Pilot study
reveals that texting is one of the best ways to engage with low-income
urban patients. What are your thoughts on this study? http://bit.ly/1qmRC74
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10/1/2014, The FDA issued final guidance
outlining steps that medical device manufacturers should take during
device design, development and the approval process to protect patient
data from malware and other potential security risks. Clinical Innovation & Technology et al.
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These clinics are moving toward doing consults with the patient at home. “We have patient navigators who are out visiting patients
in their homes, which is a big plus for someone who is elderly or
chronically ill.
The VA apps will be called Summary of Care and Blue Button. They'll
give patients easy access to electronic healthcare information right on
their smartphones. The Blue Button app will also let vets create a PDF
to share with all of their doctors.
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September 11, 2014, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released a final rule that updates 2014 certification criteria for electronic health records and drops proposed 2015 voluntary certification criteria. ONC says it will make "a small subset" of the 2015 voluntary criteria optional for 2014. FierceEMR, HHS release. Read More |
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CMS has released a final rule that will grant health care providers and eligible professionals additional flexibility to upgrade electronic health record systems to meet requirements for Stage 2 of the meaningful use program. However, several stakeholders have expressed disappointment in the rules, which they say will have little effect. Modern Healthcare et al. Read More |
The CMS late Friday finalized a rule allowing hospitals and eligible professionals more flexibility in how they meet meaningful-use requirements for the electronic health-record incentive program. The agency had first proposed the idea in a May draft rule. Friday's final rule left the May proposal unchanged.
A
telestroke program in rural Bavaria cut door-to-needle times by half
and the lag between symptom onset and first treatment by 20%,
researchers said. Read more  "The main findings of 10-year experience of TEMPiS showed that
this type of telemedical stroke unit network is sustaining, offers
state-of-the-art acute stroke care by increasing access to stroke units
and improving thrombolysis service, and is associated with long-term
improvement in terms of quality indicators of acute hospital care,"
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HIMSS Analytics Research Director Brendan
FitzGerald told FierceHealthIT. "Because of the ever-evolving technology
aspects and being able to deliver that clinical care remotely, that's
where our definition of telemedicine is key and may cause some confusion
in the market."
“In-person consultation is obviously the gold standard,” Parakh told
India Insight. “But if we have a doctor at the patient’s end, especially
somebody who he trusts and who he knows, we can be reasonably
comfortable about prescribing treatment.”
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 As
a society, we ought to be doing much more to help families with young
children establish a solid foundation for health from day one. The best
way to strengthen families is to meet them where they are, writes RWJF
Director Kristin Schubert, and help provide them with the tools they
need to make healthy choices where they live: at home.Find out how home visits help > Last month, JAMA Pediatrics published new research from on the effects of nurse-home visits on maternal and child health. The randomized, clinical trial followed a group of low-income, primarily African American mothers and children living in disadvantaged, urban neighborhoods of Memphis over a 19-year period. Specifically, they wanted to see whether home visits conducted by the Nurse-Family Partnership before and after a birth influenced whether the mothers and children died prematurely. Read More |
Microsoft Corp.
and TracFone Wireless on Thursday announced a collaboration that will
bring the benefits of smartphone technology and services to underserved
and high-risk populations through a new mobile health management
solution offered through providers and insurers. This approach expands
on Microsoft’s commitment to healthcare and TracFone’s
telecommunications expertise as the largest Lifeline provider and
prepaid wireless leader. Microsoft and TracFone will work with Health
Choice Network (HCN), a Miami-based company that manages and connects a
network of community health centers with more than 760,000 patients in
17 states, to conduct a pilot project where HCN will provide smartphones
to diabetes patients to help them better manage their care.
