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DrFirst Chief Strategy and Privacy Officer Testifies Before ONC...
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DrFirst Chief Strategy and Privacy Officer, Thomas E. Sullivan, M.D., testified this month before an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) hearing on identity...(PRWeb July 31, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/7/prweb9749133.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - July 31, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
HIT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of MeetingEmail this article to a colleague.
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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 August 15, 2012. This meeting will be virtual only and will be open to the public.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - July 31, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
CONNECT urges use of patch for better performanceEmail this article to a colleague.
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The folks behind CONNECT, based on feedback from community members going through ONC onboarding, have made version 3.3.1 available.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Tom Sullivan Tags: Online Only Social Security Administration Tom Sullivan Washington Health Information Exchange (HIE) Policy and Legislation Privacy and Security Quality and Safety Source Type: news
CMS creates new office for data resourcesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a data initiative that creates the new Office of Information Products and Data Analysis. The office is designed to maximize CMS data for internal and external users.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
6 things to know about Consolidated CDAEmail this article to a colleague.
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Recently, Rob Brull, product manager at Corepoint Health, outlined five things to know about CCD, the standard for Stage 1 Meaningful Use. And now, we looked to Brull to explore Consolidated CDA, a type of CCD document in the proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2 guidelines for the exchange of clinical health data.
Brull answers five questions about Consolidated CDA.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Michelle McNickle Tags: Online Only Corepoint Health information technology Meaningful Use Michelle McNickle Rob Brull Source Type: news
Chicago hospital burglary causes data breachEmail this article to a colleague.
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A June 11 burglary resulted in the theft of six laptop and tablet computer devices from the Chicago home hospice offices of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
PACSGEAR adds eMix to open image exchangeEmail this article to a colleague.
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PACSGEAR, a leading provider of imaging connectivity for electronic health records, today announced an agreement with eMix™, a cloud-based virtualized electronic medical information exchange, to participate in the Open Image Exchange, a cloud-based network designed to securely share medical images and information. PACSGEAR will incorporate the application programming interface (API) from eMix to upload images and reports for cloud-based sharing and storage.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: API California Eli Rapaich eMix imaging Industry News Pleasanton Source Type: news
First-of-its-kind technology enables physicians to consult on stroke cases anytime, from anywhereEmail this article to a colleague.
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First-of-its-kind mobile phone-based software technology may allow physicians to manage and consult on stroke cases in real time from anywhere in the world, a study presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 9th Annual Meeting in San Diego showed.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: cellular telephone diagnostic imaging Fairfax Hiroyuki Takao Industry News Japan San Diego smart phone Tokyo Twitter United States Virginia Yuichi Murayama Source Type: news
Vocera introduces the Vocera Communication System for FranceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Vocera Communications, Inc., a provider of mobile communication solutions focused on addressing critical communication challenges facing hospitals, announced the availability of the Vocera Communication System for France. The Vocera System, that has been available in the United States since 2002, enables instant communication at the point of care for healthcare staff through intelligent system software and device independence.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: California France Hospital Lariboisi Industry News mobile communication solutions SAN Jose Smartphones United States Vocera Communication System Vocera Communications Inc. Source Type: news
GE offers online tour of London Olympics polyclinicEmail this article to a colleague.
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GE Healthcare is deploying all manner of health IT at the 2012 Olympics, from electronic medical records to anti-doping technology. A new virtual video tour offers an up-close look at the imaging capabilities of its Olympic Village Polyclinic.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only GE Healthcare imaging Industry News London Mike Miliard Electronic Health Records Vendors Quality and Safety RIS and PACS Source Type: news
DoD, VA release mobile app for PTSD therapyEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new mobile application aimed at helping both service members and veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been released, officials at the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs announced on Tuesday.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Department of Defense Erin McCann Greg Reger post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD smartphone telemedicine Virginia Washington Mobile/Wireless Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Minnesota No. 1 e-prescriber, knocks Massachusetts to No. 2Email this article to a colleague.
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Minnesota achieved the highest rate of e-prescribing use in the nation during 2011 to capture the No. 1 ranking in Surescripts' 7th annual Safe-Rx Awards.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Arlington e-prescriber e-prescribing Harry Totonis Massachusetts Minnesota New Hampshire SureScripts ePrescribing Policy and Legislation Privacy and Security Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Americans not yet fans of EHRsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Only 26 percent of Americans prefer their medical records in a digital format, according to the results of the third annual EHRs online survey of 2,147 U.S. adults, conducted for Xerox by Harris Interactive in May.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Mayo to apply EHRs, analytics to boost rural healthcareEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mayo Clinic Health System Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) is sharing in an $11 million government grant to lead the creation of a nationwide learning collaborative among rural healthcare providers. The effort, which will be supported by electronic health record specialists and data analysis, is part of a national partnership using the Health Care Innovation Award funded by the Affordable Care Act.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Rochester Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news
mHealth Congress: Providers share experiences with mobile EHR deploymentEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mobile devices offer providers the opportunity to keep patient health information in their pockets at all times, but organizations should expect challenges if they decide on mobile deployment. Representatives from the Cleveland Clinic and Sutter Health shared their experiences deploying mobile EHRs at the 4th annual mHealth World Congress.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Philips, Nuvodia pen PACS partnershipEmail this article to a colleague.
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Royal Philips Electronics plans to work with Nuvodia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland Imaging Investments, to bring Philips PACS to rural hospitals, smaller institutions, imaging centers, orthopedic centers and oncology practices.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Don’t forget, mobile is but a tool in the wider effort to improve healthcareEmail this article to a colleague.
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What follows are some controversial remarks from last week’s 4th annual World Congress Leadership Summit on mHealth in Boston, where I represented MobiHealthNews as a panel moderator.
In the final, sparsely attended session on Friday afternoon, after many registrants had headed to the airport, Paul Meyer, chairman and president of Voxiva, the company behind Text4Baby and [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized digital health HIMSS mhealth mHealth Summit mobile health Text4Baby Voxiva World Congress Leadership Summit Source Type: news
How healthcare stacks up in customer experienceEmail this article to a colleague.
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A recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Customer Experience in Healthcare: The Moment of Truth, sketches out the rise of consumer health, and, of course, mobile is increasingly a key channel that providers need to get right.
PwC points to five “forces” that are pushing providers in the healthcare industry to revamp their customer experience strategies: Increased cost [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized digital health research digital health survey health insurers healthcare providers mobile health research PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC 2011 Customer Experience Radar PwC digital health Source Type: news
Software pairs smartphone, Twitter to enable remote stroke consultsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mobile phone-based software may allow physicians to manage and consult on stroke cases in real time from anywhere in the world, according to a study presented at the ninth annual meeting of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery in San Diego. The i-Stroke System telediagnostic imaging support system facilitates the transfer of information and diagnostic imaging to physicians in a remote location and allows them to consult on diagnosis and treatment via a Twitter direct messaging system.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 31, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Notice: Announcement of Requirements and Registration for The Million Hearts Risk Check ChallengeEmail this article to a colleague.
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This notice sponsored by Million Hearts and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT tells of the requirements and how to register for a new challenge to create a mobile app to help consumers reduce their risk for heart disease by controlling their blood pressure and managing their cholesterol.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - July 31, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
PACSGear inks deal with eMix for cloud-based image exchangeEmail this article to a colleague.
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PACSGear, which develops imaging connectivity for EHRs, has reached an agreement with eMix, a cloud-based virtualized electronic medical information exchange, to participate in the Open Image Exchange, a cloud-based network designed to share medical images and information.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Still rocky reception for latest activity tracking gadgetsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The past year has included the launch, recall, and still-imminent-launch of a handful of activity tracking devices: Nike’s FuelBand, Jawbone’s UP, and the Basis Band, respectively.
Jawbone made headlines last year when it recalled its buggy device and offered full refunds to anyone who purchased them. While the device is still available for purchase on some [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized activity tracker Basis Band BJ Fogg Jawbone UP Kairos Labs mobile health devices Nike FuelBand Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab wearables health devices Source Type: news
Remote monitoring still seeks business models, EHR connectivityEmail this article to a colleague.
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The move toward accountable care organizations, the ubiquity of cell phones and changing patient expectations all are contributing to the rise of mobile monitoring of chronic diseases, but it still may take years before home care becomes a routine part of medicine.
Friday morning at the 4th annual World Congress Leadership Summit on mHealth in Boston, [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized Ambulatory Practice Future Denver Health iPhone medical devices Massachusetts General Hospital Medicaid Medtronic mobile remote monitoring Mohit Kaushal remote health monitoring West Health Investment Fund Source Type: news
5 critical technologies health systems should requireEmail this article to a colleague.
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The need for tools that help provide coordinated care is growing. And according to Sai Subramaniam, business head for Life Sciences & Healthcare at Persistent Systems, health IT professionals need to start thinking beyond traditional models of building and running applications, which tend to be "complex and expensive."
"Taking a platform as a service approach (PaaS)… healthcare IT professionals can now
focus on building integrated care management applications and providing real
value to physicians and patients," he said.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Michelle McNickle Tags: Online Only Michelle McNickle Persistent Systems Sai Subramaniam Business Intelligence Electronic Health Records Mobile/Wireless Quality and Safety Source Type: news
mHealth Congress: Joslin goes virtual for diabetes managementEmail this article to a colleague.
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BOSTON—The Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston has been able to demonstrably improve patient outcomes with its diabetes management model, but with a finite set of resources, how can the center move beyond the approximately 250,000 patients that it and its more than 40 affiliates currently treat? By moving to the virtual space, said Chief Medical Officer Martin Abraham at a July 26 panel at the 4th Annual mHealth World Congress.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Premier healthcare alliance awards three-year contract that enables members to order Carestream’s DRX family of imaging systemsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Members of the Premier Healthcare alliance, a major U.S. healthcare group purchasing organization, can order Carestream’s versatile family of DRX systems and Carestream Dental’s digital radiography systems according to terms of a new three-year contract that takes effect on Oct. 1, 2012. Premier members have been able to purchase Carestream’s DRX-1 system since it was added to Premier’s Technology Breakthroughs program in 2010.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: imaging Industry News New York Rochester Suite X-ray X-ray system Source Type: news
Hyland Software hosts annual user forum for ECM, EMR softwareEmail this article to a colleague.
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For the sixth year, healthcare organizations are gathering in downtown Cleveland for Hyland Software's annual OnBase Epic User Group Forum. The forum supports healthcare representatives' mission of providing superior patient care by implementing document management strategies to connect information throughout their organizations.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Cleveland content management Hyland Software Industry News Source Type: news
My Health Manager users more likely to remain Kaiser Permanente membersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Patients with online access to key components of the electronic health record's patient portal, My Health Manager, are 2.6 times more likely than nonusers to remain Kaiser Permanente members, according to a study published in The American Journal of Managed Care this month.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Android California Camas Elizabeth Heberling Industry News iPhone Kristen Batten Northwest OAKLAND Washington Source Type: news
North Carolina HIE adds Direct messaging capabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The North Carolina Health Information Exchange (NC HIE) has expanded its reach with the implementation of Orion Health Direct Secure Messaging, offering healthcare organizations another way to safely share health data between physicians and facilities.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Indiana Mike Miliard North Carolina North Carolina Health Information Exchange Orion Health RALEIGH Rural Indiana hospital Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Electronic Health Records Vendors Hea Source Type: news
Finance executives tighten focus on health ITEmail this article to a colleague.
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Healthcare's C-suites will be more focused than ever on building IT-supported ACOs, according to a new survey of 100 healthcare finance executives. The survey results also indicated the adoption and use of health information technology is top-of-mind for finance executives.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Aetna Aurora building IT finance Firstsource Solutions Las Vegas Meaningful Use Claims Processing Electronic Health Records Financial/Revenue Cycle Management ICD-10 Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Mercy taps Humedica to help with ACO and PCMH initiativesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mercy, one of the largest Catholic health systems in the country, has selected Humedica MinedShare as its clinical intelligence solution. As it works to bring data analytics to bear on population health, Mercy has also joined the American Medical Group Association’s Anceta collaborative.
Officials from Mercy, which operates 31 hospitals and more than 200 clinics in four states, say its hospitals will use MinedShare to advance their health reform projects.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Mercy Mike Miliard St. Louis United States Business Intelligence Hospitals & IDNs Data Warehousing Electronic Health Records Vendors Network Infrastructure Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Roper inks $1.4B purchase of SunquestEmail this article to a colleague.
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Multi-industry products and services vendor Roper Industries will acquire hospital laboratory software vendor Sunquest Information Systems for $1.415 billion.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Covidien gets FDA go-ahead on next-gen Nellcor monitorEmail this article to a colleague.
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The FDA has cleared Covidien to sell a new bedside monitor that continuously checks oxygen saturation and pulse rate for adult, pediatric and neonatal patients. The company announced the 510(k) approval July 30, stating that its Nellcor Bedside SpO2 system with OxiMax technology helps enable clinicians to detect variations sooner than previous models.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
AHIMA unveils interactive health IT career mapping toolEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the increasingly vast health IT landscape, it can be difficult to determine what jobs are available where. That’s why the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) developed a web-based, visualization of existing and emerging positions in the field.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
New technology coming to boost preventive careEmail this article to a colleague.
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Technically Speaking - A practical look at information technology issues and usage
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - July 30, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Proteus gains de novo FDA clearance for ingestible biomedical sensorEmail this article to a colleague.
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Proteus Digital Health, formerly known as Proteus Biomedical, has become the first company to receive Food and Drug Administration clearance for an ingestible biomedical sensor that monitors medication adherence.
The FDA granted 510(k) premarket approval to the Proteus Ingestible Event Marker (IEM) as a de novo medical device, meaning that there was no similar product on [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized intelligent medicine medication adherence Pharma mobile health Proteus Biomedical Proteus Digital Health Proteus FDA clearance wireless medical sensors Source Type: news
Happtique moving forward with app certification programEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mobile health application (app) store Happtique is seeking public comment on a recently published draft of standards for its app certification program.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
mHealth Congress: Initiatives reap success engaging patients with textsEmail this article to a colleague.
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BOSTON—Texting is gaining traction in healthcare. While much of the buzz at the 4th annual mHeatlh World Congress focused on the potential of smartphone applications to engage patients, two presentations told how public health initiatives are having success with the slightly older technology.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Covidien sees slight jump in sales, income in Q3Email this article to a colleague.
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Covidien has reported a single-digit increase in sales and operating income results for the third quarter of fiscal 2012, which ended June 30.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - July 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
HHS Seeks New Apps to Help Consumers Determine, Reduce Heart RiskEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced a new challenge to create a mobile app to help consumers reduce their risk for heart disease by controlling their blood pressure and managing their cholesterol.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 30, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
HHS Seeks New Apps to Help Consumers Determine, Reduce Heart HiskEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced a new challenge to create a mobile app to help consumers reduce their risk for heart disease by controlling their blood pressure and managing their cholesterol.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - July 30, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Organs on a Chip: Harvard plans to recreate the human body on siliconEmail this article to a colleague.
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One day, pharmaceutical companies might not have to test new drugs on animals or even humans. Instead, drugs could be tested with organ-on-a-chip technologies. These are not silicon chips that simulate organs or organisms, mind you; they contain real living, human tissue.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - July 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
CPOE: How Much Medicine Is in Health IT?Email this article to a colleague.
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Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) is a two-edged sword: helping to prevent some errors in patient care, but also introducing potential for new errors.
Source: Physicians Practice - July 28, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Calcium Facts QuizEmail this article to a colleague.
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Calcium is one of the more important elements for health. It is a major component of our skeleton, helps moderate muscle action and participates in many other biochemical reactions. Why ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - July 28, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news
Ohio Giants Team Up to Speed Tech DevelopmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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(MedPage Today) -- A new medical technology partnership between the Cleveland Clinic and Ohio State University is putting its initial focus on neuromodulation and health information technology.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - July 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Short TakesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) broke ground in June on its first two sites, marking the official start of observatory construction. Construction stated at Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts and Ordway-Swisher Biological Station in Melrose, Florida. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation.
The National Science Foundation has announced new funding opportunities to support research on how organisms function, adapt, and evolve to their changing environments. Learn more about the new opportunities for mid-career supplements and training workshops at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12...
Source: Public Policy Reports - July 27, 2012 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Integration, dash of fun vital for mobile appsEmail this article to a colleague.
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If mobile medical apps are going to stand any chance of survival – with physicians as well as consumers – they'll have to be able to integrate with other devices and healthcare platforms, with electronic medical records and personal health records.
They'll need to give physicians meaningful data with which to improve clinical outcomes. And they'll need to integrate with the consumer's "pleasure points," providing compelling reasons to use them that go beyond those "not-so-sexy" health benefits.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Boston Collonade Hotel Douglas Goldstein Michigan The University of Michigan United States University of Michigan School Victor Strecher World Congress Payers Electronic Health Records Mobile/Wireless Quality and Safe Source Type: news
Top 5 health conditions for telemedicine treatmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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Providers of cellular and satellite networking services for connecting telehealth and other non-phone wireless devices are approached every day with new use case scenarios about how telemedicine can provide novel value. Those applications are growing rapidly in the market.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Steff Deschenes Tags: Online Only Alex Brisbourne cellular and satellite networking services KORE Telematics telemedicine wireless devices Mobile/Wireless Quality and Safety Telehealth Source Type: news
UCLA researchers discover that fluoxetine (a.k.a. Prozac) is effective as an anti-viralEmail this article to a colleague.
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UCLA researchers have come across an unexpected potential use for fluoxetine – commonly known as Prozac – which shows promise as an antiviral agent. The discovery could provide another tool in treating human enteroviruses that sicken and kill people in the U.S. and around the world.
Human enteroviruses are members of a genus containing more than 100 distinct RNA viruses responsible for various life threatening infections, such as poliomyelitis and encephalitis. While immunization has all but eliminated the poliovirus, the archetype for the genus, no antiviral drugs currently exist for the treatment of en...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 27, 2012 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
iSirona announces successful go-live at Daughters of Charity Health SystemEmail this article to a colleague.
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iSirona®, a provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, has announced successful go-lives at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif., and O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, Calif., two hospitals that are part of the Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS). DCHS plans to further leverage iSirona's connectivity solution across its six hospitals that span California's coast, with the ultimate goal of connecting 16,000 medical devices to its QuadraMed EMR.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - July 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: California Connor Hospital David Siva Francis Medical Center Industry News iSirona Lynwood PANAMA CITY SAN Jose simplified solutions Source Type: news
