Category: eHealth
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Why I Am Excited to Be Attending ATA 2014
0 I am excited to be attending the American Telemedicine Association annual meeting in Baltimore May 17-20 because when I looked beyond the inspirational keynote addresses to the concurrent session descriptions, I sensed that there has been a real change in how seriously the largest health systems in the country are taking telehealth initiatives. As…
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Regional Extension Centers aid states in health information exchange, quality improvement
As funding dries up for Regional Extension Centers, some are moving into a new market: Health information exchange and Meaningful Use support. read more …read more
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Kaiser, partners plan to boost learning network with focus on data standards, governance
Kaiser Permanente and its partners will expand their efforts to provide a learning health system through patient-centered outcomes research. The project will focus on data standards, incorporating patient-reported data more systematically and implementing multisite data governance procedures. read more …read more
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Mobile health apps tapping Watson’s capabilities
Six digital health innovations are among 25 semi-finalists in an IBM competition focused on creating mobile applications that tap its Watson computing technology. read more …read more
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Mercy to Create ‘Virtual Care Center’
Located in Chesterfield, Missouri,a four-story, 120,000-square-foot virtual care center will open in 2015 and accommodate nearly 300 physicians, nurses, specialists, researchers and support staff. Care will be delivered 24/7 via audio, video and data connections to locations across Mercy as well as outside of Mercy through partnerships with other providers. On Tuesday, May 13, Mercy…
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Neurological telehealth efforts successful for follow-up care
A majority of patients who received neurologic follow-up care via video telehealth technologies were “highly satisfied” with the results, according to new research published this month in Telemedicine and e-Health. read more …read more
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FTC: Vendors sharing mHealth, fitness app data
A Federal Trade Commission study revealed mobile health and fitness application vendors are sharing user data with third-party vendors. The data includes device use information, as well as personal health and fitness insight. read more …read more
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Will Google dominate the future of medical technology?
At a May meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council, Medtronic Senior Vice President for Medicine and Technology Stephen Oesterle said that within two decades, his company’s biggest competitor will be Google. read more …read more
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Phoenix VA hospital one of last to deploy electronic waitlist system
The Phoenix VA hospital, under investigation after some patients died while awaiting treatment, was among the last to adopt an electronic waitlist system that had been deployed elsewhere in the… read more …read more
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HHS, VA urged to boost incremental IT development efforts
Amid the push to more quickly get the results from federal IT projects, five federal agencies–including U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Department Veterans Affairs–have not fully met requirements for incremental development, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). read more …read more