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Infographic: Healthcare execs pay big campaign money
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Election 2012 Erin McCann Prem Reddy Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Source Type: news
Is the iPad mini right for healthcare?
It's been about a week now since the iPad Mini was made available to the public, and while the early reviews have been mixed, the healthcare industry is reacting favorably to the new tablet.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Ash Shehata Cisco iPad Marianne Braunstein Mini Mobile/Wireless Quality and Safety Source Type: news
HHS delays deadline for health insurance exchanges
The Department of Health and Human Services has extended the deadline for states to declare their plans for a state-based health insurance exchange for one month to accommodate many governors who were waiting until the election outcome to decide whether to move ahead.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 13, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera,Tom Sullivan Tags: Online Only California Department of Health and Human Services Election 2012 Kathleen Sebelius Mary Mosquera Social Interest Solutions Tom Sullivan Washington Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
Wanted: The bottom 10 worst medical apps
At the beginning of the year I received a call from Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and investigative journalism professor Rochelle Sharpe, who was planning to begin a project that looked at some of the worst medical apps available — or previously available — in app stores. Sharpe was working with a small group of Boston University [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 13, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized acne cure apps Android health apps Android Medical Apps iPhone medical apps mobile health apps smartphone light therapy sound therapy top ten health apps top ten medical apps Source Type: news
Smacking link to adult cancers improbable
‘Smacking increases cancer risk’, the Daily Express boldly reports, while The Sun believes that smacking can also increase the risk of asthma or heart disease. These reports exaggerate a piece of research that has significant limitations.
The news is based on a study that asked a sample of Saudi Arabian adults with cancer, asthma or heart disease how frequently they had been physically punished or verbally insulted as a child (referred to in the papers as smacking and shouting).
The researchers then looked at whether there was a link between the two, comparing these adults with healthy controls. They found that report...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 13, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
National IPA Signs Agreement with McKesson to Help Deliver Savings, Order Accuracy and Operational Efficiencies
McKesson's Pharmaceutical Purchasing Program will help state, county and city-funded pharmacies find savings and immediate benefits
Source: McKesson News - November 13, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
McKesson VITAL Care Management Software to Help Deliver Better Care to Thousands of Western Growers Assurance Trust Participants
Integrated software from McKesson will help Western Growers Assurance Trust improve the health of its participants in California and Arizona
Source: McKesson News - November 13, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Scientists Take A Step Forward In The Study Of Parkinson's Disease
During the past year, the research group TIC 218 at the Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications attached to the University of Granada and the Andalusian Information Technology and Communications Center (CITIC) has implemented the methods for the detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, within the PPMI initiative of the Michael J. Fox foundation for the study of Parkinson's disease. In addition, other databases were used such as that of the Virgen de la Victoria Hospital, Málaga, Spain, and Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, Granada, Spain...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 13, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news
Wireless monitoring startup EarlySense secures $15M
EarlySense, Inc., an Israeli-based company with a U.S. subsidiary in Waltham, MA, announced a $15 million funding round today. The $15 million brings the company’s total funding to $46 million, CEO Avner Halperin told MobiHealthNews.
EarlySense manufactures under-mattress sensors and remote monitoring systems for patient beds. EarlySense monitoring is wireless and contact-free; no sensors are hooked [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 12, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized EarlySense home health monitoring Pitango Venture Capital remote wireless monitoring wireless remote patient monitoring Source Type: news
Army-funded home telehealth system measures firefighter stress
A wireless sensor system created for medical rehabilitation has been shown to be useful in assessing health risks of “smoke divers,” firefighters who have to enter burning buildings.
Researchers in Norway recently tested a U.S. Army-funded warning system called ESUMS that measures body movement and vital signs to help determine “heat stress” and other physiological dangers [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 12, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized ESUMS firefighters SINTEF TATRC U.S. Army wearable wireless sensors wireless sensores Source Type: news
Hysterectomy patients community launches self-tracking app
When MobiHealthNews reported on the recent Pew findings last week, we quoted Susannah Fox as saying the Long Tail of the app market likely sustains some niche health apps. One such app, the HysterSisters hysterectomy support app, demonstrates how an existing online community can leverage a social health app with a self-tracking component for additional [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 12, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized hysterectomy HysterSisters social networking support community women Source Type: news
Aspyra rolls out new financing option
Healthcare IT firm Aspyra has introduced its Aspyra Capital financing program, (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 12, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Feds have given $7.7B in EHR money to doctors, hospitals
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has dispensed more than $7.7B in reimbursement payments to physicians and hospitals deploying electronic health records.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 12, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Qualcomm Life launches 2net in Europe
Just under a year after it’s US launch, Qualcomm Life announced the expansion of its 2net wireless health platform in the European market.
Laurent Vandebrouk, managing director of Qualcomm Life Europe, told MobiHealthNews that some of Qualcomm Life’s medical device partners are already in the European market, and some partners in the US would like to [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 12, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized 2net home health hub Cystelcom HealthHub MyHealthPoint Qualcomm Qualcomm Life Telbios Telsano Source Type: news
Decisions doctors must make to avoid Medicare penalties
2013 will be a crucial year for physicians to avoid possible pay reductions under quality reporting and health information technology programs.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - November 12, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
McKesson Salutes Our Nation's Veterans
McKesson celebrates employee veterans and partnerships with veteran suppliers
Source: McKesson News - November 12, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Merge updates Eye Care PACS
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has updated (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 12, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Doctors prescribe iPad Mini: a perfect lab coat fit
In a survey, physicians revealed they're excited about the iPad Mini because the smaller device fits into their lab coats, yet retains a familiar interface.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 10, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Continuity of care: 4 benefits of the DoD and VA's integrated EHR
Caring for the nation's service members has never been easy. Providing world-class medical attention for the men and women of the Armed Forces from the front lines to the hospitals and clinics of the Veterans Administration (VA) is a daunting task that entails massive logistical and data hurdles.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Benjamin Harris Tags: Online Only Benjamin Harris CCSi Department of Defense Industry News Stu Rabinowitz Virginia Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Electronic Health Records Mobile/Wireless Quality and Safety Source Type: news
5 reasons to delay migrating to the public cloud
With all the talk about switching from data centers to cloud-based computing, it seems like the cloud is an etherial magic bullet for every problem that healthcare IT might face, from reduced costs to improved flexibility. Not so fast, says Steve Jacobs, president of Velocity Data Centers, a firm that provides private cloud solutions.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Benjamin Harris Tags: Online Only Benjamin Harris Cloud Computing encryption energy Industry News Steve Jacobs Velocity Data Centers Source Type: news
New Partnership to Advance Understanding of mHealth Privacy and Security Policies
Today the mHealth Alliance, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Baker & McKenzie, and Merck announced that they are partnering on a new project to increase the understanding of privacy and security policies that relate to the use of mobile technologies in health care, a field known as mHealth.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Chile India Merck mobile devices Nigeria Peru Tanzania Thomson Reuters Foundation Uganda Washington, DC World Health Organization Source Type: news
Escalon Medical Corp. and Modernizing Medicine, Inc. Announce Partnership for Offering Integrated EMR and Image Management
Escalon Medical Corp. (Nasdaq: ESMC) today announced the partnering of its Sonomed Escalon group with Modernizing Medicine, Inc. to provide cloud-based end-to-end electronic medical records (EMR) and image management solutions for ophthalmic practices. Seamless integration of Sonomed Escalon's AXIS image management software and Modernizing Medicine's Electronic Medical Assistant EMA Ophthalmology EMR solution provides complete patient management from a single merged solution, from coding and prescribing at the touch of a button to powerful exam image review tools, and more.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: American Academy Chicago Escalon Medical Corp. iPad Modernizing Medicine Inc. Pennsylvania Wayne Source Type: news
XChange Events Healthcare IT Summit To Address Both Payer and Provider Communities
XChange Events today announced the details of the 2012 Healthcare IT Summit, to be held November 11th-13th at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, FL. The content rich agenda will focus on "The Changing Face of Healthcare IT" and explore the trends, people, innovations and policies that are changing the road ahead.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Florida Framingham Massachusetts Orlando UBM plc Source Type: news
EHR incentive payments top $8B in October
Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments have surpassed $8 billion since its inception, with $8.36 billion paid out to 165,800 eligible physicians and hospitals in total program estimates through the end of October.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Mary Mosquera Meaningful Use Medicare Robert Anthony Washington Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Post-election healthcare issues will be local, say Frist and Daschle
Now that the election is over and the Affordable Care Act has been made permanent by the Supreme Court's decision, governors who have been sitting on healthcare decisions have "a lot of pent up energy" for moving forward, said former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist at a post-election healthcare meeting held in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Bill Frist Bipartisan Policy Center Daschle Don Berwick energy Industry News Medicare Senate Supreme Court Tom Dashcle Washington Washington, D.C. Washington, DC Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulato Source Type: news
Allscripts to seek 'alternatives' as bookings drop
Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman made it official Thursday: His firm is indeed looking at what it calls "strategic alternatives" amidst recent speculation about a sale of the company. Tullman also announced falling sales in Q3, with net income for the quarter nearly $10 million less than a year ago – $9.4 million, compared with $19.1 million.
Bookings were down 39 percent at $161.9 million.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Allscripts Chicago Glen Tullman Electronic Health Records Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mobile/Wireless Source Type: news
Half of smartphone users embracing mHealth, study finds
Mobile health is poised for a promising future, according to a recent Pew Research report, which finds that more than half of all smartphone owners currently use their devices to view health information.
Conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the study also underscores the stark contrast between smartphone users and non-smartphone users with regard to accessing health information.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Erin McCann smartphone Washington Mobile/Wireless Source Type: news
Rochester RHIO makes image sharing strides
An improvement to Rochester Regional Health Information Organization's image exchange technology means providers will have easier access to X-rays, CT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds.
First introduced in 2009, Rochester RHIO's Image Exchange provides users with access to diagnostic-quality images, on any Internet-connected computer, at the click of an icon, officials say.
A new system update from Rochester-based eHealth Technologies means Image Exchange adds several features that make the RHIO more valuable to physicians.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only eHealth Technologies Ken Rosenfeld Meaningful Use Mike Miliard Rochester Ted Kremer Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Vendors Health Information Exchange (HIE) RIS and PACS Source Type: news
UK government to invest extra £300m in space science research
The chancellor George Osborne has outlined eight areas of technology in which he wants the UK to become a world leaderThe UK will host the European Space Agency's headquarters for telecoms satellite monitoring, the chancellor George Osborne announced on Friday. The move is part of an extra £300m to be invested in space science research by the government over the next five years.Osborne made the announcement at the Royal Society in London, in his first major speech on the Treasury's ambitions for science and technology. In the address, Osborne outlined eight areas of technology in which he wanted the UK to become a world l...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 9, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: George Osborne Royal Society Science policy News Science funding crisis guardian.co.uk Politics UK news European Space Agency Source Type: news
Chip maker STMicroelectronics to help demo wireless body motion tracking
Working with Xsens Technologies, STMicroelectronics next week demonstrating the world's first wearable wireless 3D body motion-tracking system based on consumer-grade sensors.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
McKesson Recognized for Commitment to Community by Bloomberg, National Conference on Citizenship and Points of Light
The Civic 50 Is the First Scientific Evaluation of Corporate Civic Engagement
Source: McKesson News - November 9, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
UGR and Michael J. Fox Foundation take a step forward in the study of Parkinson's disease
(University of Granada) The studies were conducted by the research group TIC 218 at the Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications attached to the University of Granada and the Andalusian Information Technology and Communications Center (CITIC). The results obtained have been published in prestigious journals such as Medical Physics and NeuroImage, the most important journal in the field of neuroscience.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 9, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Allscripts to evaluate strategic alternatives
(Reuters) - Healthcare IT firm Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc said it is evaluating strategic alternatives, sending its shares up 10 percent in extended trade.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Study: Virtual avatars improve fitness motivation
A common media narrative has it that screen time in front of TV and video games is a big contributor to inaction and obesity. But people following mobile health know that video games have the potential to impact fitness in a positive direction as well. In 2010, MobiHealthNews wrote about the potential for virtual avatars [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized fitness fitness avatar fitness games gaming gaming for health health avatar Nintendo Wii Second Life Source Type: news
HealthCrowd promotes patient engagement through messaging
The recent Pew Internet Project study reported that only 9 percent of American adults use texting to get health updates, although 80 percent use text messaging. As app adoption stagnates, some start-ups, like California-based HealthCrowd, are hitching their wagon to text messages, rather than apps, as the future of patient engagement.
“There are too many apps [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Bosch Health Buddy HealthCrowd patient engagement Pew Internet Project text messaging Source Type: news
Analysis of the North American Medication Management Market
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Analysis of the North American Medication Management Market
http://www.reportlinker.com/p01027099/Analysis-of-the-North-American-Med...
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: New York Source Type: news
First Annual Broadband & TeleHealth Summit an Overwhelming Success
Alabama Partnership for TeleHealth, Inc & Connecting ALABAMA, partnered for a successful first annual Connecting Alabama: Broadband &TeleHealth Summit with over 200 attendees. The Summit was Alabama’s first conference designed to bring together individuals and organizations interested in advancing broadband and telehealth services throughout the state. The Summit was held on October 17-19, 2012 at the beautiful and comfortable Marriott Legends at Capitol Hill, Prattville, Alabama.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Alabama broadband Connecting Prattville Robert Bentley Ron Sparks Telehealth Inc. Source Type: news
Regenstrief Institute, Merck partner for personalized care
Targeting chronic conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, the Regenstrief Institute and Merck have signed a five-year agreement that will see them collaborating on novel ways to use clinical data to inform personalized delivery of healthcare.
The partnership will seek to deploy data analytics and other innovations to support evidence-based healthcare. Financial details were not disclosed.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only INDIANAPOLIS Industry News Merck Mike Miliard Regenstrief Institute Business Intelligence Data Warehousing Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Rendezvous: PubMed Health
It’s time for another National Library of Medicine (NLM) resource! PubMed Health is a growing collection of clinical effectiveness information that aims to help users find the evidence that could answer their questions about effects of health care – and help them understand what they find.
Come join us on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 1pm Pacific time (Noon Alaska, 2pm Mountain) during our free monthly webcast at http://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous to learn more about PubMed Health, including recent developments – some as recent as this week. The session will be presented by Hilda Bastian, from the National Ce...
Source: Dragonfly - November 8, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nikki Dettmar Tags: National News News From the RML Technology Training & Education Source Type: news
iSALUS Healthcare Recognizing Benefits From St. Vincent Health Collaboration
iSALUS Healthcare, a privately held electronic medical records service provider, today announced over the last several weeks, the company has seen an increased demand for its OfficeEMR service offering by Indiana's physicians stemming from the company's endorsement from St. Vincent Health in a mid-September announcement.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Alan L. Schwartz Indiana INDIANAPOLIS iSALUS Healthcare Source Type: news
Delaware breaks ground, transmitting patient records electronically
In what’s being billed as a first for the state of Delaware, immunization records from a physician's office have been electronically transmitted successfully to the Division of Public Health through the Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN).
DHIN officials announced the feat Thursday.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Delaware DHIN Dover Erin McCann immunization Jan Lee Karyl Rattay Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Network Infrastructure Quality and Safety Source Type: news
AMIA: Why interoperability is 'taking so darn long'
Hospitals can have hundreds of IT systems. Vendors have built proprietary databases. Not everyone follows the same standards. Health systems fear sharing data with competitors. Policymakers have not focused on health information exchange or EHR usability.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Online Only Charles Jaffe Chicago David McCallie Harry Solomon Meaningful Use Neil Versel Ross Koppel Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Network Infrastructure Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
Data analytics helped Obama win, says Mostashari
Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national health IT coordinator, said that data and analytics played a critical role in the campaign and re-election of President Barack Obama – mirroring the growing importance of data in healthcare.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Barack Obama Election 2012 Farzad Mostashari Isabel Sawhill Mary Mosquera Meaningful Use Michael Grunwald Thomas Mann Washington Business Intelligence Data Warehousing Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
Three years of stagnant health app adoption
As has been tradition for some time now, every year around this time the digital health community gets a wake up call. The Pew Internet & American Life Project published its latest report on mobile health this morning and while it is filled to the brim with helpful, encouraging statistics related to mobile health adoptions, [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized Android health apps iPhone health apps mobile health 2012 mobile health app adoption mobile health reports Pew Internet & American Life Project Pew Mobile Health prescribing health apps smartphone health apps Source Type: news
AMIA studies show iPad remains popular with docs but imperfect
The iPad continues to be a hugely popular but imperfect tool for physicians, as suggested by two papers presented Monday at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) annual symposium in Chicago.
In two Fairview Health Services emergency departments in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, physicians actually told IT leadership prior to the December 2010 go-live of an [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized AMIA Citrix Columbia University Medical Center Eclipsys EHR Epic ASAP ER Fairview Health Services Haiku iPad medical apps iPads medical settings medical tablet devices virtualization Source Type: news
Pew: 19 percent of smartphone users have health apps
About 11 percent of all mobile phone users and 19 percent of smartphone users have at least one health app on their device, according to Pew Internet & American Life Project’s Mobile Health 2012 survey, which the group published this morning. The percentage of mobile phone users who have downloaded a health app has remained [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Android health apps iPhone health apps mHealth adoption mobile health Pew Internet & American Life Project Pew Research Center smartphones survey Susannah Fox Source Type: news
McKesson Corporation to Present at the Credit Suisse 2012 Healthcare Conference
Source: McKesson News - November 8, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
FreeMedForms project reaches version 0.8.0
It is always a pleasure to announce the official release of the new stable version 0.8.0 of the FreeMedForms project. This anniversary version (the FreeMedForms EMR one and its main admin) brings two major innovations:
one structured Alert Manager, which is built on an analysis of the most recent scientific publications;
the ability to use your webcam to take pictures for your patients. This is the first step of importing image in general.
Please visit:
Main website
French non-profit association. Official support
Source: GNU/Linux And Open Source Medical Software News - November 7, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
California hospital tests disposable, vital signs monitoring patch
Toumaz Ltd., a British maker of wearable medical sensors, has begun the first U.S. pilot of its SensiumVitals disposable “digital plaster” at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., in conjunction with Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s California Capital Equity.
Working through Toumaz US, a joint venture backed by UCLA surgeon and billionaire investor Soon-Shiong, Toumaz is [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 7, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized Medicare NantHealth NantWorks Sensium Sensium Digital Plaster Soon-Shiong St. John's Health Center Toumaz wearable devices Source Type: news
Denver Health patients like text reminders, but clinical gains uncertain
Text messaging for disease management once again is proving popular among patients with chronic conditions and their doctors, though the clinical gains are not always easy to determine.
In a just-concluded test at Denver Health, about 80 percent of mostly older, low-income people expressed interest in participating in a text-based communication plan beforehand. After the trial, [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 7, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized AMIA chronic condition management Denver Health lab test results medication refills medication reminders SMS doctor appointments SMS health text messaging healthcare text reminders Source Type: news
