Ken Congdon, Healthcare Technology Online
“As consumers in the age of infomercials, many of you have probably seen television spots for the Roomba — a robotic vacuum cleaner that automatically sweeps the floor without the aid of a human operator. Who would have thought that the next big market opportunity for iRobot Corporation (www.irobot.com) — the makers of the Roomba — would be in healthcare?
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Ken Terry, InformationWeek
“Home healthcare agencies and hospitals exchange very little clinical data online, according to a new report on home healthcare IT from KLAS, a research firm based in Orem, Utah. And that misstep can be quite expensive.
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Bowles KH et al, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 15(7)
We compared the effects of evidence-based disease management guidelines delivered to patients with heart failure and diabetes using three different modalities: in-person visits alone (Control), in-person visits and a telephone intervention (Telephone), and in-person visits and telemonitoring (Telemonitoring). Patients were randomized to the three groups. There were 112 patients in the Control group, 93 in the Telephone group and 98 in the Telemonitoring group. During the first 60 days, 10% of the Control group were rehospitalized, 17% of the Telephone group and 16% of the Telemonitoring group. Having heart failure and receiving more in-person visits were significantly related to readmission and time to readmission.
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Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel, The Center for Public Integrity
“Home care providers in rural areas and other underserved communities may soon be eligible to receive Medicare payments for audio and video home monitoring under a Senate bill reintroduced last week after going nowhere in three recent sessions of Congress.
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Or CKL et al, J Am Med Inform Assoc, 18(1)
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With the advent of personal health records and other patient-focused health technologies, there is a growing need to better understand factors that contribute to acceptance and use of such innovations. In this study, we employed the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology as the basis for determining what predicts patients’ acceptance (measured by behavioral intention) and perceived effective use of a web-based, interactive self-management innovation among home care patients.
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Hägglund M et al, J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2010
This case report describes how two complementary standards, CONTsys (European Standard EN 13940-1 for continuity of care) and the reference model of openEHR, were applied in modeling a shared care plan for shared homecare based on requirements from the OLD@HOME project. Our study shows that these requirements are matched by CONTsys on a general level. However, certain attributes are not explicit in CONTsys, for example agents responsible for performing planned interventions, and support for monitoring outcome of interventions.
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PRNewswire
“From the floor of the National Association for Home Care’s (NAHC) 29th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) today introduced Allscripts Mobile Homecare™, an extension of the Allscripts Homecare solution and the industry’s first smartphone application specifically designed for physical therapists, nurse assistants and other clinicians who care for patients in their homes.
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Daniel Z. Sands, H&HN Weekly
“Two developments in health care delivery are prompting the use of home monitoring technology. One is the medical home—comprehensive primary care that encourages partnerships between patients and their personal physicians. The medical home gained momentum in the 1990s and early 2000s among physicians who wanted to become truly patient-centric. Medical homes give patients more flexible access to health care, increase patient satisfaction and improve health outcomes.
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Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“We’re starting to see more validation for EHR implementation from multiple organizations and different segments of the healthcare delivery system. This is good news.
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Spyropoulos, B. et al, Methods of Information in Medicine, 49(2)
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A significant portion of care related to cardiorespiratory diseases is provided at home, usually but not exclusively, after the discharge of a patient from hospital. It is the purpose of the present study to present the technical means which we have developed, in order to support the adaptation of the continuity of care of cardiorespiratory diseases at home.
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Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet Healthcare
“If it’s true, as this AP story indicates, that the only thing standing in the way of home monitoring of seniors is price, then you can bet the field is set to boom in 2010.
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Kim Yang-sig, Korea IT Times
“The world is becoming more and more health-conscious. Society, health policy and patient needs are all changing dramatically. The challenges society is currently facing are related to the increase in the aging population, changes in lifestyle, the need for healthcare cost containment and the need for improvement and monitoring of healthcare quality.
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eHealthServer
“eHIT Ltd in collaboration with INS Group, a leading Home and Community Care, Personal Response System provider and Health Call Centre organisation in Australia, have created a mobile health workforce management tool designed to help nurses in providing unmatched patient care remotely.
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Sarah Bruce, E-Health Europe
“Researchers from Intel and GE Healthcare are working to develop a ‘Health House’ that will track a person’s everyday habits, check vital signs and predict whether they are at risk of a fall.
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Sam Lister, The Times
“It sounds like a fantasy straight from The Truman Show: a house that monitors your every move, from bedside to bathroom and from medicine cabinet to fridge. The aim, however, is to help the elderly to lead safe and independent lives.
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“If you are interested in innovation, I think this is a good podcast worth listening to – and the actual audio is more useful than the printed version.
I listened to it the day before I attended the latest Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, in Washington, DC.
At the meeting, I was fortunate to run into one of my role models, Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA, and we talked about the idea that the Medical Home is about improving the care of patients where they spend most of their time – where they live, work, and play. We can help patient-centered care flourish by including ideas from everyone involved in the care, including nurses, doctors, allied health practitioners, eye care, oral health care, behavioral health care, just to name a few.”
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Ted Eytan, 16 April 2008
“A new study from the Washington-based Deloitte Center for Health Solutions finds that better coordination of in-home medical treatment and technological advances could mean a potential $400 billion savings to the U.S. healthcare system.”
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Healthcare Informatics, 11 March 2008
“The Food and Drug Administration has published a proposed rule to reclassify the regulatory status of certain software used with medical devices. The rule would affect medical devices used in provider organizations and in patient homes.”
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Health Data Management, 8 February 2008
“Telehealth specialist Docobo has unveiled a multi-user version of its HealthHUB portable home monitor, meaning two or more patients can now utilise one device.
The HealthHUB system enables patients to record vital signs, symptoms, lifestyle and quality of life measures around the clock from any location.”
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e-Health Insider Primary Care, 17 January 2008
“The prototype shows how service robots can help elderly and handicapped people staying at home. It is based on robuLAB10, an off-theshelf mobile platform, and a robuBOX™, the generic robotic middleware based on Microsoft® Robotics Studio, that comes with every robot produced by ROBOSOFT: it allows providers of services to customize it and offer various services to their customers.”
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e-Health Europe, 2 January 2008
