Author: trident50
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Morning Headlines 5/19/14
Veterans Affairs Chief Accepts Resignation Of Robert Petzel, Under Secretary For Health Robert Petzel, the top VA official for health care, resigns after it was discovered that the Phoenix VA Medical Center had been falsifying appointment wait lists to appear compliant with the VA’s standards. Petzel was already scheduled to retire in just a few…
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Study: Smartphone devices, apps may not be best mobile BP tools
Smartphone device add-ons, apps and online videos offering blood pressure reading information and measurement capability may not be accurate or trustworthy, two new studies reveal presented at the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Hypertension reveal. read more …read more
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What are the four dimensions critical to effective mHealth?
People, places, payment and purpose are four critical dimensions necessary for mobile healthcare to attain its full potential, states a new Deloitte study, and mHealth strategies that take a one-size-fits-all are not a good approach. read more …read more
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Mount Sinai Beth Israel earns prestigious designation for improving quality of heart failure patient care
Mount Sinai Beth Israel is the proud recipient of the 2014 American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award. It is one of only three hospitals in New York City to have earned the prestigious designation. …read more
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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield hails Gov. Pence’s proposal to enhance Healthy Indiana Plan
The leaders of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Medicaid business are hailing Governor Mike Pence’s proposal to enhance the state’s Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP). …read more
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AirStrip wins TripleTree iAward for Connected Health
AirStrip, the leading provider of mobile healthcare solutions for driving clinical transformation, was honored today by TripleTree as part of the 6th Annual TripleTree iAwards for Connected Health. …read more
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UnitedHealthcare Launches Text Messaging Services for Health and Well-Being
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania has launched two new text-messaging services that help people enrolled in Medicaid benefit plans take charge of their health and well-being. UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania has launched two new text-messaging services that help people enrolled in Medicaid benefit plans take charge of their health and well-being. read more …read…
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Medfusion, Allscripts’ Ugly Divorce is Laid Out in Lawsuit
The Medfusion, Allscripts relationship has taken a turn for the worse, with the Cary, N.C.-based provider of patient portal technologies suing the Chicago-based provider of electronic health record (EHR) systems. The Medfusion, Allscripts relationship has taken a turn for the worse, with the Cary, N.C.-based provider of patient portal technologies suing the Chicago-based provider of…
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Where does mHealth fit into the Internet of Things?
Mobile healthcare devices and apps will play a starring role in the Internet of Things given expectations on emerging monitoring and sensor technologies that will be used to track everything from fitness achievements to surgical rehab. read more …read more
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A Treatment Plan for Technology in Health Care
The following is a guest blog post by Andy Oram, writer and editor at O’Reilly Media. The kind of health care reform that brings better care at a reasonable cost will consist of many, tightly interlocking strands. Each of us—everyday consumers and patients, health care providers, payers and public health officials, technology developers, policy makers,…