Category: eHealth
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DeSalvo, Fridsma discuss ‘evolution’ of HIT standards committee
Members of the Health IT Standards Committee at a meeting in Washington, D.C., Thursday discussed a future that involves a shift at the top and other proposed changes, including more interaction with the Health IT Policy Committee. read more …read more
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KLAS: Business intelligence healthcare market boasts no clear leader
A clear market leader for healthcare business intelligence tools has yet to emerge, according to a new report from Orem, Utah-based KLAS. read more …read more
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FBI warns healthcare of vulnerability to cyberattacks
The FBI has issued two warnings this month that healthcare organization systems, including medical devices, could be vulnerable to cyberattacks. read more …read more
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Rand: Stress value with new medical technology
The federal government should provide incentives for pharmaceutical companies and device makers to produce products that help cut spending and ensure that the benefits of costlier advances justify their added expense, according to a new Rand Corp. report. read more …read more
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Focusing health IT on improving minority health gaps
Health IT must be available, affordable and sustainable in underserved communities to improve the health of people with higher rates of poverty and chronic disease, write two officials from Morehouse School of Medicine in a recent post to Health IT Buzz blog. read more …read more
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Cyber attack simulation exposes need for better collaboration, preparedness
The planned cyber attack simulation CyberRX revealed a need for healthcare organizations to better engage their stakeholders in their preparedness plans and to be more open about best practices to help the industry as a whole improve. read more …read more
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Filling in the blanks in population health
Hospitals are trying to manage population health using incredibly incomplete data–in some cases, data from an inpatient visit perhaps once a year, writes Paul Roemer, CEO of Pale Rhino Consulting in… read more …read more
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Self-assessment study finds need to better educate patients
A study of an Internet-based health risk assessment illustrates the need to better educate patients at risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), according to an article at the Journal of Medical Internet Research. read more …read more
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mHealth app offers round-the-clock medical concierge subscription service
The Mayo Clinic and a California startup have created a new mobile health app featuring a telemedicine service offering a personal health assistant, who can prescribe limited drugs via the phone, and… read more …read more
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Patent filing reveals Google may be developing a contact lens camera
A report on Google patents claims the search titan may be making a contact lens featuring a computerized camera along with a sensor and an integrated, thin silicon chip. “One of Google’s… read more …read more