Category: eHealth

Fitbit, the San Francisco-based startup that has helped drive the growth of the health and fitness sensing market with its activity tracking devices, has raised $43 million in new venture capital… read more Source: Wearable device startup Fitbit raises $43 million

The battle between rival industry groups trying to influence the timing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s release of its final guidance on mobile medical applications continues to heat… read more Source: Industry groups continue fight over FDA final guidance

The University of California-San Diego and the Verizon Foundation have joined forces in the fight against tuberculosis and drug-resistant strains of the bacterium through remote medication adherence… read more Source: Smartphone app targets TB medication adherence

Innovations might be slow to spread in healthcare because of various stakeholders' differing views of their value, according to a study published this week in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. read more …read more Source: Varying stakeholder value assessments impact health IT adoption

Health IT systems such as clinical decision support, clinical workflow support and care coordination can improve healthcare outcomes, a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality… read more Source: AHRQ: Health IT can improve patient outcomes

When Farzad Mostashari announced last week that he will step down as National Coordinator for Health IT this fall, speculation about his replacement immediately kicked into high gear. Some discussion… read more Source: 5 health IT leaders who could helm ONC

A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association examines the ethical issues surrounding physicians and social media–and the industry guideline that docs separate their personal and professional online presence is problematic, the authors conclude. read more Source: 4 reasons docs can't separate the personal from the professional online

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has renewed the contract for the ECRI Institute to maintain two databases of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and healthcare quality measures. read more Source: AHRQ renews contract with ECRI Institute to maintain clearinghouses

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published final guidance to assist industry and FDA staff in identifying and appropriately addressing specific considerations related to the incorporation… read more Source: FDA releases final guidance on wireless medical devices

News From Around the Web > University of Rochester researchers have developed a system to help people use Twitter to make more informed decisions on where to eat to avoid getting food poisioning…. read more Source: University of Rochester develops food poisoning Twitter tracker; Florida hospitals see lower surgical complications in statewide initiatives;