Category: eHealth
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Interoperable Health IT for a Healthy Nation – The 2015 ONC Annual Meeting
We are on track to achieving a collective impact in better health for all by working together as a nation to usher in an interoperable learning health system. In such a health system, health information can be collected, shared, and used – not by the government, but by each individual, their providers, and researchers –…
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The rise of healthcare 'accelerators'
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$8.6 Million in Telehealth Grants: ONC and USDA Celebrate National Rural Health Day
More than $20 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grants were announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack November 20, 2014 to support projects all across the country. Specifically, USDA Rural Development awarded 65 grants across 34 states to improve health care and educational services in rural communities.…
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A New Prize Challenge to Catalyze Health IT Innovation
The health IT start-up sector is growing rapidly. Millions of dollars continue to be invested in innovations that most Americans could have never imagined 10 years ago. In the first quarter of 2014, . A diverse array of web and mobile applications are changing the way patients and providers interact with the health care system. …
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Data-driven tool enables patients to balance recovery expectations
Before deciding whether to go through with a medical procedure, it’s important for patients to balance their expectations on recovery. A new data-driven tool being developed allows them to do just that. read more …read more
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State Health IT Progress: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
State health IT execs describe their efforts to modernize MMIS using service-oriented architecture to break down silos between agencies. But others talked about the uphill battle in getting agencies to work through cultural issues to share data. I just returned from a great summit meeting of state government health IT leaders from around the country.…
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Study: Tele-ICU tools worth the investment for hospitals
Despite the high cost of implementing telemedicine technology in intensive care units, hospitals could benefit more from such tools both financially and in terms of the quality of care delivered, according to research recently published online in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health. …read more
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How can self-tracking be used for the public good?
Consumers who track their own health data are willing to contribute that information to larger research projects–and researchers eager to use it–if some basic concerns can be worked out, according to the Health Data Exploration (HDE) project, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. …read more
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Study: More training needed to get elderly using mHealth tools
Weak computer skills, poorly designed user interfaces and the lack of a compelling reason to use mHealth tools are prime reasons the elderly are not embracing mobile healthcare technologies, reveals… …read more
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mHealth Summit 2013: Remote monitoring helps CHRISTUS Health slash patient costs
Cost of care decreased and patient satisfaction jumped in a remote monitoring pilot project conducted by CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas, according to research presented this week at the mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. read more …read more