Category: eHealth
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Payers and mobile apps: Engaging patients and cutting costs
By Ashley Gold The latest mobile apps to gain popularity aren’t just addictive games or social network-focused–health payers have recognized the importance of mobile apps for their members and… read more …read more
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Bedside optical monitoring can lead to individualized stroke care; UVA researchers find genetic variant for increased stroke risk;
News From Around the Web > Using bedside optical monitoring of cerebral blood flow showed promising results for individualized stroke care, according to research from the University of… read more …read more
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When technology is a barrier to care
Are doctors suffering at the hands of the Herzberg principle–which says that the best way to discourage workers is to subject them to policies and procedures that don’t make sense? read more …read more
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Care-coordination grant helps Unity tie data together
A $14 million state grant for data sharing and improved care coordination provided the means and opportunity for Rochester, N.Y.-based Unity Health System to build a private infrastructure that ties… read more …read more
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Christus Health CIO: Focus on population health management
George Conklin, CIO and senior vice president of Irving, Texas-based Christus Health, says population management health is one way to utilize health IT while at the same time dealing with slashed… read more …read more
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Smartphone app aims for faster, more accurate, body fluid testing
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a new smartphone app that promises to enhance the accuracy of colorimetric tests for diabetes, kidney disease and urinary tract infections. read more …read more
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Indian Health Service systems hacked in mock cyber attack
The 28-hospital Indian Health Service–a U.S. Department of Health & Human Services agency that provides healthcare to Native American and Alaskan Natives–failed a mock cyber attack carried out by the HHS Office of Inspector General, according to a report. read more …read more
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Watson project to focus on individualized treatment of brain cancer
The New York Genome Center and IBM have announced a partnership to focus the Watson technology on helping oncologists deliver more personalized care to cancer patients, according to an announcement…. read more …read more
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ONC initiative aims to improve data exchange in emergencies
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is launching a campaign to promote an interoperable and connected emergency system. read more …read more
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HIMSS Holland eHealth Exchange to be launched at WoHIT 2014
A new community for the Dutch healthcare IT industry …read more