Category: apps
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CHIME: Data exchange, telemedicine reimbursement vital to improving chronic disease care
Widespread health information exchange, revised telemedicine reimbursement policies and patient empowerment are all necessary to bolster treatment and prevention of chronic diseases, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives said in a letter to legislators serving in the Senate Finance Committee’s Chronic Care Working Group this week. read more Read more from originating source…
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Are We Really Turning a Corner When It Comes to Telehealth?
0 Developments are taking place along numerous dimensions with regard to telehealth—offering a positive outlook for that important phenomenon A new report on healthcare costs and trends, researchers from PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have referenced telehealth and remote patient monitoring as phenomena positively impacting healthcare cost trendlines. read more Read more from originating source…
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Research review finds mHealth tools increase physician workload, disrupt workflow
Mobile health tools have the ability to empower patients and providers. However, increased workload and disturbed workflow are seen are barriers to use, according to a new research paper published in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. read more Read more from originating source…
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A silver lining for mHealth use by a graying population
This past week I spoke with Arthur Polin, medical director for Florida Hospital North Pinellas, about how Adventist Health System is using mHealth to meeting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requirements for Chronic Care Management–and the liklihood an aging population will embrace using mobile tools for healthcare purposes. read more Read more from…
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How mHealth can boost data collection on immunizations
Collecting information on immunizations is a challenge as people move, new vaccines are developed and administration becomes increasingly fragmented, but a group of researchers see mobile healthcare as a solution to that problem. read more Read more from originating source…
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Care partners boost outcomes for heart failure patients using mHealth intervention
Expanding the reach of mobile health tools to include care partners of patients suffering from chronic heart failure may help to boost adherence to medication and lower shortness of breath instances, according to a new study. read more Read more from originating source…
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Brain Injury Services of SWVA receives WWP grant to provide tele-health program for veterans with TBI
Brain Injury Services of SWVA has received a grant from Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) to provide a unique tele-health program, the Community Living Connection (CLiC) for veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI), to overcome the diverse challenges of the complex condition. WWP’s Grant Program, now in its fourth year, is expanding the availability of programs…
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mHealth security, communications platforms deserve attention
This week brings insight on two very different issues relating to mobile health technology and use. One is the growing “bring your own device” movement within hospitals and care centers by the nursing population. The second is the fallibility of mobile communications infrastructure carrying all the messaging and data. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercemobilehealthcare.com/story/mhealth-security-communications-platforms-deserve-attention/2015-06-08?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss…
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Why mHealth and Patient Engagement are Critical to the Future of Healthcare
0 In health IT, a lot of the focus on mHealth lies on the provider side. But how patients are using these technologies to improve their care is also becoming ever so important to healthcare’s changing landscape. In the health IT industry, a lot of the focus on mobile health (mHealth) lies on the provider…
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Which mHealth Apps are Best? Let the Doc Prescribe
mHealth apps are becoming more frequently used for care management, and now a mobile health platform lets providers choose the best options for patients. Note: This article appears a sidebar to Associate Editor Rajiv Leventhal’s mobile computing feature in the May/June issue of Healthcare Informatics. That feature, sans the sidebar, can also be seen online…