This editor, Steve, cheered up on reading the following oddly-titled article from eHealthInsider. It describes progress being made by NHS Birmingham East and North and NHS Direct’s OwnHealth project, whereby people with COPD receive a telehealth monitoring package and associated… Read moreBirmingham OwnHealth shows its worth (UK)
Published Tuesday 15 Feb in the Federal Register are FDA’s rules on medical device data systems (MDDS) that transfer, convert or display data from the restricted Class III (premarket approval required) to the far less so Class I (general controls). MDDS is not… Read moreFDA publishes medical device data system rules
Research and Markets’s new study analyzes the responses of 111 healthcare organizations to HIN’s second annual Industry Survey on Telehealth and Telemedicine conducted in September 2010. Metrics reviewed: Current and planned telehealth and telemedicine programs Populations and conditions targeted by… Read moreBenchmarking telehealth and telemedicine: study
HealthLeaders Media considers eHealth: remote health monitoring from the hospital telemedicine cart in the pediatric intensive care unit; v1.0 telephonic home monitoring that goes to case managers; cross-state credentialing; and the big question of reimbursement which is hardly standardized or… Read moreA 'remote' chance?
