Category: eHealth
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Study: 7 different federal definitions of telehealth
Federal efforts to define and advance telehealth are certainly a work in progress as nationwide and state-based laws are developed. A new study explores seven unique definitions of telehealth in current use across the U.S. government. read more …read more
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VA touts gains of 44% in reducing claims backlog in past year
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced this week that it has reduced its claims backlog by about 44 percent to 344,000 claims from more than 611,000 last March. read more …read more
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In response to the Senate’s silence on ICD-10, a word about the delay
The importance of ICD-10 to legislators in the context of the sustainable growth rate patch was made abundantly clear by the number of mentions the implementation received in more than three hours… read more …read more
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New HHS interactive video aims to protect research subjects
The U.S. Department of Health & Human services has released a new interactive video aimed to better protect research subjects and reduce misconduct in clinical research, it announced this week…. read more …read more
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Global healthcare IT market projected to hit $66 billion by 2020
The global healthcare IT market projected to hit $66 billion by 2020, driven by efforts to streamline critical workflow processes, according to a new report. read more …read more
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How one health system faces IT-driven challenges
Daniel Barchi, who’s served as CIO at 2,300-bed Yale-New Haven Health System since 2010, says when he first started in his position, the system was not integrated and didn’t operate together. read more …read more
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David Harlow: Evidence-based medicine’s promise lies in data analyses
Everyone has a digital footprint as a patient, according to Boston-based health attorney and FierceHealthIT Editorial Advisory Board member David Harlow. When that data is aggregated with the digital footprints of others, he says, it can be usable information. read more …read more
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Pilot expands mHealth for patients in Kenya
The African Ministry of Health, African Medical and Research Foundation and Safaricom have developed a mobile healthcare program called Health Enablement and Learning Platform that aims to boost… read more …read more
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iPad app aims to help patients suffering from brain injuries, Alzheimer’s
Music and art activities are being tapped to help those afflicted with Alzeheimer’s and help patients connect with caregivers on an emotional, physical and interactive level. GE Healthcare has… read more …read more
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Eric Topol: Personalized medicine requires data infrastructure, expertise
Algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning increasingly will be central to personalized medicine, outlining the need for talented biocomputing and bioinformatic human expertise, writes… read more …read more