Information Technology News This is an OPML file. It can be used to export all the MedWorm RSS feeds on this topic into your personal RSS reader (usually you have to save this file to your own computer before clicking on an Import OPML command in your own feed reader to upload the file which will then import all the feeds) or it can be used by webmasters to integrate MedWorm feeds with their own website. This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader, such as GoogleReader, or to display this data on your own website or blog. Subscribe to this data using MyMedWorm.Subscribe to this data using GoogleReader.Subscribe to this data using Bloglines.Subscribe to this data using MyYahoo.

This page shows you the most recent publications within this specialty of the MedWorm directory. This is page number 10.

From politics to details on HIX
Now that states have declared their plans for health insurance exchanges, the focus can move from which model to choose -- and its political implications -- to the details of their progress as they prepare for enrollment in October 2013, just 10 months off. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 19, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Deloitte Consulting District of Columbia Industry News Kentucky New York Wade F. Horn Policy and Legislation Source Type: news

With final guidelines, Tricorder X Prize is on
The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize has announced the final guidelines, detailing how devices will be judged for the $10 million prize when evaluation begins in 2014. Sponsored by tech giant Qualcomm, the Tricorder X Prize offers $10 million to the teams that can create the best handheld health scanner, similar to the medical tricorders seen in [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - December 19, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Gene-RADAR medical tricorder Montague Healthcare Nanobiosym Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize Scanadu Scanadu SCOUT Virtual Scanning X Prize Foundation X Prize Foundation Tricorder Source Type: news

Informático-profesional de la salud: una simbiosis ineludible
“Un encuentro de ingenieros informáticos, empresas, personal sanitario, investigadores y representantes de las administraciones públicas sirvió ayer para poner las cosas en su sitio: España es uno de los países con más smartphones (25 millones) y tablets, pero sólo un 12 por ciento de los pacientes utilizan aplicaciones de telemedicina. Lanzado el porqué durante el Foro [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 19, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Applications Health Information Technology Telemedicine Source Type: news

‘Not One Successful EHR System In Whole World’
“While federal health IT officials were touting the perceived successes of their efforts to increase physician usage of electronic health records (EHRs), one longtime advocate of EHRs was criticizing the whole direction of health IT policy. “In my opinion, there is not one successful EHR system in the whole world,” said C. Peter Waegemann, who founded [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 19, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Interoperability Source Type: news

Fourth Generation HIE Improves Patient Outcomes
“Health care providers have some heavy lifting to do. They are expected to lift health care quality scores and improve health care processes while managing dwindling resources. Collaboration is the key to this dilemma, and a new generation of Health Information Exchange (HIE) is the enabling technology. At Sandlot Solutions, we use “Fourth Generation HIE” to [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 19, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Health Information Exchange Source Type: news

Teaching Med Students about Computers an Important Lesson
“The recent explosion of interest in computers and the demand that they be made an integral part of the healthcare delivery process has introduced a new dimension to the knowledge and experience that a physician must have to practice effectively and prudently. Medical schools, hewing to the general trends in education, have not incorporated instruction in [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 19, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Education Literacy Students Source Type: news

ONC issues 2014 edition of EHR certification criteria
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Two smartphone peripherals to check food before you dig in
Followers of mHealth should have learned by now not to be surprised by what health function your smartphone will serve next. Still and all, two new technologies are presenting a somewhat novel use case: scanning your food before you eat it. A recent proof-of-concept from UCLA turns your smartphone into a mobile lab that can [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Fooducate Holomic iTube Lapka Massive Health Microskia ScanAvert The Eatery Source Type: news

FDA: Chantix May Raise Heart Risks
WebMD Medical News By Brenda Goodman, MA Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD Dec. 14, 2012 — Smokers who take Chantix to stop smoking may be at higher risk for heart attacks and strokes compared to those who don’t take the drug, the FDA says. But the increased risk is small and should be weighed against the risks of continuing to smoke. Chantix is the top-selling smoking cessation drug in the U.S., according to IMS Health. It works by blocking the effect of nicotine in the brain. Studies have shown that about 20% of people who take Chantix quit smoking long-term compared to 10% of those who take placebos. But the...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - December 18, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news

Q&A: OCR Director Leon Rodriguez talks audits and enforcements to come
For the coming new year, healthcare groups and their business associates (BAs) need to get their privacy and security houses in order, as they will be facing new audits and more monetary enforcement surrounding data breaches – this according to Leon Rodriguez, director of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only CIOs Department of Health and Human Services KPMG Leon Rodriguez OCR Electronic Health Records Network Infrastructure Privacy and Security Source Type: news

ONC Finalizes 2014 Test Methods for EHR Certification
“The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has finalized and formally approved the 2014 Edition Test Method for Electronic Health Record Certification following a comprehensive public review and comment process. Test procedures, test data and test tools will now be available to help providers test and certify EHR systems under ONC’s HIT Certification Program.” Article Kathleen [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Certification Source Type: news

Commentary: What about interoperability?
The recommendations for Stage 3 of meaningful use are now out for comment. Coincidentally or not, there is a new degree of pessimism about when health IT interoperability will ever be achieved. The issue of progress, or relative lack thereof, on interoperability surfaced just before the election with members from both houses of Congress questioning whether HITECH funding of electronic medical records should be continued without interoperability standards or more rigorous meaningful use requirements in place. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: John W. Loonsk, MD Tags: Online Only Congress Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Source Type: news

Better access to patient records is essential to make the NHS a safer place
“Two weeks ago one of our patients, a 59-year-old woman with a diagnosis of vascular dementia and epilepsy, living alone with the daily support of carers, had been treated in hospital after an apparent fall. She was back home, but required further supplies of her new medications. Wynn, her domiciliary carer, came to the pharmacy to [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News RA News Record Access Medication Patient Safety Source Type: news

Meaningful Use Stage 3 Could Include Patient-Generated Health Data
“The Health IT Policy Committee is seeking public comment on a proposed Stage 3 meaningful use recommendation to require providers to accept patient-generated health data. According to the Policy Committee, one way health care providers could electronically accept such information would be to develop “semi-structured questions” and choose information “that is most relevant for their patients [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Data Meaningful Use mHealth Patient phr Source Type: news

NeHC lays out 4 routes to HIE success
The National eHealth Collaborative's Health Information Exchange Learning Network has recommendations for tackling some of the most challenging HIE issues. The tips, compiled in a series of whitepapers titled "Following the NeHC HIE Roadmap: Four Routes to Success," come after five months of collaborative work by a group of more than 450 stakeholders. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only HIMSS Industry News John Hoyt Kate Berry NeHC Pam Matthews Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Health Information Exchange (HIE) Privacy and Security Quality and Safety Source Type: news

Some trust mobile health tools, doctors equally
“More than a third of American adults think self-monitoring is the key to living a longer life, according to a survey commissioned by Philips Healthcare and conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. The survey of 1,003 participants included questions about online symptom checking, home diagnosis, and self-monitoring, and the results showed a growing acceptance of and [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News mHealth Monitoring Physicians Trust Source Type: news

Start preparing for ICD-10 now
“Establishing structured timelines and plans for software upgrades, training and testing are essential elements of a good plan for transitioning to ICD-10, said Renee Richard, health insurance specialist and ICD-10 lead at the Boston regional office of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), speaking at the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium’s Dec. 13 program [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News ICD-10 Implementation Source Type: news

6 health IT up-and-comers
Healthcare IT News has selected six up-and-coming health IT gurus who have made a name for themselves in the industry – all before their 30th birthday. These best and brightest show that in health IT, wisdom has little to do with age. To see a slideshow with photos and bios of the following six, check out our slideshow: Slideshow: health IT up-and-comers under 30 read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Halle Tecco Rock Health Business Intelligence Workforce Management Source Type: news

NQF names new president
The National Quality Forum board of directors has unanimously named Christine K. Cassel as its new president and chief executive officer. Cassel will begin her position at NQF effective mid-summer 2013, according to an NQF statement made Dec. 17. "NQF is deeply fortunate to have Dr. Cassel join us as our new leader," said William Roper, MD, Dean of University of North Carolina School of Medicine, vice chancellor for medical affairs, chief executive officer of UNC Health Care System and chair of the NQF Board of Directors. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only ABIM Foundation Christine K. Cassel Industry News Internal Medicine North Carolina UNC Health Care System University of North Carolina University of North Carolina School William Roper Quality and Safety Source Type: news

$7M federal grant goes to Kansas HIEs
The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment (KDHE) has awarded $7.1 million in federal grants to two health information exchange organizations, as part of efforts to expand statewide information sharing. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Anthony Brino Tags: Online Only Department of Health Kansas Robert Moser Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Health Information Exchange (HIE) Source Type: news

Health IT: Putting Better Healthcare before Widgets
Blog | December 18, 2012 | Health IT, EHR, Meaningful Use, HIPAABy Marion K. JenkinsWhile the current focus on health IT tends to be on features or capabilities, it's time to take a look at the higher purposes of these devices and software.
Source: Physicians Practice - December 18, 2012 Category: Practice Management Authors: keithmartin Source Type: news

Asthma apps proliferate for the right reasons
Asthmapolis. Asthma Journal. AsthmaMD. GlaxoSmithKline’s MyAsthma. AsthmaSense and AirSonea, both from iSonea. T-Haler. CitiSense. WeatherMD. iBiomed. Healthanywhere. SMS-based Asthma Signals. Those are just the asthma-related mobile apps and wireless devices MobiHealthNews has written about. Check Google Play and you’ll find nearly 250 Android apps for learning about, treating, tracking and living with the chronic respiratory disease. [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized AirSonea Allergy Alert asthma apps asthma management Asthma Sense Asthma Signals AsthmaWin ATT asthma sensor Centers for Disease Control CitiSense CooperSoft Healthyanywhere iBiomed iSonea MyAsthma T-Haler W Source Type: news

New NHS planning guidance puts patient first
Many newspapers are reporting new planning guidance for the NHS released by the NHS Commissioning Board, which it says will "drive a revolution for patients…giving them greater control of their health." It's a substantial document and different papers focus on different areas – BBC News focuses on the recommendation that the NHS provides services seven days a week, while The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph focus on the announcement that more surgical outcome data will be made available. The new guidance is published by the NHS Commissioning Board, a new body set up as part of the government's NHS reform p...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 18, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice QA articles Source Type: news

Applying semantic web technologies for phenome-wide scan using an electronic health record linked Biobank
“The ability to conduct genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has enabled new exploration of how genetic variations contribute to health and disease etiology. However, historically GWAS have been limited by inadequate sample size due to associated costs for genotyping and phenotyping of study subjects. This has prompted several academic medical centers to form “biobanks”where biospecimens linked to [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Biobank Semantic Source Type: news

California-based Health Group Selects Paragon to Fuel Growth Strategy
McKesson to help health system prepare for reform with integrated clinical and financial system
Source: McKesson News - December 18, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Health IT: Putting Better Healthcare before Widgets
While the current focus on health IT tends to be on features or capabilities, it's time to take a look at the higher purposes of these devices and software.
Source: Physicians Practice - December 17, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

Medtronic chips in to MC10’s latest $10M round
The flexible, bendable digital health sensor company MC10 announced this week that two new strategic investors led a $10 million third round of funding in the company. MC10 named Medtronic as the first company but did not reveal the other — only noting that it is a “consumer health company” that is a “clear leader” [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized digital health devices MC10 Medtronic mobile health sensors Reebok wearable devices wireless medical sensors Source Type: news

Alabama paediatric medical facility upgrades surgery, analytics information technology
Children's of Alabama in the US has completed its implementation of Surgical Information Systems' (SIS) anesthesia information management system (AIMS) for patient information accessibility throughout the enterprise.
Source: Hospital Management - December 17, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Google adds activity tracking to Android app
Earlier this month, when Google updated one of its premiere Android applications, it quietly added a personal activity tracker. Google Now is an Android-only app that uses Google services to smartly deliver users various kinds of information to help them throughout their day – without them having to ask. When Google updated the application at the [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized activity tracker Fitbit Google Google Glass Google Health Google Now passive activity monitoring Project Glass wearable devices Withings Source Type: news

CDS Done Right
The decision to implement Clinical Decision Support (CDS) may be a tricky one. Once you've committed to spending the time, money and resources on getting it up and running, you want to be certain it will fly within the scope of what your healthcare system can offer. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Benjamin Harris Tags: Online Only Binghamton Hemant Gupta Hermant Gupta Lourdes Hospital New York Source Type: news

Masimo offers iPhone-enabled pulse ox to climbers, pilots
Masimo, a medical device maker founded in 1989, has released a commercially-available iOS-enabled pulse oximeter called the iSpO2. Pulse oximeters, which have long been a core product of Masimo, measure blood oxygen level and pulse rate by shining light through the fingertip and measuring the absorption of different wavelengths. The product is not FDA cleared and [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Azumio Azumio Instant Heart Rate Masimo mobile pulse oximeter Nonin Nonin Pulse Oximeter pulse oximetry Tinke Zensorium Source Type: news

EHRs and meaningful use: Unintended consequences, unexpected possibilities
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) EHR Incentive Programs (i.e., meaningful use), now entering Stage 2, has successfully prompted many healthcare practices and clinicians to move into the digital world and as a natural byproduct of better tools, clinicians are able to completely capture and document the care they are providing. Improved documentation leads [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Incentives Meaningful Use NLP Source Type: news

EHR Regulations Need to Be Clear, Not Up for Interpretation
Blog | December 31, 2012 | Health IT, EHRBy Daniel Essin, MA, MDHere's a simple question for you: Would structured data by any other name smell as sweet?
Source: Physicians Practice - December 17, 2012 Category: Practice Management Authors: keithmartin Source Type: news

Meaningful Use Requirements: Functional or Nonfunctional?
Blog | December 24, 2012 | Health IT, EHR, Meaningful UseBy Daniel Essin, MA, MDSimply put, today's EHRs are not designed to collect data in a way that allows accurate meaningful use reports to be created.
Source: Physicians Practice - December 17, 2012 Category: Practice Management Authors: keithmartin Source Type: news

Future of electronic health records: implications for decision support
The potential benefits of the electronic health record over traditional paper are many, including cost containment, reductions in errors, and improved compliance by utilizing real-time data. The highest functional level of the electronic health record (EHR) is clinical decision support (CDS) and process automation, which are expected to enhance patient health and healthcare. The authors [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: Bibliography Journal Article Science Decision Support Source Type: news

Mass. providers share concerns about ICD-10
“The looming shift to ICD-10 is “monumental” and requires collaboration in every aspect, according to speakers at the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium’s Dec. 13 program on the subject. There was a clear sense of urgency if not outright panic from some speakers about the enormity of the transition. ICD-10 is “incredibly challenging,” said William Fandrich, CIO [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News ICD-10 Transition Source Type: news

EHRs May Turn Small Errors Into Big Ones
“As electronic health record systems become more interconnected, errors may propagate much farther than under old paper-based systems, a recent study suggested. According to a review by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, mistakes and near misses involving electronic health records were analogous to those made with paper-based records with one caveat: those made with EHRs tend [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Medical Errors Source Type: news

CCHIT to develop ACO framework
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) plans to develop an IT framework for accountable care organizations (ACOs). read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Health Information Technology Meaningful Use William Jessee Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Source Type: news

Obama firm on medical device tax
President Barack Obama rejected the idea of delaying the implementation of a 2.3 percent medical device tax slated to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2013 as part of the Affordable Care Act. The president said medical device companies would make up for the lost revenue because the ACA will bring more healthcare consumers into the marketplace. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Rene Letourneau Tags: Online Only Barack Obama CBS News Frank Vascellaro Minnesota Mobile/Wireless Policy and Legislation Source Type: news

Children's Colorado connects to HIE
Children’s Hospital Colorado has successfully connected to CORHIO, Colorado’s health information exchange (HIE). read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Colorado CORHIO Denver Hospital Colorado University of Colorado University of Colorado Hospital Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Source Type: news

CWF: Money not essential to start an ACO
A new report issued by the Commonwealth Fund (CWF) finds that, contrary to previous assumptions, dominant market share, employed physicians and financial strength are not essential requirements for a health system to successfully implement an accountable care organization (ACO). read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Commonwealth Fund Eugene Kroch Industry News Warner Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Payers Electronic Health Records Vendors Health Information Exchange (HIE) Source Type: news

Half of states go with government HIX
With the Dec. 14 deadline on health insurance exchanges, states were required to provide a blueprint of their plans to the Department of Health and Human Services for how they will create their state-based health insurance exchanges.About half of the states have decided to surrender control to the federal government to build an exchange for them. HHS has set deadlines for stages in the development of the online marketplaces to be sure that states will be ready to offer enrollment in health coverage starting in October 2013 and be operational Jan.1, 2014. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Department of Health and Human Services District of Columbia Gary Cohen Maryland Sarabeth Zemel Utah Network Infrastructure Policy and Legislation Source Type: news

Some trust mobile health tools, doctors equally
More than a third of American adults think self-monitoring is the key to living a longer life, according to a survey commissioned by Philips Healthcare and conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. The survey of 1,003 participants included questions about online symptom checking, home diagnosis, and self-monitoring, and the results showed a growing acceptance of and [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized home health home health apps home health monitoring Philips Philips mHealth symptom checker vital sign monitoring Source Type: news

McKesson Pharmacy Systems Lowers E-Prescribing Costs
Source: McKesson News - December 17, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

How to determine prognosis in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It's unclear which tests best predict the prognosis of newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, researchers from The Netherlands say.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 17, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Teaching Med Students about Computers an Important Lesson
Blog | December 17, 2012 | Health IT, EHR, TrainingBy Daniel Essin, MA, MDThere's a new dimension to the knowledge and experience physicians must have to practice effectively and prudently due to the explosion of computer use.
Source: Physicians Practice - December 16, 2012 Category: Practice Management Authors: keithmartin Source Type: news

Enhancing usability of augmented-reality-based mobile escape guidelines for radioactive accidents - Tsai MK, Yau NJ.
When radioactive accidents occur, modern tools in information technology for emergency response are good solutions to reduce the impact. Since few information-technology-based applications were developed for people during radioactive accidents, a previous ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 16, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are unlikely to be met in most low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Smartphones and smartphone proxy systems using simpler phones, equipped with the capabilities to identify location/time and link to the web, are increasingly available and likely to provide an excellent platform to support healthcare self-management, delivery, quality, and supervision. Smart [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 15, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: Bibliography Journal Article Science Cellphone Diabetes evidence-based HIV Monitoring Telemedicine Source Type: news

8 Best Practices in Telemedicine
“When the Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in June, a great deal of uncertainty around the future development and adoption of telemedicine lifted. According to the American Telemedicine Association, the ruling will accelerate the deployment rate of telemedicine as well as other remote healthcare technologies. These technologies are important elements [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - December 15, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Adoption Implementation Telemedicine Source Type: news

Rock Health seeks physician angel investors
San Francisco-based digital health incubator Rock Health is launching a program to create a new class of physician angel investors. Earlier this week StartUp Health also announced an education program for new investors, partnering with SecondMarket, although their program isn’t physician-focused. Rock Health will launch two workshops in the new year to help physicians and health [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - December 14, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized digital health incubator digital health investment digital health investors health angel investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers Rock Health incubator StartUp Health UCSF Medical Center Venrock Source Type: news