Category: eHealth

While the $75 million allocated for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT in President Obama’s proposed FY 2015 budget for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, unveiled Tuesday, is $3 million less than what was proposed a year ago, it represent a $15 million increase over funding actually approved for…

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced Tuesday the launch of a new Connect2Health Task Force, which aims to use the agency’s expertise to better intersect broadband connectivity, advanced technology and health. read more …read more    

The president’s proposed 2015 budget includes $3.9 billion for IT projects within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The funds will be focused on expanding digital access to services and eliminating the claims backlog, according to an announcement. read more …read more    

Top News FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announces the formation of a task force that will seek ways to increase use of broadband to deliver telehealth, mobile apps, and telemedicine. Heading up CONNECT2HEALTHFCC will be Michele Ellison, a lawyer who runs the agency’s enforcement bureau. Wheeler said in the announcement, “We must leverage all available technologies…

Among hospital CIOs polled for healthsystemCIO.com‘s February survey, remote monitoring technology is “nice to have,” but not a “must have.” read more …read more    

Could behavioral medicine lead the web data revolution? A recent viewpoint published in the Journal of the American Medical Association outlined how this could come to pass, exploring the value of “digital footprints” left on search engines and social media and how they can yield health insights. read more …read more    

While risk prediction and personalized therapies are advancing in some areas, there’s much work to be done to make such efforts effective, according to an article in BMC Medicine. Daniel F. Hayes… read more …read more    

As the use of technology in healthcare becomes more ubiquitous, one question that deserves more attention is that of the role of nurses in making development and implementation decisions; essentially, what should that role be? read more …read more    

The U.S. is living in a 21st century world with a 20th century delivery system, Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a speech delivered last week at Care Innovation Summit 2014 hosted by The Aspen Institute and The Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C. read more …read more    

While most healthcare CEOs believe technological advances will transform their business in the next five years, few organizations are prepared for the changes, according to a new survey from… read more …read more