Good news for the suppliers of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring equipment and services – the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has endorsed the use of 24 hour monitoring of patients with suspected hypertension as a cost-saving
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This study proposal on how much travel can be reduced by the use of telehealth–travel by patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals–is intriguing because it points out a cost saving that is not enumerated reliably as a savings. The study design
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While not unexpected given the length and severity of his health problems, Steve Jobs stepping from the helm of Apple to chairman of the board certainly is a very heavy shoe dropping indeed. You don’t have to be an Apple
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Stories back to back in FierceMobileHealthcare are clear indicators that ‘native apps’ on the iPad are gaining ground, while hospital CIOs get headaches figuring how to secure various mobile devices doctors are now using. drchrono, an incubated-in-NYC success story (now
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A Whole System Demonstrator pilot (WSD) pre-publication teaser from Professor Stanton Newman, principal investigator for the WSD, speaking to GP paper Pulse: He said that the results, due to be submitted to the DH in October ahead of publication in
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At last Wednesday's Health 2.0 NYC Healthcare Kickstarter, member Frederic Zussa of Pfizer announced the opportunity for early-stage Health 2.0 start-ups based in the NY tri-state area to present in front of a large audience of VCs and investors at the upcoming annual conference of the New York Venture Capital Association (Ingenuity 2011) on 5-6 October. Applications are due by 8 September. Many thanks to reader and Health 2.0 NYC organizer Alex Fair--his details follow.
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Health 2.0 NYC / Healthcare Kickstarter New York, NYU Stern, 17 August 2011 Ed. Donna attended this three-hour event which was a ‘reverse pitch’-eight New York City-based early-stage financing people (and one provider/corporate venture) presented to an audience of nearly 200,
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Mobile Devices and Healthcare:  What’s New, What Fits and How Do You Decide? (PDF)  Research company Frost & Sullivan advocates mobile devices in key areas such as patient care, controlling costs and regulatory compliance.  Smartphones, tablets, push-to-talk devices (!) and
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The US Army is currently evaluating tablets–both iPad and Android–to replace heavy, aging and sand-magnet Motorola handhelds used by medics, who routinely schlep 80-100 lbs. of gear in the field. Approval may be as early as December, but considerations center
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