Category: eHealth
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Secure messaging seen as aid in medication reconciliation
Secure messaging has the potential to improve medication reconciliation and workflow at primary care clinics–plus, it can get patient questions answered more efficiently, according to a study… read more …read more
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mHealth Summit 2013: A preview
Next week’s 5th Annual mHealth Summit in Washington, touted by organizers as the largest conference of its kind, will bring together more than 5,000 attendees from across government, industry and… read more …read more
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Expert: IT Can Improve Healthcare Costs with Pricing Transparency
Uwe Reinhardt, renowned commenter and researcher, says information technology could remove what he says is the “shroud of secrecy” associated with private healthcare costs. read more …read more
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USDA Rural Development, Health IT, and Telehealth Program Funding Overview
This webinar provides overview of all USDA Rural Development loan and grant programs that fund health IT infrastructure, telehealth equipment, hardware and software and network infrastructure. November 27, 2013 51:38 640 480 Audience: Providers & Professionals …read more
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Study: Chronic Condition Patients are Going Online for Health Information
U.S. adults living with chronic conditions are increasingly looking online for health information, but the majority of them are still fact-checking that information with a medical professional, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center and the California HealthCare Foundation. U.S. adults living with chronic conditions are increasingly looking online for health information,…
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UPMC unlocks public health data to battle deadly diseases
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have digitized 125 years’ worth of weekly surveillance reports for reportable diseases in the U.S., recently outlining their research in the New England Journal of Medicine. read more …read more
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Grant to study mobile tech for young adults with disabilities
University of Michigan researchers have received a $4.5 million federal grant to study how mobile technology–including apps for smartphones and tablets–might help young adults with spinal cord… read more …read more
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mHealth in the fight against HIV
Dec. 1 marked the 25th World AIDS Day, initially established in 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) for people globally to unite in the fight against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Much… read more …read more
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Four percent of U.S. adults with chronic conditions use app to track health
A new national survey released by the Pew Research Center has found that only four percent of U.S. adults with chronic conditions use a mobile app to track their health. The nationwide survey of… read more …read more
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‘CDI: Miami’: On the case, engaging physicians in the ICD-10 switch
To help bring physicians on board in its clinical documentation improvement program, Baptist Health South Florida has dubbed the effort “CDI: Miami.” read more …read more