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UPMC launches $100M personalized care initiative
With a $100 million investment, UPMC has joined the ranks of an increasing number of medical and research centers across the country aiming to mine and analyze its data in order to provide more precise care.
It’s a five-year initiative that employs sophisticated enterprise analytics with technology from Oracle, IBM, Informatica and dbMotion.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - October 1, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only data warehouse IBM Oracle PITTSBURGH Steven S. Shapiro Business Intelligence Electronic Health Records Enterprise Content Management Enterprise Resource Planning Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Can a computer game help practices keep data secure?
Technically Speaking - A practical look at information technology issues and usage
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - October 1, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
GAO: FDA ought to buckle down on security of wireless implantables
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling for stronger FDA oversight of implantable medical devices whose wireless capabilities expose them to unintentional interference and, potentially, deliberate hacking.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - October 1, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
McKesson to acquire MED3OOO
McKesson and MED3OOO have signed a definitive agreement under which McKesson will acquire MED3OOO, a healthcare management and technology services company. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - October 1, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Health Mart® Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction in J.D. Power and Associates U.S. Pharmacy Study for Third Time in Four Years
Source: McKesson News - October 1, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
McKesson to Acquire MED3OOO
Combined organization to focus on services that help customers improve operational results and financial outcomes
Source: McKesson News - October 1, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
AHIMA calls for better EHR standards
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is calling for improved and unified Health Information Governance "to standardize EHR use to ensure the technology fulfills its promise of guiding better, more efficient patient care."
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 30, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
What's Up Doc? Using Information Technology to Share Evidence Based Medicine in a Residency (Marco Cornelio M.D.)
Presentation slides on life long learning and using an informational tool evernote to share EBM in a residency.
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - September 30, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Yuma welcomes new CMIO
Yuma Regional Medical Center welcomes Robert D. Budman, MD, MBA, as CMIO. In this role, he will provide physician leadership in the optimization of YRMCCare, Yuma Regional’s EHR.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 29, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
EHRs lead to more testing, positive outcomes for diabetes, high cholesterol
EHR implementation at Kaiser Permanente Northern California facilities led to improved drug treatment intensification, monitoring and physiologic control among patients with diabetes and high cholesterol, according to research published Oct. 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
ONC sets sights on rural and critical access hospitals for MU acceleration
Officials from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) have issued a challenge to get 1,000 critical access and small rural hospitals to meaningful use by 2014.
Mat Kendall, director of the ONC Office of Provider Adoption Support and Leila Samy, ONC’s rural health IT coordinator have called for “all hands on deck,” to help the smallest hospitals in America to healthcare IT adoption.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Health Information Technology Industry News Mat Kendall Meaningful Use Washington Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Payers Electronic Health Records Vendors Source Type: news
As more consumers connect, mHealth market soars
The number of adults using mobile phones and tablets for health information has risen exponentially from last year, according to the findings of a new study conducted by Cybercitizen Health and Manhattan Research.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only cellular telephone Erin McCann FDA mobile phones New York Mobile/Wireless Source Type: news
New York eHealth Collaborative celebrates five health IT champions
Alexandra Cohen's father passed away because of healthcare that was uncoordinated. Not all of his medical records were kept electronically and so were not fully shared between his specialists. Because of this, Alie left a successful career at Microsoft to join the cause of updating health information technology and now works at the non-profit New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC).
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Alexandra Cohen BUFFALO computing General Electric IBM Jeffrey R. Immelt Louise West Maria Bartiromo Meaningful Use Microsoft Samuel J. Palmisano Saratoga Sumir Sahgal Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Source Type: news
CPOE biggest barrier to meaningful use, study finds
Two years ago, half of CIOs surveyed by the College of Health Information Management Executives said that implementing computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems loomed as one of the key challenges in meeting federal health IT incentives.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Anthony Brino Tags: Online Only Anthony Brino Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Bill would create FDA Office of Mobile Health, HHS support for app developers
Though the Food and Drug Administration is developing regulations for mobile medical apps, at least one member of Congress believes the federal agency is not currently equipped to handle the rapid pace of innovation in mobile technology.
Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), whose district covers much of Silicon Valley, is preparing to introduce legislation that would address [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized FDA mobile medical apps Food Drug Administration HHS HIMTA HIPAA Office of Mobile Health Source Type: news
More research, clinical ops collaboration would benefit EHR integration
EHRs need to do a better job of collecting clinical data to enable research informatics, but vendors aren’t the only ones to blame for this elusive functionality. Researchers and clinical staff responsible for EHR configuration must be better collaborators, according to a Sept. 1 perspective published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Missouri Health Connection signs up first 5 for HIE
Missouri Health Connection (MHC) announced Thursday that five of the Show Me State's best and biggest hospitals and health systems will be the first to participate in the state’s health information exchange.
The inaugural class includes:
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Meaningful Use Mike Miliard Missouri Missouri Health Connection Hospitals & IDNs Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Network Infrastructure Privacy and Security Quality and Safety Source Type: news
VA moves to protect mobile devices for employees
The Department of Veterans Affairs expects to formally award a contract for mobile device manager software by Sept. 30. The technology will enable VA to ultimately support up to 100,000 devices and allow employees and clinicians to use their own devices.
The “bring your own device” (BYOD) policy, however, will set limitations regarding data security on personal devices to protect veterans information, according to Roger Baker, VA CIO.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Department of Veterans Affairs Mary Mosquera mobile device mobile devices Roger Baker Washington Mobile/Wireless Policy and Legislation Privacy and Security Quality and Safety Source Type: news
FDA steps up promotion of proposed UDI system
Continuing its recent campaign to push along the proposed Unique Device Identification (UDI) system, which was mandated by law in 2007 but has only developed in fits and starts, the FDA has taken to the pages of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Missouri HIE partners with first participants
Five healthcare organizations have partnered with Missouri Health Connection to become the first participants in statewide health information exchange (HIE).
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 28, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
HIMSS launches Healthcare Transformation Project
The collaborative efforts of healthcare's senior executives are contributing to the effective transition from paper to digital patient records. Building on this synergy, HIMSS has introduced the Healthcare Transformation Project to develop a committed community of healthcare provider senior leaders dedicated to positively transforming the quality, safety, cost-effectiveness and access to care at the local level.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only Chicago Florida H. Stephen Lieber HIMSS Ken Jennings Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Patients, MDs Divided by IT Chasm
(MedPage Today) -- When it comes to consumer use of health information technology, demand seems to be outstripping supply and it's creating a great healthcare chasm.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - September 27, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Health Information Technology in the United States: Driving Toward Delivery System Change
Tracks the progress of the nations health care system toward universal adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 27, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Sandlot Solutions releases new report on HIEs
Sandlot Solutions, a leading healthcare information technology company, recently released The New Model of Health Information Exchanges: Using Data and Analytics to Improve Health Care Delivery, an industry report highlighting the evolution of health information exchange (HIE) and how advancements such as digital envelope technology drive new functionalities and capabilities.
Fourth-generation HIEs extend beyond the simple exchange of patient records to the meaningful use of data for the delivery and coordination of care at the individual and community levels.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Fort Worth Sandlot Solutions Texas Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Digital Envelope Technology Drives Sandlot Solutions' Fourth-Generation Health Information Exchange
Sandlot Solutions, a leading healthcare information technology company, recently released The New Model of Health Information Exchanges: Using Data and Analytics to Improve Health Care Delivery, an industry report highlighting the evolution of health information exchange (HIE) and how advancements such as digital envelope technology drive new functionalities and capabilities. Fourth-generation HIEs extend beyond the simple exchange of patient records to the meaningful use of data for the delivery and coordination of care at the individual and community levels.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Fort Worth Sandlot Solutions Texas Source Type: news
Key-Whitman Eye Center Selects Versus RTLS for Patient Flow and Satisfaction
Following several months of research, Key-Whitman Eye Center, a leading ophthalmic services center with offices in Dallas, Plano and Arlington, has selected the Versus Advantages Real-time Locating Solution (RTLS) from Versus Technology, Inc. to improve patient flow and satisfaction. Key-Whitman will use Versus Advantages to enable real-time visibility at and across each of its three clinics.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Arlington Dallas LASIK surgeries Michigan Plano Traverse City Versus Technology Inc. Whitman Source Type: news
Nuance to buy QuadraMed's Quantim HIM business
Nuance Communications has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Quantim, the health information management business of QuadraMed, a provider of health IT and interoperability technologies.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Aid workers flee conflict in North Kivu
The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has worsened to such an extent that Congolese staff working for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in North Kivu province now fear for their safety. Most of the Congolese health workers and support staff employed by MSF in Pinga have fled after active fighting between armed groups in the area.
Ministry of Health personnel have also fled together with around two thirds of the town’s population. Many are now hiding in the surrounding forests, their homes have been looted and an atmosphere of fear pervades the area. People now no longer have access ...
Source: MSF News - September 27, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo Frontpage NEWS Source Type: news
Patient interest in online services, retail clinics is growing
Patients are satisfied with the treatment they receive, but providers will need to offer additional services as they become more involved as healthcare consumers, according to a Harris Interactive survey.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Nuance to acquire QuadraMed's HIM business, Quantim
Nuance Communications announced Thursday that it will acquire Quantim, the health information management (HIM) business of Reston, Va.-based QuadraMed.
Together – and working alongside other vendors, such as EHR developers – the two companies will work to help clients transition to ICD-10, Nuance officials say.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Burlington Mike Miliard Nuance Communications QuadraMed Reston Virginia Webmedx Claims Processing Electronic Health Records Vendors ICD-10 Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Proposed: FDA Office of Mobile Health
There are already tens of thousands of mobile health applications available for download on smart phones and tablets, allowing consumers to do anything from count calories to monitor their blood sugar level and fight depression. But it can be hard to know which ones actually deliver on their health claims and provide accurate information.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jenny Gold Tags: Online Only Andrew Rosenthal FDA Food and Drug Administration Jenny Gold Mike Honda smart phones Mobile/Wireless Policy and Legislation Privacy and Security Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Why Todd Park wants to set data free
Todd Park, chief technology officer of the United States, urged an audience at the Commonwealth Club of California recently to think about data in new ways, and suggested that to do so would first require setting that data free.
The value of data is something Park speaks about passionately. Open data and open innovation have the power to improve healthcare in America, he said, making his case before the Commonwealth Club audience on June 18 – where he also discussed who is the bigger geek, himself or President Obama. (Answer: the president.)
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only America California Commonwealth Club Commonwealth Club of California Obama Sacramento San Francisco Todd Park United States Business Intelligence Data Warehousing Electronic Health Records Mobile/Wireless Policy and Source Type: news
Unregulated health apps used as “standby stethoscopes”
In July a television company that produces news segments and feeds them to local network news stations across the country came to interview me at MobiHealthNews headquarters in Cambridge, MA. They asked me to demo a few medical devices and companion apps, including a connected blood pressure cuff, a WiFi-enabled weight scale, a skin scan [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized Azumio Instant Heart Rate iPhone medical apps pulse oximeters pulse oximetry smartphone health apps SVT Source Type: news
Glooko connects Walmart meters to iOS devices now, too
Palo Alto, California-based Glooko, which offers an app and a cable that connects various blood glucose meters to the iPhone, announced an updated version of the Glooko Logbook app and support for an additional six blood glucose meters. The Glooko meter can now connect 17 different meters to iOS devices with its $40 Glooko MeterSync [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized ARKRAY Bayer Contour blood glucose meters Glooko mobile diabetes management ReliOn Confirm Walmart Source Type: news
PingMD raises $1.33 million for parent-to-pediatrician app
New York City-based pingMD, also known as Dauphin Health, recently raised $1.33 million, according to a regulatory filing with the SEC. The company had previously raised about $400,000 in mid-2010. PingMD describes itself an app that offers parents a quick and easy way to message their child’s pediatrician and a more efficient way for physicians [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized Dauphin Health doctor email doctor messaging doctor text messages HIPAA pediatricians pingMD secure healthcare messaging Source Type: news
mHealth Alliance, UN award 8 grants for maternal, child health
Eight companies, programs and non-governmental organizations — including one associated with former President Bill Clinton — have received two-year “catalytic” grants to foster wider use of mobile technologies in the name of improving maternal and child health worldwide.
The mHealth Alliance, a global project founded by the United Nations Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Vodafone [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized Clinton Health Access Initiative Frontline SMS global mHealth J&J Malaria No More Medic Mobile mHealth Alliance Norad Praekelt Foundation VillageReach Source Type: news
CHIME: Staffing shortages still a problem for IT departments
Bleak job market? Not in health IT departments, which have been plagued by staffing shortages since at least 2010, according to surveys conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).
Source: Cardiovascular Business News - September 27, 2012 Category: Cardiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Oncology Care Associates joins Maryland Oncology Hematology
Maryland Oncology Hematology expands cancer care services with the addition of board certified physicians, Drs. Cheryl Aylesworth and Linda Burrell
Source: McKesson News - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
McKesson Ranks 34 on 2012 InformationWeek 500 List of Top Technology Innovators
McKesson recognized for reducing risk in healthcare software development
Source: McKesson News - September 27, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Accelerating Progress on Adoption and Meaningful Use of Health IT among Critical Access Hospitals and Small Rural Hospitals
Health IT Buzz blog by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology discusses why their office would like to see 1,000 Critical Access Hospitals and small, rural hospitals meaningfully using certified electronic health record technology by the end of 2014.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - September 27, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Healthcare faces acute IT staff shortage
Two-thirds of healthcare organizations in the U.S. say they need more qualified IT staffers, according to a survey by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - September 26, 2012 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
IT staff deficits have CIOs strapped
Chief information officers (CIOs) at healthcare organizations nationwide are confronted with growing challenges as they continue to see IT staff shortages, according to the findings of a CHIME survey released Thursday.
Officials say the survey highlights the urgent need for IT professionals in the industry, as more than two-thirds (67 percent) of industry CIOs reported deficits on their IT staffs, up from 59 percent in 2010.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 26, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only ANN ARBOR Erin McCann Network Infrastructure Workforce Management Source Type: news
IOM: Introduce patients to medical evidence to empower informed decision making
They want it, so why aren't they getting it? Give patients access to medical evidence to facilitate informed decision making, says a Sept. 25 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report based on the work of the roundtable on value and science-driven healthcare.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 26, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Complex diabetics receive better care than less complex patients
Patients with the greatest complexity received higher quality diabetes care compared with less complex patients, regardless of the definition of complexity chosen, according to a Veterans Affairs study in the September issue of the American Journal of Managed Care.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - September 26, 2012 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Providers respond to Holder, Sebelius on 'troubling indications' of EHR fraud
Hospital organizations are responding to a stern letter sent Sept. 24 by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, which warns against using electronic health records to artificially inflate Medicare and Medicaid payments.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 26, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only cloning Eric Holder Health Systems Industry News Kathleen Sebelius Medicare Mike Miliard Rich Umbdenstock Steven Wartman United States Washington Claims Processing Hospitals & IDNs Electronic Health Records Fi Source Type: news
Healthrageous aims to bridge gap between B2B and B2C
Digital health management company Healthrageous is teaming with health insurer Highmark to test the latest iteration of its behavior modification program for type 2 diabetes.
Highmark is sponsoring a six-month trial that started in July at Acosta Sales and Marketing, a self-insured company in Jacksonville, Fla., for diabetes self-management using Healthrageous automated coaching technology tied to [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - September 26, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized Acosta Sales and Marketing American Diabetes Association Center for Connected Health diabetes management health insurer Healthrageous Highmark mobile health diabetes Partners Healthcare Telcare Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic extends telemedicine to Navajo Nation
Mayo Clinic has extended its telestroke program to residents of the largest Navajo Nation city who need emergency medical care due to stroke.
As a result of the recent agreement between Tuba City Regional Health Care and the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Mayo Clinic, officials say the telehealth services will start in Tuba City as early as November.
Tuba City is located in north central Arizona, within the Painted Desert. Some 92 percent of the city's 8,611 residents belong to the Navajo and Hopi tribes.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 26, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Arizona Bart Demaerschalk Erin McCann Mayo Clinic PHOENIX telemedicine TUBA CITY Tuba City Regional Health Care Quality and Safety Telehealth Source Type: news
Answers to healthcare reform can be found locally, RWJF says
In the widespread quest to find remedies for America's pricey healthcare system, some say the answers lie locally, from the bottom up.
Aligning Forces for Quality is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) designed to lift the overall quality of care in 16 targeted communities, involving 37 million patients. For six years, Aligning Forces communities have worked with local healthcare stakeholders – the people who give, receive and pay for care – to improve their health system, RWJF leaders say.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 26, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only America Anne Weiss Cleveland Cleveland Clinic Industry News John R. Lumpkin Washington Business Intelligence Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Payers Electronic Health Records Vendors Source Type: news
$1M NCI grant gives Leap of Faith push to market
The National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health has awarded Chicago-based Leap of Faith Technologies a $1,021,296 grant to further develop eMedonline, the company's patented software-as-service (SaaS) mHealth platform aimed at improving medication adherence. The technology monitors outcomes and provides data mining opportunities for drug surveillance and research.
The grant will help move the technology to the marketplace, officials say.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 26, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Barbara Rapchak Chicago Faith Technologies Meaningful Use The National Cancer Institute Washington Electronic Health Records Vendors Mobile/Wireless Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news
