Category: eHealth
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Telehealth reimbursement growth a slow process
Despite progress in obtaining reimbursement for telehealth services from private payers, change is coming slowly, according to a study published this month in Telemedicine and e-Health. read more …read more
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NIH working group urges $4.5 billion budget for BRAIN Initiative
An advisory group to the National Institutes of Health is urging $4.5 billion in funding for brain research over the next 12 years in a report laying out goals and a framework for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. read more …read more
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State telemedicine efforts encounter hurdles
Legislative efforts to enhance the use of telemedicine in both Florida and Tennessee have hit some bumps in the road, according to various reports. read more …read more
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WEDI roadmap urges HHS to limit burden of ICD-10 delay
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a letter dated June 4 to take action to minimize disruption within the healthcare industry from the ICD-10 delay. read more …read more
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University of Colorado Health building a data infrastructure from scratch
University of Colorado Health is building IT systems to treat people, not diseases, according to CIO Steve Hess. read more …read more
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Are Seniors Being Left Behind the Wave of Health IT?
0 There are certainly major strides being made when it comes to developing consumer health applications to engage patients in taking an active role in their own care. The latest, as noted by Healthcare Informatics Senior Editor Gabe Perna yesterday, comes from Apple, which, during its iOS8 presentation, announced its Health app and HealthKit system…
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Kathleen Sebelius: Data liberation works
Federal data liberation efforts, including those at the Department of Health and Human Services, represent reforms that are bigger than one administration, according to outgoing HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius. read more …read more
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U.S. researchers, U.K. partner on open data healthcare framework
The creation of a blueprint for the use of open data in healthcare was the driving force behind a recent collaboration between researchers at New York University’s GovLab and England’s National Health Service. read more …read more
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Continue training, testing to maintain ICD-10 momentum
Healthcare organizations should use the extra time afforded by the delay of ICD-10 to conduct more testing and training and to maintain the momentum they’ve developed thus far, according to AHIMA… read more …read more
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Trimmer ONC will have its work cut out for it
Midway through her first year as national coordinator for health IT, Karen DeSalvo, no doubt, has put her stamp on ONC. read more …read more