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Zephyr, MGH to trial wireless monitoring in childbirth
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston will conduct a clinical trial of wearable health monitoring devices from Zephyr Technology to monitor pregnant women as they give birth, then quickly roll the system out to a hospital in Uganda in an effort to stem high infant mortality. Mass General’s Center for Global Health is testing Annapolis, Md.-based Zephyr’s [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 1, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized Mass General Hospital Partners Healthcare Uganda mHealth vital sign monitoring wearable health devices wearable medical devices Zephyr BioHarness Zephyr Technologies ZephyrLife Source Type: news

Consumer-facing mobile health’s raison d’etre?
Feedback loops. That’s the focus that some of the highest profile consumer health startups have taken in recent years. Making scales smarter by pairing them with smartphone apps, using smartphone camera’s to track eating habits or to measure vital signs, pairing wireless-enabled pedometers with smarter software, all hope to create tighter and more effective feedback [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - November 1, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized blood pressure consumer health habits health behavior change health feedback loops heart disease mobile health exercise mobile health startups obesity smartphone health apps smoking cessation weight loss Source Type: news

Merge reports Q3 results, wins image archive contract
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare reported (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

The Importance of Structure in Medical Practice Operations
Pimmie Lopez of Practice Colleagues discusses the importance of structure in running your medical practice, from clear expectations to the use of health IT.
Source: Physicians Practice - November 1, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

West Health invests $4.25M in Kinect-powered rehab startup
The West Health Investment Fund, which is a part of the West Health Institute, announced a $4.25 million investment into Reflexion Health, a startup that recently spun out of the institute. Reflexion plans to offer a physical therapy digital health program that leverages Microsoft Kinect for Windows. The West Health Institute developed the software and [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized digital health investments FCC healthcare Microsoft Kinect healthcare physical therapy apps Reflexion Health West Health Incubator West Health Institute West Health Investment Fund West Health Policy Source Type: news

Esther Dyson, Prostor Capital inject $2M into Russia health startup
Moscow, Russia-based startup VitaPortal, which spun out of Moscow’s Fastlane Ventures incubator last year, announced $2 million in its first round of funding. Prostor Capital led the round and noted angel investor Esther Dyson also contributed. When VitaPortal first launched last year it aspired to be a Russian version of WebMD that enabled people in Russia [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized Esther Dyson Fastlane Ventures Habit Labs HealthRally HealthTap Kickstarter Prostor Capital Russia digital health Text4Baby Russia VitaPortal.ru Source Type: news

Chinese Food Bean May Protect Against Sepsis
A bean commonly found in Chinese food protects people against the potentially fatal condition sepsis. The finding, published in the current issue of Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM), came from a team of experts at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. HMGB1, a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) protein, is responsible for regulating inflammation. Inflammation is critical in order to have good health - it is the body's way of protecting itself. Without it, infections and woulds would not be able to heal...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Blood / Hematology Source Type: news

App helps WHO track adolescent health across the Americas
The world’s oldest international public health organization has introduced its first mobile app, to help professionals track the health, fitness and safety of students and other adolescent populations. Called eGSHS, the iPhone/iPad app from the 110-year-old Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) is a mobile version of the widely used Global [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized adolescent health behaviors CDC eGSHS global mHealth PAHO Pan American Health public health apps student health survey WHO World Health Organization Source Type: news

LGTmedical powers low-cost devices through mobile’s headphone jack
This month, LionsGate Technologies, also known as LGTmedical, announced a new approach to mobile medical diagnostic technology. Instead of building medical devices with integrated displays that transmit data to smartphones via Bluetooth or the phone’s dock connector or USB port, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company is using the phone’s — or tablet’s or PC’s — [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized iPhone health apps iPhone medical apps LGTmedical LionsGate Technologies Phone Oximeter pulse oximiter Vital Signs DSP Source Type: news

In disasters such as Sandy, HIE is 'as critical as having roads, as having fire hydrants'
The Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY) sees itself as a "public utility" as much as an HIE. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, as patients bounce between hospitals (and as other public utilities, such as electricity and transportation, are compromised), it has enabled critical continuity of care. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only David Whitlinger electricity Mike Miliard New York New York City New York eHealth Collaborative NYU NYU Langone Medical Center transportation Hospitals & IDNs Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (H Source Type: news

AHRQ requests funding for health IT, ambulatory workflow project
A new project by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) aims to examine the relationship between health information technology (health IT) and ambulatory workflows, according to the agency’s Oct. 31 Federal Register notice. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Erin McCann Health Information Technology Washington Data Warehousing Electronic Health Records Quality and Safety Workforce Management Source Type: news

ScanWorks Software, Ltd. Introduces RemoteDesktopTwain 4 to Help Businesses Expand Their Cloud Computing Capabilities
The recent shift to Cloud Computing and moving document management operations to remote locations allows for reduction of costs. RemoteDesktopTwain 4 is a proven solution to connect your business capture software and scanners in a Terminal Server environment. RemoteDesktopTwain 4 allows security using any local TWAIN compatible scanner via Microsoft RemoteDesktop connection. A scanner is used like it would be locally connected and does not require any leaning or setup. It works with most EMR, patient billing and medical software systems and successfully used by Government Medical read more
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Microsoft ScanWorks Software Ltd. Terminal Server Source Type: news

MMRGlobal Receives Broad EMR PHR Patent
MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTCQB: MMRF) (the "Company" or "MMR") today announced that less than one month before scheduling of court-ordered arbitration proceedings against Surgery Center Management, LLC ("SCM"), the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued another health information technology patent to MMR. The Company is in its second year of a $30 mil read more
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: California Favrille Inc. Los Angeles MMRGlobal Inc. MyMedicalRecords Inc. Surgery Center Management LLC Ted Ward United States Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor LLP Source Type: news

Connecture's President to Speak at Minnesota Healthcare Roundtable
Connecture, Inc., a provider of Web-based information systems used to create health insurance marketplaces and exchanges, today announced that Dan Maynard, the company's president, will participate in the 38th session of the Minnesota Healthcare Roundtable. The roundtable "Health Insurance Exchanges: Assuring They are Meaningful" will explore the complexities health insurance exchanges must address, and what must be done to ensure they are effective. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Brookfield Connecture Inc. Dan Maynard Minnesota Wisconsin Source Type: news

Indian Health Service to develop online PHR system
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is offering patients Web access to a portion of the medical and administrative information it holds in the IHIS Medical, Health and Billing Records system as part of a personal health records (PHR) system it is developing. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Mary Mosquera Electronic Health Records Network Infrastructure Source Type: news

Accelerating Drug Development By Harnessing Technology
In order to meet the challenges in today’s biopharma industry, companies must take advantage of information technology to accelerate clinical development and to bring druges to market faster, better and cheaper.
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - October 31, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Pilot Program to Meet the EHR/MU and Educational Needs of RHCs, CAHs, FQHCs and Rural Hospitals with 50 or Fewer Beds
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has funded training across the country to bring IT professionals into a greater understanding of health care and to allow health care administrative personnel and care providers to understand more fully the concepts of IT so that by utilizing these knowledge bases together, the Electronic Health Record can be successfully implemented in health care organizations allowing them to meet federal Meaningful Use criteria.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - October 31, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Are Electronic Cigarettes A Safe Alternative For Smokers?
Electronic cigarettes have recently been marketed and promoted as a “safe” alternative to traditional tobacco smoking, but based on recent research, this popular and growing trend could be just as harmful to your lungs and overall health. It is estimated that nearly 700,000 people currently use these electronic pens in order to quit smoking.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 30, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Glatter, MD Source Type: news

ClearDATA Partners with Acuo Technology for Cloud-Based Vendor Neutral Archiving of Medical Images
ClearDATA Networks, Inc., a healthcare cloud computing platform and service provider, today announced the availability of a new cloud-based vendor neutral archiving (VNA) solution with Acuo Technologies, a provider of high-performance software and services for clinical content management and data migration.Under the agreement, ClearDATA will offer and support Acuo’s Universal Clinical Platform (UCP) solution for medical image content, both DICOM and Non-DICOM, as part of its H read more
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Acuo Technologies Arizona ClearDATA Networks Inc. computing content management PHOENIX software Source Type: news

NHS organizations benefit from clinical portals
A new white paper sponsored by Harris Healthcare provides practical advice for National Health Service (NHS) organizations looking to implement clinical portals. It is first in a series that will outline steps for deploying a clinical portal. The white paper, “Write a sound business case to justify investment in a clinical portal,” was written by Alison Clare, a freelance EPR program manager who worked with the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust on the deployment of its clinical portal. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jamie Thompson Tags: Online Only Alison Clare Harris Healthcare International Jamie Thompson Liverpool National Health Service NHS Electronic Health Records Source Type: news

Maryland Doctors Go Digital with Practice Fusion and Wavelength Information Services
Practice Fusion, the nation’s largest doctor-patient community, and Wavelength Information Services, a nationally accredited Maryland-based healthcare IT firm and one of a limited number of organizations working directly with the Maryland Regional Extension Center (REC), are partnering to provide a free Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solution for medical professionals hoping to attest to Meaningful Use read more
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: BERLIN Maryland Practice Fusion Wavelength Information Services Source Type: news

Perficient Wins Integration Excellence Award at IBM's IOD 2012
Perficient, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRFT), a leading information technology consulting firm serving Global 2000 and other large enterprise customers throughout North America, today announced it received IBM’s 2012 Information Management Integration Excellence Award. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: IBM Business Group John Jenkins Las Vegas Missouri North America Perficient Inc. St. Louis Source Type: news

Cleveland Clinic, IBM to send Watson to medical school
Cleveland Clinic and IBM are partnering to increase the use of the Watson supercomputer in medical training. IBM researchers will work with Cleveland Clinic faculty and students to enhance Watson's Deep Question Answering technology for medicine. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only C. Martin Harris Cleveland Cleveland Clinic IBM Mike Miliard Watson Business Intelligence Hospitals & IDNs Data Warehousing Electronic Health Records Vendors Quality and Safety Source Type: news

Sandy hammers Northeast, hospitals hurting in aftermath
As Hurricane Sandy's violent winds and torrential flooding hammered the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states Monday night, many hospitals were left to deal with the crippling aftermath. Winds speeds of up to 90 miles per hour were recorded in New York and New Jersey late Monday, as the 900-mile-wide hurricane stormed its way toward land. As power was knocked out in New York City, the NYU Tisch Hospital in lower Manhattan was forced to transfer some 215 patients to nearby hospitals, after a backup generator failed. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Erin McCann Industry News Mid-Atlantic New Jersey New York New York and New Jersey New York City NYU NYU Tisch Hospital Wayne Keathley Hospitals & IDNs Network Infrastructure Quality and Safety Source Type: news

HIT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting
This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to be held on November 13, 2012, in Washington, DC. The meeting will be open to the public.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 30, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting
This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The meeting will be held December 5, 2012, in Washington, D.C., and will be open to the public.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 30, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Working towards the integration of ICTs in regional healthcare systems
Erica Rosolen is the young director of the TICSA study center at ISALUD University. After living for ten years in Italy working for the Dedalus Healthcare Systems Group; a company with five hundred employees focused on healthcare systems, cloud computing in healthcare and hospital computer systems, this young Argentine professional wanted to return home. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Daniela Chueke Tags: Online Only Cloud Computing Daniela Chueke Dedalus Healthcare Systems Group Erica Rosolen Her International ISALUD University Italy Latin America Network Infrastructure Source Type: news

QuantiaMD raises $12M for physician collaboration platform
Waltham, Massachusetts-based QuantiaMD, which offers a mobile and online physician community and collaboration platform, raised a $12 million round of funding from return backer Fuse Capital. The company plans to use the funds for building out its platform’s capabilities and better meet the needs of payers, health systems, and others who leverage QuantiaMD to engage [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized digital health investment Fuse Capital iPhone medical apps pharma physican social networks physician mobile apps Quantia Communications QuantiaMD venture capital Source Type: news

HIT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting
This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to be held on December 19, 2012. This meeting will be virtual only and will be open to the public.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 30, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

'Troubling disconnect' between mobile security threats and protections in place
Even as nearly everyone is using smartphones and tablets for critical information, few organizations have taken steps to keep the devices safe from cyber threats, according to a new survey from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and AT&T. A full 90 percent of respondents allowed employees to access work email via mobile devices, and 41 percent say they allow their employees to access important files via mobile devices, according to the study. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only AT & Dallas Industry News Mike Miliard mobile devices New York University Polytechnic Institute Polytechnic Institute of New York University Smartphones Hospitals IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Mobile/Wi Source Type: news

3 health IT must-haves for natural disaster preparedness
Responding to disasters is something every healthcare institution needs to be ready for. From hurricanes to snowstorms to wildfires, having a plan in place and technology to back it up is critical to an effective response. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Benjamin Harris Tags: Online Only Arcadia Solutions Benjamin Harris Cloud Computing Industry News Mike Detjen Rhode Island Hospitals & IDNs Data Warehousing Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Electronic Health Records Mobile/Wireless Network Infr Source Type: news

As Hurricane Sandy makes landfall, HackensackUMC hunkers down, reaches out
As Hurricane Sandy made her approach into the New Jersey and New York coastlines, Hackensack University Medical Center, in Hackensack, N.J., was busy taking all possible precautions and preparations in order to continue to safely provide necessary patient care and ensure sufficient supply levels. In advance of the storm, HackensackUMC’s Mobile Satellite Emergency Department (MSED) vehicles were deployed to a number of low-lying communities, such as Hillsborough, N.J., where it was deemed likely that residents would be in need of emergency care during the storm. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kelsey Brimmer Tags: Online Only Hackensack Hackensack University Medical Center Kelsey Brimmer New Jersey Hospitals & IDNs EDIS Electronic Health Records Mobile/Wireless Network Infrastructure Telehealth Source Type: news

Rock Health’s 4th class to benefit from KP’s advice
Last week digital health incubator Rock Health announced its fourth class of startups, which will be the first to go through the program with the increased $100,000 in funding. Rock Health also announced last week that Kaiser Permanente, the largest integrated healthcare system in the US, has joined as a partner to the program and [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized Beam Brush digital health venture capital health accelerator health incubator investment Kaiser Permanente Mango Health mHealth Alliance Rock Health RunKeeper Sana WellFrame Source Type: news

Rx anti-counterfeiting technologies to reach $1.2B by 2015
The world market for pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting technology will rise to roughly $1.2 billion in 2015, according to a new report by Visiongain. That forecast, which appears in the UK-based research firm's "Pharmaceutical Anti-counterfeiting Technologies: Market Analysis 2012-2022," predicts that the pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting market will grow at a brisk clip from 2012 to 2022. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only HP Industry News London Mike Miliard pharmaceutical Visiongain Vendors ePrescribing Quality and Safety Source Type: news

KnowMe Networks aims to get sedentary kids moving
By Padma Nagappan Children are generally active when they are young but their level of activity often tapers off as they enter their teens, which leads to a high incidence of obesity, associate professor of preventive medicine at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine Donna Spruijt-Metz said during her remarks at the WLSA’s [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: admin Tags: Uncategorized accelerometers activity monitors childhood obesity Keck School Medicine Knowme Networks Nokia N95 smartphone health apps wearable devices Source Type: news

Harbin Clinic and Parker FiberNet announce faster imaging transport system for electronic medical records
Harbin Clinic will ceremonially launch new high-speed broadband capabilities with a Thursday ribbon-cutting at one of its satellites, Armuchee Family Practice, 5470 Martha Berry Highway. The 11 a.m. gathering will celebrate Harbin’s upgraded fiber optic connections through the Appalachian Valley Fiber Network. “Harbin operates in 17 locations,” said its CEO and president, Dr. Ken Davis. “One of our goals is to have the same high speed network access in all locations.” read more
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: broadband David Parker fiber optic Georgia Harbin Harbin Clinic imaging Ken Davis Martha Berry Highway Northwest Georgia Source Type: news

Verizon Releases Industry-by-Industry Snapshots of Cybercrime, Based on the Data Breach Investigations Report Series
Verizon on Wednesday (Oct. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: retail Verizon Communications Inc. Source Type: news

BioSensics tests wearable gait sensors at Arizona Center on Aging
By Padma Nagappan Count Cambridge, Massachusetts-based BioSensics among those companies working on a fall prevention offering that uses wearable devices equipped with accelerometers and other devices to help diagnose the early signs of a fall before it happens. By studying gait, stance, time to get up, time to sit down, and other metrics, BioSensics hopes to [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: admin Tags: Uncategorized accelerometers BioSensics fall detection device gait sensors PAMSys fall prevention sensor University of Arizona Center on Aging wearable devices Source Type: news

BionSensics tests wearable gait sensors at Arizona Center on Aging
By Padma Nagappan Count Cambridge, Massachusetts-based BioSensics among those companies working on a fall prevention offering that uses wearable devices equipped with accelerometers and other devices to help diagnose the early signs of a fall before it happens. By studying gait, stance, time to get up, time to sit down, and other metrics, BioSensics hopes to [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: admin Tags: Uncategorized accelerometers BioSensics fall detection device gait sensors PAMSys fall prevention sensor University of Arizona Center on Aging wearable devices Source Type: news

Bizmatics' PrognoCIS EMR Now Features Certified DHIN Interface
PrognoCIS, the flagship EMR product of medical software provider Bizmatics, is now equipped with a DHIN interface - allowing Delaware providers who implement PrognoCIS to join their state's healthcare information exchange network and provide better patient care. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Bizmatics Inc. California Delaware DHIN SAN Jose Source Type: news

AHIP launches new healthcare spending iPad app
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) announced Monday the launch of a new interactive iPad app. AHIP officials say the app, "U.S. Health Care Spending 101," is meant to provide policymakers and stakeholders with comprehensive healthcare spending data in an easy-to-use digital format. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only America IBM Industry News iPad Washington Business Intelligence Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Payers Vendors Policy and Legislation Source Type: news

7 steps to help safeguard against breaches
At the same time the government is encouraging healthcare providers, doctors and insurance companies to digitize healthcare information, the landscape for attacking that info is increasing dramatically. Data beaches occur routinely, but data security experts warn about the vastly higher cost of waiting until a breach occurs, than doing the upfront work to prevent it. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Steff Deschenes Tags: Online Only Danny Creedon Kroll Advisory Solutions Meaningful Use Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Electronic Health Records Vendors Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mobile/Wireless Privacy and Security Source Type: news

CitiSense aims to improve air quality data with wearable sensors
By Padma Nagappan While healthcare is shifting from provider-centered episodic care to outcome-based, patient-centered care, at least one speaker at last week’s Wireless Health 2012 event believes that more personalized air quality data should be a part of the healthcare discussion, too. In chronic conditions like asthma and cancer, environmental exposures play a major role in disease [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: admin Tags: Uncategorized asthma cancer CitiSense personal air quality public health smartphone health apps wearable devices WIreless Health 2012 WLSA Source Type: news

Due diligence is key when it comes to EHRs and malpractice
It’s not what you say that matters — it’s what you do and how you use it. So goes the motto blanketing all professions and endeavors, from campaign trails on down to the compassionate acts of ideal citizenry, where the candidate meets an elderly woman and a passerby helps her across the street. In the healthcare technology world, this pay-it-forward mantra demands amplification; it must remain constant and pressing, it must take-it-forward. There is no time to fumble around for the correct change. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Madelyn Kearns Tags: Online Only Madelyn Kearns Meaningful Use Ronald Sterling San Antonio Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Privacy and Security Quality and Safety Source Type: news

A sign of the times: Deloitte acquires Recombinant
Deloitte Consulting announced Monday it has closed on a deal to acquire Recombinant Data Corporation, a Newton, Mass.-based healthcare data warehousing and analytics firm. The move signals the growing momentum toward using clinical data to transform healthcare, say Deloitte officials. According to Andrew Vaz, principal and chief innovation officer at Deloitte, the move will expand Deloitte’s consulting capabilities. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Andrew Vaz Deloitte Consulting Deloitte Consulting LLP Industry News Massachusetts Meaningful Use New York Newton Recombinant Data Corporation Business Intelligence Claims Processing Hospitals & IDNs Data Warehous Source Type: news

4 reasons voice recognition and mobile devices are meant to be together
Remember doctors walking down halls, talking into tape recorders like Agent Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks? Now they're holding conversations with their mobile devices, taking a page from David Bowman and Frank Poole's interactions with HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Benjamin Harris Tags: Online Only Benjamin Harris cellular telephone Dale Cooper David Bowman Frank Poole iPhones and Androids Jonathon Dreyer Meaningful Use mobile devices voice recognition Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care E Source Type: news

Center for Connected Health to study SMS for managing cancer pain
For the second year in a row, the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare in Boston has received a McKesson Foundation research grant to develop and study a text messaging system that will help patients with a specific condition. This time, the unspecified grant will support SMS and voice response technology for managing pain [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized cancer Center for Connected Health McKesson Foundation mobile health cancer Mobilizing for Health grants pain management Partners Healthcare SMS healthcare text messaging Source Type: news

Some early signs that your EHR is working as hoped
Technically Speaking - A practical look at information technology issues and usage
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - October 29, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

McKesson Launches Nonprofit Initiative to Deliver Better Care to Cancer Patients in Need
Giving Comfort provides cancer patients with essential items during treatment
Source: McKesson News - October 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Health IT funding: What would Romney do?
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is no stranger to health information technology advocacy. As governor of Massachusetts, he helped spur initiatives such as the $50 million nonprofit Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, for instance, and he signed a 2003 bill meant to enable Bay State providers to more widely adopt e-prescribing. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Deven McGraw e-prescribing Election 2012 Erin McCann Massachusetts Meaningful Use Mitt Romney Paul Ryan Republican Party Stephen Beck Trotskyite Electronic Health Records ePrescribing ICD-10 Policy and Legislation Source Type: news