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HIMSS, Continua form mHealth organization
The Personal Connected Health Alliance hopes to create standard guidelines for the creation of personal-use connected technology.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 24, 2014 -
Mobile health app usage on the rise
Weight loss and pregnancy apps are among the popular categories.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 21, 2014 -
Trendline
Telehealth
Virtual visits remain significantly elevated compared to pre-COVID-19 levels, as patients report high satisfaction with digitally delivered care.
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UPMC offers global telemedicine services
UPMC is striking telemedicine deals around the globe.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 20, 2014 -
Is population health management ready for primetime?
It looks like 2014 will be the year population health gets its seat at the table.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 19, 2014 -
HIE could save $1.3M in re-done CT scans
Failure to use clinical data available in the health information exchange HEALTHeLink cost about $1.3 million, the HIE's study has shown
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 18, 2014 -
Cloud technology speeds growth of health IT
Between now and 2018, the health IT market should grow at a CAGR of almost 10%.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 18, 2014 -
Black Book selects top HIE vendors
The rankings are based on client experiences in 18 different performance areas.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 13, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Is wearable tech for healthcare going mainstream?
Biosensor and wearable technology are the next wave in mobile healthcare.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 12, 2014 -
New advocacy group hopes to advance telehealth
The group hopes to raise awareness of the benefits of telehealth while fighting for regulations that don't impede such care.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 12, 2014 -
17M wristworn activity trackers projected to ship this year
Smart bands are beginning converge with smart watches.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 12, 2014 -
Social media criticism of ACA may impact enrollment
Social media offers a supercharged "pulpit" through which individual opinions can be vastly amplified.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 11, 2014 -
Texas hospital CFO accused of meaningful use fraud
Joe White, the CFO, was indicated for allegedly defrauding the feds of almost $800,000 in Meaningful Use payments.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 10, 2014 -
Report: Healthcare biggest identity theft target
Data thieves typically steal healthcare data by hacking into networks or stealing laptops.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 10, 2014 -
Health IT interoperability still costly and difficult
Interoperability between HIT devices is still very expensive.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 6, 2014 -
Wash. lawmakers seek to create healthcare cost database
The state's two largest payers oppose the creation of such a database.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 6, 2014 -
Cyberattack hits Texas health system, exposes 400k
The records were exposed when a cyberattacker gained access to one of the hospital's servers.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 6, 2014 -
Prescription drug database slashes doc shopping by 75%
More than 66,000 healthcare professionals across the state have run more than 7 million individual prescription checks.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 5, 2014 -
National telemedicine service expands access
Researchers found little evidence of misdiagnosis or treatment failure resulting from virtual visits.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 4, 2014 -
VHA, Kaiser Permanente partner on patient care research
Together, the two organizations care for nearly 18 million Americans.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 4, 2014 -
Security problems cost hospitals $1.6B per year
The report concluded that 61% of hospitals in the U.S. saw a security breach or loss of data in the past year.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 3, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Doctor On Demand brings mobility to medicine
This new telemedicine firm makes primary care visits available via smartphone.
By Anne Zieger • Jan. 31, 2014 -
Social media shows promise for chronic disease management
Social media can help people better manage their conditions, a new report finds.
By Anne Zieger • Jan. 30, 2014 -
Massachusetts providers, payers partner on ICD-10 testing
The tests will be done using a secure online testing portal allowing providers and payers to work together on the ICD-10 shift.
By Anne Zieger • Jan. 29, 2014 -
Free medical apps sell personal data to advertisers
Data sold include healthcare professionals' names, area of practice and practice location.
By Anne Zieger • Jan. 28, 2014 -
Maine wants patients to have access to their health data
The pilot program is part of a federally-funded state innovation model initiative.
By Anne Zieger • Jan. 27, 2014
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