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AHIMA Conference: Reporter's notebook on consumers, mobile health, and telemedicine
Perhaps the best advice [Iverson Bell, MD], gave attendees at the AHIMA Convention and Exhibit, where both he and [Travis Good] spoke, was that technology is merely an enabler.
“Focus on the patient,” Bell said, “not the device.” Read More »
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Better Care Not Always Better Business
Healthcare not incentivized to eliminate profitable procedures that may not benefit patients Read More »
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Clinical Data Registries Bill Advances In House Despite Opposition
A bill requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to publish recommendations for the development of clinical data registries was approved in a July 30 vote by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, but not without sharp opposition from Democratic members....
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Consumer Health & Wellness wireless sensors to be worth $16 Billion in 2017
According to a new report by research firm ON World, 18.2 million health and wellness wireless sensor networks (WSNs) will be shipped worldwide in 2017, generating $16.3B in annual revenue. Read More »
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Contest Produces Consumer Friendly Health Records
Competition focused on improving look of downloaded health records, and Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT hopes EHR vendors will participate in followup project. Read More »
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Health IT M&A Highly 'Active' Through First Half Of 2013
For the first half of 2013, health information technology saw more action in mergers and acquisitions than segments like healthcare business services, consumer health and pharma IT, according to a new report from New York-based investment bank Berkery Noyes. Read More »
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How Big Data can Revolutionize Health Care
I’m just one of millions of examples of how data can transform our lives. Read More »
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How Much Will I Be Charged?
It’s a basic, reasonable question: How much will this cost me? For patients in the emergency room, the answer all too often is a mystery. Read More »
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MIT Sets Sights On Open-Source mHealth During Innovation Event
The MIT Media Lab’s eleven-day Health and Wellness Hackathon is not your average gadget exhibition. Bringing together eighty participants from around the world, the annual event, which was held in January, is designed to inspire new ways to fix an age old problem: how to use technology to prevent illnesses before they start. Read More »
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Patient portals business means big money
The U.S. patient portal market is booming and is expected to reach $898.4 million by 2017, up from $279.8 million in 2012 – representing a 221 percent increase, a new study says. Read More »
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Success Of Blue Button Initiative Tied To MU Program
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT this fall will launch a national campaign to boost consumer use of Blue Button technology to securely access their health records electronically...The national Blue Button campaign, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 6, will include public service announcements posted on partner websites to get the word out on how consumers can access their own health data.
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The Evolving Landscape Of Medical Apps In Healthcare
Mitchell Posada, VP of Marketing at Pathfinder Software discusses the evolving landscape of medical apps in healthcare...
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VCs Should Back Gadgets For The Sick, Not The Healthy, Doctors Say
Investors have been lining up to invest in consumer-facing health products, as wearable trackers and health apps have taken off with consumers. But these digital-health products—widely used today by people who are already healthy—are subject to the same boom-and-bust cycle that has become the norm in other areas of technology...
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