Category: eHealth
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Embracing Risk: Will it Bring Value to Healthcare?
How will the public and private sectors work together as the U.S. healthcare system adapts to changes that are intended to make it more responsive to patients and improve patient outcomes? On September 17, a panel of five providers, entrepreneurs and public officials gathered at the offices of New York-based ZocDoc, an online medical care…
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Patient portal use to skyrocket 221%
The market for patient portal technology is expected grow significantly over the next five years to $898.4 million in 2017, according to analysis from Frost & Sullivan. That represents growth of 221.1 percent growth from $279.8 million in 2012. read more Source: Patient portal use to skyrocket 221%
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The importance of business intelligence for hospital leaders
Recently I gave a keynote at the Healthcare Business Intelligence Summit in Minneapolis. I had a basic knowledge of business intelligence programs and data warehousing systems, and I had first-hand… read more Source: The importance of business intelligence for hospital leaders
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OpenNotes research raises patient privacy concerns
A new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on OpenNotes identified patient’s attitudes toward privacy when given access to their records. read more From: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/opennotes-research-raises-patient-privacy-concerns/2013-09-27?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
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FDA’s mobile medical apps guidance: Our advisors weigh in
While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled its long-awaited final guidance on the regulation of mobile medical applications, some in the healthcare industry weren’t sure it went far enough. To that end, we asked our FierceHealthIT Editorial Advisory Board to share with us their thoughts on the new guidance. read more Source: FDA’s mobile…
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Med board punishes doc for treating patients via Skype
While telemedicine may hold a lot of promise for improving patient care, one doctor in Eastern Oklahoma was disciplined for treating his patients over video conferencing platform Skype for mental health issues. read more Source: Med board punishes doc for treating patients via Skype
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Brookings: Technology will fuel increased healthcare spending
Expensive technology is the factor most likely to drive healthcare spending in the coming years, according to a Brookings Papers on Economic Activity analysis published this month. read more Source: Brookings: Technology will fuel increased healthcare spending
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Rite Aid becomes first text4baby national retail partner
One of the largest drugstore chains in the country has partnered with text4baby, the free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health through text messaging. According to… read more Source: Rite Aid becomes first text4baby national retail partner
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Array of factors involved in patient access to records
Giving patients access to their own health data turns out to be more complicated than it sounds–and technological challenges are just one aspect of it, according to research published at the Journal… read more Source: Array of factors involved in patient access to records
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Mount Sinai hires Facebook whiz to crunch big data
Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York is employing Facebook’s first data scientist to spearhead data-crunching techniques he once used to target online advertisements for predictive healthcare. read more Source: Mount Sinai hires Facebook whiz to crunch big data