Phineas Barnes, Business Insider
“This morning I headed over to BluePrint Health to hang out with some entrepreneurs. It is fair to say I have healthcare on the brain and I am going to write a little bit about why over the next few days.
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Forbes
“Healthcare challenges are on the rise worldwide. Chronic conditions take an ever-greater toll, and costs are on the rise. But health insurance no longer bridges the gap for many, and healthcare systems struggle to balance the need for top-notch care and innovation against shrinking budgets.
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Dombkowski KJ et al, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 42(1)
Background
Children with chronic conditions have an increased risk of complications from influenza and have low influenza vaccination rates.
Purpose
To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of using a statewide immunization information system (IIS) for seasonal influenza vaccine reminders from local health departments (LHDs) targeting children with high-risk conditions.
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CBR
“Mobile healthcare and medical App downloads will reach 44m in 2012 and 142m in 2016, says Juniper Research.
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rteston, Buzz e-sante
“Acronyme de solution intégrée de monitoring de patients en Pharmacie, Sympad est un dispositif de télésurveillance d’indicateurs pertinents traités en temps réel en pharmacie ou à domicile, permetant d’une part d’améliorer la qualité et la sécurité des soins sur les lieux de vie et d’autre part d’en diminuer les coûts et participer ainsi à des économies de santé substantielles.
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Pulvirenti M et al, Health Expectations, 2011
Background
Patient or person centred care is widely accepted as the philosophy and practice that underpins quality care. An examination of the Australian National Chronic Disease Strategy and literature in the field highlights assumptions about the self-manager as patient and a focus on clinical settings.
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Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“Approximately 2.2 million patients globally used a home-based remote monitoring device as of the end of 2011, according to a recent report from Berg Insight. The metric only accounts for devices that use fixed wireless, cellular, and fixed line connections.
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Vedel I et al, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2011
Given the increasing prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care (PC), interdisciplinary PC teams supported by appropriate clinical information systems (CIS) are needed in order to deal with the complexity of multimorbid patients’ care. Our team has developed such a system, called the Da Vinci system. However, despite the expected benefits, evidence suggests generally low rates of CIS adoption. To optimize adoption in PC settings, a better understanding of the implementation process of such systems is crucial.
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Neil Versel, mobihealthnews
“Mobile adoption just keeps marching forward, but someone had best solve the payment issue sooner rather than later.
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Navarro-Pérez J et al, Avances en Diabetología, 2011
Introduction
Optimising care for people with diabetes goes through the incorporation of information and communication technology to a chronic care model.
Objectives
To determine the development of electronic medical records related to diabetes in different regions of Spain.
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e-Health-com News
“Die telemedizinische Betreuung von Patienten im Rahmen eines regional angelegten Versorgungsmanagements für chronisch Kranke erhöht die Lebenserwartung und kann einen entscheidenden Beitrag zur Kostensenkung im Gesundheitswesen leisten.
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Shane Dingman, Globe and Mail
“Did you work out today? Skip breakfast? How’s your blood pressure? Blood glucose level? Is your heart rate within norms? How about those brainwaves?
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Warren JC et al, Health and Technology, 2011
The importance of telehealth strategies in addressing the health needs of rural residents has been well documented. A core problem in enacting telehealth strategies for patient education in rural settings, however, is a lasting perception that rural residents do not have access to, comfort with, or willingness to use varying emerging technologies. The current study was undertaken to simultaneously investigate access to technologies, comfort with technologies, and willingness to participate in technology-based interventions among high-need rural clinical populations. A sample of 199 patients was recruited at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in the rural South using convenience sampling. Participants completed a battery of assessments addressing technology access, use, and comfort as well as likelihood of participating in intervention modalities.
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“The Center for Connected Health has received a research grant from the McKesson Foundation’s Mobilizing for Health initiative to integrate a text-messaging program into an existing program at Massachusetts General Hospital to help diabetes patients better manage their condition.
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Jonathan French, HIMSS Blog
“The EHR Meaningful Use Program promises to revolutionize the practice of medicine – and similarly -presents a great opportunity to transform the practice of public health.
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MarketWatch
“Several recent studies have shown the vast majority of doctors in the U.S. have not adopted the standardized use of Electronic Health Records (EHR).
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Laura Landro, Wall Street Journal
“When it comes to medicine, as many as half of Americans don’t stick to their regimens. They fail to fill about 20% to 30% of prescriptions written by doctors, don’t take drugs as directed, and don’t refill medications when they run out.
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Sarika Bansal, Forbes
“Imagine you are trying to quit smoking. In the process, you receive a text message saying, “This is it! – QUIT DAY, throw away all your fags [cigarettes]. TODAY is the start of being QUIT forever, you can do it!” Would that text message increase the likelihood of you quitting?
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Apiscam
“Ayer por la tarde, como parte del programa de las jornadas del sector e-SALUD de la edición de este año de “SIMO Network” , la Feria Internacional de Servicios y Soluciones TIC para Empresas organizada por IFEMA, tuvo lugar una sesión titulada “La monitorización del paciente”
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Glasgow RE et al, Patient Education and Counseling, 2011
OBJECTIVE:
Internet-based programs offer potential for practical, cost-effective chronic illness self-management programs.
METHODS:
We report 12-month results of an Internet-based diabetes self-management program, with and without additional support, compared to enhanced usual care in a 3-arm practical randomized trial. Patients (n=463) were randomized: 77.3% completed 12-month follow-up. Primary outcomes were changes in health behaviors of healthy eating, physical activity, and medication taking. Secondary outcomes were hemoglobin A1c, body mass index, lipids, blood pressure, and psychosocial factors.
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