Category: apps
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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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Technology-Driven Healthcare Part 1: Telemedicine
Healthcare IT and healthcare reform are inextricably entwined as healthcare delivery transforms itself from a model based on volume to one based on value. Telemedicine is a disruptive technology that is ripe for driving this change from a provider-centric care model to a patient-centric model. That’s the view of Dennis Schmuland, M.D., chief health strategy…
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Compact aims to ease licensing for telemedicine, out-of-state care
A new pathway is being proposed by the Federation of State Medical Boards that would make it easier for doctors to be licensed in multiple states. read more …read more
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drchrono is Now Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certified; Voted #1 Mobile EHR in Black Book Rankings 2014
drchrono has announced it has officially been certified for Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 2. The company enhanced the EHR platform with new features as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services EHR Incentive Program, i.e. Meaningful Use. InfoGard Laboratories completed the platform certification review. Some of the new features within the platform which…