Are some of the best low-tech diagnostic tests that doctors use to diagnose disease or readiness for surgery translatable to eHealth or mHealth? Telehealth systems already connect to weight scales to track even slight weight gain (heart failure). But there are others: … Read morePointers to future diagnostics?
While telehealth technology companies have tended to focus on vital signs monitoring, other people have been looking at low cost diagnostic devices. The latest great pointer-to-the-future example of this convergence of small, easy portable devices and current heavyweight medical technologies… Read moreReal-time portable breast scanner developed
AFrame Digital [TA 25 Mar] is partnering with software developer Status Solutions to create an integrated platform. AFrame’s wrist-worn monitor will integrate with Status Solution’s Situational Awareness and Response Assistant (SARA) to form a complete record of patients’ heart rate, blood… Read moreAFrame Digital, Status Solutions partner for remote monitoring
One vital question to the success of telemedicine is cross-state licensure of physicians. A group from nine states, including Wisconsin and Minnesota, will meet in Madison WI this week to find a way to allow their doctors to practice across state… Read moreConference on doctor licensing portability for telemedicine
On the ‘where will the data go’ front for EHRs, the ONC-HIT (Office of the National Coordinator, Health IT) announced the three ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies under a temporary certification program: the Certification Commission for Health IT, the Drummond… Read moreEHR certification moves forward (US)
Merrill Matthews, a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas, TX, preaches the mHealth religion in this overview article for Forbes, starting with what he learned from chairing a panel at their recent communications summit with Dr. Christopher Wasden, Managing… Read moreForbes (magazine) discovers mHealth
