One of the more dispiriting things Ed. Donna learned, when I asked Dr. Ward Casscells during October’s Mobile Health Expo closing keynote, was the lack of healthcare coordination between the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration systems. With service members moving from active duty
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According to observer and blogger John Moore of Chilmark Research in his wrapup of HIMSS ’11, the iPad seems darn nigh unstoppable. ‘Nearly every EHR vendor has an iPad app for the EHR’; announcements at HIMSS included Practice Fusion’s $30 iPad
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BBC report from Mobile World Congress puts its finger on shocking reason (to younger people ) why it may be hard to get hold of an older person via their mobile phone. Also has interesting video on apps for people
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The following quote from a story in New Zealand’s Waikato Times gives the gist – but read the item to see what did Tunstall and Bupa said about it: “Failings in the medical alarm system used by Mrs McCarthy were
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The Guardian tries to get in a pre-official-announcement announcement of the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) Programme results. “We do know that it’s starting to make a difference,” said Stephen Johnson, head of long-term conditions for the Department of Health. Government
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A start-up Polish telecare/telehealth company (www.cupomorze.pl) is seeking support/partnerships with companies that may be able to help set up and launch a telecare service in Poland, where such services do not currently exist. To start a dialog, contact Anna Wielinska.
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While HIMSS11 broke a conference attendance record of over 31,200 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors, more hospital data breaches of patient health information (PHI) hit the headlines. In December, NYC's Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) lost 1.2 million records--not from EHRs but from...
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Ed. Donna, as a marketer by trade, could look at this very favorably, or think it’s a bit over the top into ‘infomercial’ territory. A local Michigan TV station covered the Cardiocom telehealth system in conjunction with an area home health company.
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Another Friday, yes, it’s another research study, this by BCC Research. Global ‘telemedicine’ (no, not video consults or conferencing, but what is more accurately termed telehealth) is projected to grow at a compound annual rate (CAGR) of 18.6% from 2010 thru the
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