Category: eHealth
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Sutter Care at Home reaps big benefits from tablet deployment
The third time was a charm for a large home care agency’s quest to integrate mHealth technology into its practice, and the benefits range from improved data sharing to greater efficiency by… read more …read more
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Why a gaming touch with mHealth apps could prove beneficial to patients
As FierceMobileHealthcare reported recently a new study reveals mHealth apps using a gaming touch could help patients reduce stress, pay more attention to their health and improve recovery. In fact,… read more …read more
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Actuary says stats point to smaller premium increases next year
Also, the disparities in insurance coverage between states that embraced the health law and those that did not are more closely examined. And many Iowans will get to keep their pre-health law coverage. …read more
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To prevent patient readmissions, stop playing ‘whack-a-mole’
What’s the key to managing readmission risks? Not playing whack-a-mole by quickly combatting problems as they arise, according to Ray Hess, vice president of information management at West Chester, Pa.-based Chester County Hospital. read more …read more
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CHIME, AHIMA: Limit ICD-10 delay to one year
The latest delay to the ICD-10 transition will be both disruptive and costly for healthcare delivery innovation and must not last beyond a year, says a coalition of healthcare organizations, including the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and the American Health Information Management Association. read more …read more
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HealthCare.gov wasn’t Sebelius’ only IT project, just the most high-profile
When U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resigned last week after five years of service, I wanted to know what members of FierceHealthIT‘s Editorial… read more …read more
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Survey: CIOs are driving digital change and innovation
CEOs are giving CIOs some more credit where credit is due, according to a new survey from Gartner, Inc., which found that CIOs are thought of as the title most responsible for driving digital innovation and change at companies. read more …read more
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Another record-setting quarter for VC investment in HIT
Venture capital funding for health IT continued at “an astonishing pace” during first quarter of 2014, with the sector raising its highest infusion of cash in a single quarter to date,… read more …read more
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Savvy new players expected to shake up healthcare
Innovative companies drawing from ideas that transformed the retail, technology and telecommunications sectors are poised to siphon off tens of billions of dollars from traditional healthcare’s… read more …read more
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Consumer Beware: Online Health Searches Carry Risk, Study Says
The quality of the information available on the Internet may depend on what is searched for, and the results could be hazardous to one’s health, according to a University of Florida study recently published in the journal Decision Support Systems. The quality of the information available on the Internet may depend on what is searched…