Robots Allow Docs to Examine Patients Who Are Miles Away
Tracey Marx, ABC News
“Welcome to the future, where your doctor could be hundreds of miles away.
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Health Information Exchange
Brian Ahier, Health IT & Healthcare Reform
“What is #HIE anyway? Surfing through the alphabet soup of healthcare acronyms can be confusing. HIE generally means Health Information Exchange.
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Discovery vs. Searching for Online HealthCare
Chris Boyer, Hospital Online Marketing Education
“Patients seeking healthcare online have two completely different ways in which they can find relevant information – “searching with intent” through online search engines (such as Google) or “discovering” content through social media sites (such as blogs, forums, Facebook and Twitter). In this video, Chris Boyer – Online Marketing Specialist, Patrick Singson – Senior SEO Analyst, and Richard Haussmann – Local SEO Analyst discuss these two different ways consumers find health information on the internet, discuss the pros and cons of each, and address the reasons why hospital and physicians need to market with both SEO and SMO.”
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Mobile messaging network counsels Cape Town drug users
Anil Ananthaswamy, New Scientist
“A SOUTH AFRICAN instant messaging network which has often been vilified for aiding drug pushers is now being used to provide counselling for drug addicts and people with HIV.
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Computer System Improves Pain Therapy For Cancer Patients
ScienceDaily
“Pain therapy for cancer patients – whether inpatient or outpatient – is often inadequate. At Heidelberg University Hospital, the use of an innovative electronic system – combined with guidance by an experienced clinical pharmacist – has been successfully tested.
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Pilgrims in Xinjiang receive medical check-up against A/H1N1 flu
Mu Xuequan, Xinhua News
“Electronic health records will be set up for nearly 3,000 pilgrims in Xinjiang before they leave for Mecca, Islam’s holiestsite, the official said on Saturday.
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Frost & Sullivan: Medico Legal Implications Related To The Usage Of Electronic Health Record
Medical News Today
“The adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is essential for modern healthcare delivery systems if they are to gain greater efficiency, reduce overall healthcare costs and improve patient safety.
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Video games’ health benefits studied
Shankar Vedantam, Courrier Journal
“Gail Nichols has suffered from depression for years. When the St. Marys, Kan., resident cannot sleep, she turns to a form of entertainment that is gaining credibility as a medical intervention: video games.
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Beauregard Memorial Hospital Selects OpenVista from Medsphere
EMR Daily News
“Medsphere Systems Corporation, a provider of open source healthcare IT solutions announced today that Beauregard Memorial Hospital, a 60 bed acute care and community hospital in DeRidder, Louisiana, will implement Medsphere’s OpenVista electronic health records (EHR) solution to improve clinical outcomes through automated patient care and enhanced communication.
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HIE Data Standards Get Initial Approval
Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News
“The HIT Standards Committee, a federal advisory body, has approved recommendations for data standards that support the exchange of patient information among disparate entities.
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Demo shows IT critical to improving care of patients with chronic diseases
Kyle Hardy, Healthcare IT News
“A five-year ongoing study involving 10 large physician practices across the country has so far shown improved quality of care for chronic disease patients from the use of health information technology.
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Successful mHealth applications are already here
David Doherty, mobihealthnews
Forget about remote monitoring, wearable sensors, NFC/RFID, smartphones, software apps, GPS, mEHR’s, video messaging, 3G video calling and SMS.
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International Oncology Network (ION) Partners with Altos Solutions for Web-based EMR Offering
EMR Daily News
“International Oncology Network (ION), a business unit of AmerisourceBergen’s Specialty Group, has entered into an agreement with Altos Solutions that gives ION’s membership of community-based oncology practices preferred access to OncoEMR, Altos Solutions’ electronic medical records (EMR) system.
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ITHANET disease research portal launched
Sarah Bruce, e-Health Europe
“European researchers and health IT specialists have launched a new disease research portal designed to support research and provide easier communication of breaking news and events about disease.
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Robot report calls for greater debate
Sarah Bruce, e-Health Insider
“The Royal Academy of Engineering has published a report on the social, legal and ethical issues of using robots in healthcare and called for more debate on the acceptability of using them.
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Autonomous Systems: social, legal and ethical issues
Royal Academy of Engineering
“Autonomous systems are likely to emerge in a number of areas over the coming decades. From unmanned vehicles and robots on the battlefield, to autonomous robotic surgery devices, applications for technologies that can operate without human control, learn as they function and ostensively make decisions, are growing.
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Frost & Sullivan: Medico Legal Implications Related to the Usage of Electronic Health Record
RedOrbit
“Hospital or healthcare delivery organization might become the subject of corporate negligence action if they violate the standard of care (through inadequate oversight of its staff physicians) by allowing an electronic health record or other technology of its choosing to be used in such a way to cause harm to patients.
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U.S. grants $1.2 billion for electronic health records
Debra Sherman, Reuters
“The U.S. government announced grants of almost $1.2 billion on Thursday to help hospitals and health care providers establish and use electronic health records.
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SNOMED CT will be required by 2015 for bonuses under economic recovery law
Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News
“The federal advisory panel on health IT standards has approved refined recommendations on how providers may electronically record a physician’s observations to qualify for federal recovery bonuses.
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White Paper: Towards a Healthier Europe
Microsoft
“How innovations in eHealth can improve medical care, increase efficiency, and create new jobs.
Developed economies are already finding it hard to maintain standards of healthcare on existing budgets. Now payers are facing a huge dose of extra cost as, building on advances in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, imaging, diagnostics and other fields, medical technology is delivering the potential for new treatments and diagnostics. eHealth – the application of information and communications technologies to the healthcare sector – stands out as a way to improve service and raise efficiency. As EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou noted in December 2008: “Investment in health pays future dividends”.
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