Category: eHealth
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Examining a sweet spot in mHealth technology
Scroll the search results of ‘mobile healthcare’ and it doesn’t take long to figure out that mobile apps and devices are cropping up all over, from university research and development… read more …read more
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Colorado hospital taps mobile payment app to boost efficiency, streamline processes
Aspen Valley Hospital in Colorado is streamlining patient payment processes using a mobile application that lets patients pay a bill from bedside discharge to emergency room environments and provides… read more …read more
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eHealth Initiative Launches Healthcare Roadmap for 2020
The Washington, D.C.-based eHealth Initiative (eHI) has announced the launch of a public-private collaboration that will aim to help guide the transformation of the nation’s healthcare system by 2020. The Washington, D.C.-based eHealth Initiative (eHI) has announced the launch of a public-private collaboration that will aim to help guide the transformation of the nation’s healthcare…
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CHIME official ‘not optimistic’ about SGR/ICD-10 Senate vote
Reaction to Thursday’s voice vote by the House to approve a temporary, one-year fix to the sustainable growth rate–as well as a delay of at least one year on ICD-10 implementation–has been mixed from both industry groups and legislators. The Senate is expected to vote Monday on the legislation. read more …read more
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Global Health Technologies Coalition warns against underfunded NIH
While lauding a deal that halted the so-called “sequestration” budget cuts that would cripple global health programs, the Global Health Technologies Coalition warns against underfunding the… read more …read more
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Building A “Clinical Grade” Wireless Network
In theHealth IT Outcomesreader survey to identify the top health IT trends for 2014, wireless networking finished as one of the 10 most important IT initiatives. This webinar outlined the specific needs of clinical environments and defined the proper way to design a wireless network for a healthcare setting. Presenters also discussed how Barnabas Health…
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House OKs temporary SGR fix with ICD-10 delay
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a temporary fix to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) for one year in a bill that also delays ICD-10 implementation until at least October 2015 and postpones hospital compliance with the controversial “two-midnight rule” and recovery audits of medically unnecessary claims until March 2015. read more …read more
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eHealth Initiative to lay out healthcare roadmap for 2020
The eHealth Initiative has set out to create a vision for healthcare through the end of the decade through a public-private collaborative effort called the eHealth Initiative 2020 Roadmap. Though… read more …read more
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Telemedicine could be useful for nighttime patient admissions
The low number of nighttime admissions to hospitals may reveal an opportunity for leveraging telehospitalist physicians to deliver inpatient services during that time, a new study published in Telemedicine and e-Health finds. read more …read more
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One-year ICD-10 delay in proposed SGR bill
As part of new legislation that would provide a 12-month patch for relief from the sustainable growth rate, implementation of ICD-10 would be delayed until Oct. 1, 2015. read more …read more