Category: eHealth
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Virtual reality effective for treating phantom-limb pain of amputees
A virtual-reality treatment may provide relief for amputees suffering from phantom-limb pain, according to a study published this week in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience. read more …read more
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How technology in the pharmacy can boost med safety
By Steve Kessinger, Cape Coral Hospital “Optimizing patient outcomes through interdisciplinary medication management” is our pharmacy department’s purpose. Let me elaborate on our… read more …read more
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ONC’s Karen DeSalvo meets the press
National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo answered the question on everyone’s mind this morning: When will healthcare providers get more detail about today’s announcement that CMS will… read more …read more
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Physicians split on use of mHealth apps
A poll of 1,500 physicians across the country finds that 37 percent have prescribed a mobile medical application to their patients, according to QuantiaMD, a social learning network for physicians. read more …read more
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Private exchange benefiting from health law; some state-run marketplaces still struggling
eHealthInsurance reports that interest in health coverage ginned up by the new federal law has helped new memberships rise 50 percent. Meanwhile, NPR examines the mixed record of the 14 states running their own marketplaces. …read more
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ONC releases recommendations for improving patient matching
Delivering on an initiative that started last fall, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on Friday released findings of its study of patient-matching practices in the private sector and federal agencies. read more …read more
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Judy Murphy: Technology will drive care improvement
By Dan Bowman For Judy Murphy, ONC deputy national coordinator for programs and policy, ensuring that there’s no complacency when it comes to the quality and safety of care provided in the U.S…. read more …read more
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CPOE trial shows signs of successs
In the past, there hasn’t been much research into what determines success for a computerized physician order entry system. But when John Kenagy, Ph.D., senior vice president and CIO of Legacy Health in Portland, participated in a trial with Kaiser Permanente Northwest and Oregon Health & Science University, he found the model’s three variables–information quality,…
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Who bears the costs for clinical data-sharing?
In the push to boost clinical data-sharing for research, there’s little discussion of the costs it entails, according to an article at the Journal of the American Medical Association. Pushing… read more …read more
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Collaboration focuses on standards for eHealth, Internet of Things
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and MEMS Industry Group, the trade association for micro-electromechanical systems, have teamed up to boost… read more …read more