry’s identified “Triple Aim” goals of improving patient care, and population health while reducing overall healthcare costs. …read more Source: The Role Of Telehealth In An Integrated Health Delivery System
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Telemedicine: A way to decrease patient wait times in ED
Emergency department overcrowding has been a major issue nationally for 20 years and continues to increase in severity. To address this issue, a pilot study has been launched at UC San Diego Health System’s ED to use telemedicine as a way to help address crowding and decrease patient wait times.
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new features in 1.6.19 release of OneTouch EMR iPad EHR / EMR for mobile platforms
these are the new features of the latest 1.6.19 release of OneTouch EMR iPad Mobile EHR / EMR electronic health record built by doctors, using familiar workf… Video Rating: 0 / 5 Bizmatics Family Priactice EMR/EHR module provides an integrated workflow system. Visit http://www.bizmaticsinc.com/family-practice-emr.php to learn how we c… Video Rating: 0 / 5
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Mobile phones effective in collecting data from HIV-positive pregnant women
In a study, mobile phones were found both to be acceptable and feasible in the collection of maternal and child health data from women living with HIV in South Africa, according to an article in the… read more …read more Source: Mobile phones effective in collecting data from HIV-positive pregnant women
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mHealth could save EU nearly €100 billion in healthcare costs by 2017
Over the next four years, the European Union could realize cost savings of almost €100 billion and add €93 billion in gross domestic product by embracing mobile health solutions, based on… read more …read more Source: mHealth could save EU nearly €100 billion in healthcare costs by 2017
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Poor uptake by healthcare workers in mHealth pilot program
A pilot study of an app for mobile healthcare workers in a rural South African multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment program has valuable lessons for scaling new mHealth initiatives in… read more …read more Source: Poor uptake by healthcare workers in mHealth pilot program
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Telemedicine shows ROI at ATA
Ironically, Andrew Watson’s first telemedicine procedure was with a rural patient who was a Mennonite. At first, the patient and physician looked at each other warily. “He didn’t have a TV,” said Watson, a colorectal surgeon and vice president at Pittsburgh-based UPMC, with a wry laugh. “And I’d never done this.” read more
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Telephonic Case Management: Protocols for Behavioral Healthcare Patients
Though adult mental health patients, substance abusers and children and adolescents may face different behavioral health issues, there’s a common reason behind their frequent hospital and ER visits, explains Jay Hale, LPC, CEAP, director of quality improvement and clinical operations at Carolina Behavioral Health Alliance. Hale’s organization uses a set of telephonic case management protocols…