Tag: Health IT
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My health, my voice: Vodafone Foundation Mobile for Good Awards 2012
Winner in the m-Health category – My Health, My Voice The Health My Voice project uses a mobile enabled interactive voice response system (IVR) to help pregn… Video Rating: 5 / 5 Learn about Preventice, remote monitoring, and BodyGuardian™ from the company’s leadership team. Video Rating: 3 / 5
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Scripps’ Steven Steinhubl: Success in mHealth requires ‘hard evidence’
While the growing use of mobile technology in clinical settings represents a promising future for the healthcare industry, according to Steven Steinhubl, M.D.–director of digital medicine for the La Jolla, Calif.-based Scripps Translational Science Institute–its integration, he says, is a process that cannot be rushed. read more Source: Scripps’ Steven Steinhubl: Success in mHealth requires…
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TPMG receives AMGA Acclaim Award for transforming health care through leadership, technology
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) today announced that the recipient of the 2013 AMGA Acclaim Award is The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) for “Transforming Health Care through Leadership and Technology,” an innovative initiative that achieves superior performance through physician leadership, advanced information technology, and a mission-driven culture of collaboration. Source: TPMG receives AMGA Acclaim…
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Bill Clinton delivers speech to dispel health law confusion, urge enrollment
The former president — dubbed the “explainer in chief” — spoke from his presidential library in Arkansas to drum up support for the overhaul and scold Republicans for their efforts to repeal it. Source: Bill Clinton delivers speech to dispel health law confusion, urge enrollment
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New report analyzes full range of care, coordinated services for children and teens under EPSDT
A new analysis by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services examines the relationship between health information laws and health system improvements for children and adolescents under Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment benefit. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130906/New-report-analyzes-full-range-of-care-coordinated-services-for-children-and-teens-under-EPSDT.aspx
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GOP lawmakers’ request for info about navigators may slow process
Meanwhile, in regard to a separate issue, West Virginia’s attorney general is criticizing the Department of Health and Human Services for not responding to questions about navigator privacy concerns. Source: GOP lawmakers’ request for info about navigators may slow process
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Morning Headlines 9/6/13
Health IT Czar on Making Meaningful Use ‘Meaningful’ Outgoing ONC Chief Farzad Mostashari, MD, offers advice to clinicians during an interview with Medscape Editor-in-Chief Eric Topol, MD. Health IT Policy Committee Summary The HIT Policy Committee hears final recommendations from the FDA Safety and Innovation Act Workgroup, concluding that for the most part HIT should…
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GOP’s united front on Obamacare softens
The GOP’s once rock-solid stance on Obamacare has softened as some Republicans look to move on from waging all-out war on the three-year-old law. Tea Party activists, however, are urging conservative lawmakers to try to stop it. In the meantime, lawmakers from both sides look more united than ever in trying to reform how Medicare…
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Homeless patients may benefit from mHealth
Emergency department (ED) patients who are homeless have high rates of cell phone ownership and are likely to engage in mHealth, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet… read more Source: Homeless patients may benefit from mHealth
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Dr. Martin Kohn: IBM’s Watson Super Computer
Dr. Kohn, a medical doctor and chief medical scientist for IBM’s Care Delivery Systems, discusses what Watson technologies could mean to the field of medicine.