Category: eHealth
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Gaming pilot at Children’s National engages youth in their own care management
Steven J. Hardy, M.D., a pediatric psychologist at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., wants to engage families and patients in conversations about how they’re managing illness–and use mobile gaming as the tool to do so, he tells FierceMobileHealthcare in an exclusive interview. read more …read more
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Survey: Docs increasingly use online search engines to make clinical decisions
Doctors are Googling a lot more than you might think. A majority of physicians in a recent MedData survey said they use search engines to help them make clinical decisions. But when patients look up health information online, it can cause tension in the doctor-patient relationship. read more …read more
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NIH issues research, funding call for mHealth tool projects
The National Institutes of Health is seeking research grant proposals to spur development of mHealth tools that will provide effective patient-provider communications and patient self-management capabilities. read more …read more
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State highlights: Mixed reaction to new telehealth guideline; Calif. mental health grants; Conn. nurse practitioners
The Federation of State Medical Boards approved a model telehealth policy this weekend that’s made some providers of these services happy and others, well, not so much, because of its emphasis on using video rather than audio technology for a first patient visit (Conn, 4/28). …read more
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Information Technology Can Simplify Weight-Loss Efforts
Researchers at the University of Missouri, Columbia, have found that information technology such as smartphone applications can help dieters integrate healthy behavior changes into their daily lives. The study, “Successful Weight Loss: How Information Technology Is Used to Lose,” was recently published in the Journal of Telemedicine and e-Health. Researchers at the University of Missouri,…
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Digital health investment tops $1.35B in first quarter of 2014
Investment in digital health topped $1.35 billion in the first quarter of 2014, according to new report from StartUp Health. read more …read more
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Not all happy as telemedicine model policy adopted
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) adopted without changes a revised policy on appropriate use of telemedicine–ignoring recommendations from the American Telemedicine Association…. read more …read more
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Aggravation over ICD-10 delay continues
“Disappointed” was the overwhelming reaction from survey respondents asked by the American Health Information Management Association their thoughts on the ICD-10 delay, in a poll given during AHIMA’s ICD-10 summit in Washington, D.C., last week. read more …read more
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Why BlackBerry has the potential to drive mHealth apps forward
There’s some exciting news in world of mobile healthcare apps and at the forefront is BlackBerry, planning expand its enterprise footprint into the healthcare market. Why is this exciting?… read more …read more
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State med board sanctions telemedicine doc
Idaho’s medical licensing board has cracked down on a doctor licensed in the state who prescribed a common antibiotic over the phone while working for a telemedicine company. read more …read more