Author: trident50
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Men with prostate cancer achieve stronger muscles and remain active through playing football
Men with prostate cancer aged 43‒74 achieve bigger and stronger muscles, improve functional capacity, gain positive social experiences and the desire to remain active through playing football for 12 weeks. …read more
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News 6/20/14
Top News The American Hospital Association urges CMS and ONC to quickly adopt plans that were identified in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would give hospitals flexibility in the combinations of EHR certification and Meaningful Use stages that are permitted for 2014. AHA observes that the proposals are last minute given that the last…
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Morning Headlines 6/2014
CMS urged to quickly finalize proposal to ease 2014 EHR meaningful use The American Hospital Association writes a letter to CMS and ONC asking that they quickly finalize the more flexible EHR attestation rules outlined in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. athenahealth Leads Industry in Meaningful Use Stage 2 Attestations athenaHealth reports that its users…
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Leveraging Telehealth for Sleep Apnea Patients at MedBridge Healthcare
At MedBridge Healthcare, a cloud platform that provides doctors and patients with easier ways to look at their sleep apnea treatment data from an analytical perspective on any computer or mobile device has empowered patients to take control of their care. According to the American Sleep Association, sleep apnea effects more than 12 million people…
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Patient engagement tools among IT most anticipated by hospital CIOs
These days, there is a constant stream of new products and technological advances in the healthcare industry. Three hospital CIOs recently spoke with Becker’s Hospital Review on what they’re most excited about in health IT. read more …read more
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VA telehealth efforts cut patient costs
Home-based telehealth programs help military service members receive better care at lower costs than fellow service members who only receive in-person care, according to figures touted this week by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officials. read more …read more
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Feds, AMA look to telemedicine, health IT to treat hepatitis C
The ONC and American Medical Association are working with the CDC on a program that uses health IT and telemedicine to diagnose and treat hepatitis C virus infections. read more …read more
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5 states plan online registry to share prescription drug data
Five New England states plan to share prescription data as part of their efforts to prevent drug overdoses and heroin addiction. The states will develop a registry to prevent “doctor shopping” to gain multiple prescriptions for opioid drugs. read more …read more
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EHR Implementation Disrupts Mobile Growth, Report Finds
The push towards electronic health record (EHR) implementation has slowed mobile adoption among clinicians, according to a new report from athenahealth, a Watertown, Mass.-based provider of a cloud-based EHR system, and Epocrates, an athenahealth service. The push towards electronic health record (EHR) implementation has slowed mobile adoption among clinicians, according to a new report from…
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Google Glass links to EHR
Look, Ma, no hands! EHR company drchrono is incorporating Google Glass in its platform. The idea is to create the first wearable health record — one that is always mobile. Drchrono offers its EHR free on the iPad, iPhone and cloud. Adding Google Glass to its platform would enable physicians to work hands-free, its officials…