Tag: Health IT
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Wearable device startup Fitbit raises $43 million
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
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Industry groups continue fight over FDA final guidance
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
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Real Time Big Data – InfoSphere Streams in Action – Part 1
http://www.ibm.com/software/data/bigdata/ Chris Howard, a Big Data Solution Architect from the Office of the CTO, IBM Software Group Europe, discusses Big Da… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Smartphone app targets TB medication adherence
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
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Looking at the HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule: An Attorney’s Perspective
The stringent requirements embedded in what is being called the HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule, as published by the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services on Jan. 25, are requiring compliance by next month with a whole new range of patient data privacy protection requirements. Kathryn Coburn of the Cooke,…
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Florida Hospital Launches Mobile Health Program as Women’s Hospital Begins Construction
The Healthy 100 Women’s Mobile Health Coach will bring health services into the community to make preventative screenings more available and convenient for a… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Centricity Practice Solution – EMR demonstration
Centricity® Electronic Medical Record (EMR) from GE Healthcare is a proven ambulatory system. Relied on by more than 30000 clinicians nationwide, Centricity…
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Deb Levine & Jill Campbell: 2011 mHealth Summit
http://mhealthalliance.org Apps Against Abuse winners Deb Levine, from Circle of 6, and Jill Campbell, from OnWatch speak at the 2011 mHealth Summit about so… Video Rating: 0 / 5 Protecting patient data is the top priority for healthcare professionals. In this video, Intel Worldwide Medical Director Mark Blatt, MD, compares a variety …
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Viewpoints: Medicare’s lessons for the health law; Krauthammer says Obama shouldn’t try to write his own laws
As a Sept. 30 budget deadline approaches, many in the Republican Party are pushing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. The law’s most radical opponents are even threatening to shut down the government by refusing to pass a continuing resolution, which would fund existing government programs at current or slightly adjusted…