GE rolls out patient portal
Jeff Rowe, Healthcare IT The Health Record Review
“Does the real key to the health IT transition lie in getting patients to take responsibility for their own healthcare?
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Denen kiezen wel voor EPD
Janine Budding, Medicalfacts
“Denen selecteren InterSystems HealthShare voor landelijke uitwisseling zorginformatie InterSystems Corporation, mondiaal toonaangevend in software voor de zorgsector, maakt bekend dat InterSystems HealthShare™ is gekozen als systeem waarmee zorginstellingen in Denemarken gegevens gaan uitwisselen via een zogeheten ’health information exchange’ (HIE).
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Why Cardiac Device Companies Want Patients to See Their Own Data
David Lee Scher, The Digital Health Corner
“In an ongoing series, I have been touching on multiple issues involved in cardiac patients and the data derived from their implantable defibrillators and pacemakers, which is heretofore unavailable directly to them. I have not fully discussed the viewpoint of device companies for a few reasons. I wanted to explore the multiple aspects of the problem and give the patient’s view first.
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Nuance talks bringing Watson, Siri-like tech to medicine
Brendon Nafziger, DOTmed News
“A doctor is about to prescribe an antibiotic, but is a bit worried it might interact with an antidepressant her patient is currently taking, Wellbutrin. So, what does she do? It’s possible, in the near future, she might simply pull out her phone and ask it.
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Apple Security Issues Linger, Raising iPad, iPhone Concerns For Hospitals
Anne Zieger, Hospital EMR and EHR
“To date, few hospital IT administrators have whole hog into supporting Apple devices, though many facilities are testing them out. Most testers have found that neither the smartphone nor the tablet work well as clinical data entry devices, and some have actually ended i-whatever pilots when doctors refused to use them.
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Microsoft HealthVault’s Survival Uncertain With Advent of GE Joint Venture
Brian T. Horowitz, eWeek
“As Microsoft prepares to move its Amalga health intelligence software into a joint venture with GE, analysts see an uncertain future for the HealthVault personal health record (PHR) platform, which remains with Microsoft.
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SK Telecom plans mobile health services at home and abroad
Mobile Health Live
“SK Telecom has announced plans for its new Health Connect joint venture that will see the South Korean mobile operator roll out mobile health services domestically, starting in 2012. It also aims to export its mhealth expertise to overseas markets.
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Epic Systems Highlighted in NYT Article (Discussion)
Brian Ahier, Google+
“Epic has certainly grown dramatically with 5100 employees & wants to add 1000 more this year. Ten years ago they had 575 employees. They have a total of 260 large customers (like Kaiser Permanente since 2003), including 35 new contracts last year. They claim their systems will cover 127 million patients with active electronic health records by July 2013. They have built an incredible 5,000-square-foot data center among the other interesting components of their new campus.
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Digitizing Health Records, Before It Was Cool
Milt Freudenheim, New York Times
“The push to move the nation from paper to electronic health records is serious business. That’s why a first look at the campus of Epic Systems comes as something of a jolt.
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Microsoft, Healthrageous join Ford to research in-car health monitoring
Neil Versel, mobihealthnews
“Ford Motor Co. is building on its in-car health monitoring initiative by teaming with Microsoft and Healthrageous to research how people can monitor their health and promote wellness with connected devices while in their vehicles.
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The market for mHealth application reached $US 718 million in 2011
Ralf-Gordon Jahns, research2guidance
“2011 was the first year of substantial business in the market for mobile health services delivered via smartphone applications. Since our first mHealth report was published last year, the growth in this market has greatly accelerated.
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Microsoft également intéressé par la e-santé
Le monde de la e-santé
“Pour s’en convaincre, il suffit de citer au minimum ces 2 exemples suivants, qui préfigurent de la bataille qui se joue actuellement autour du stockage des données médicales personnelles des patients.
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PHR services not dead yet, think they’ll go for a walk now
Brian Eastwood, Health IT Pulse
“A couple weeks ago, a certain editor proclaimed that personal health record (PHR) services ranked among the health IT trends not to watch in 2012, largely because patients seem reticent to use them.
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Telemedicine solution improves practice productivity, pleases patients
Bill Crounse, Healthblog
“There was a time when telemedicine services could only be provided by very large clinics, academic medical centers or government health organizations. Telemedicine required big bulky equipment and expensive dedicated landlines or satellite connections that were capable of sending quality audio and video signals from one place to another.
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Gamified data collection for healthcare clinics
Health & Wellbeing
“Tonic Health believe that switching from clipboards and paper forms to an interactive, game-like iPad interface is more enjoyable for patients, which therefore enables doctors to obtain higher response rates to surveys, better patient screening, and more accurate data, both cheaply and quickly.
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Electronic Health Record Eases HIV, AIDS Reporting
Neil Versel, InformationWeek
“Virco Lab, an independently operated biotechnology and diagnostics software subsidiary of pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson, has released what may be the first electronic health records (EHR) system both optimized for HIV and AIDS care and certified to federal Meaningful Use standards.
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Qualcomm collaborative could help spark EHR use
Marla Durben Hirsch, FierceEMR
“Lack of patient interest in managing their own care and in electronic health records have long been problematic. But a new project may help to spark patient engagement and improve health.
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Australian Telehealth Network Launches its Video Consultation Services in Partnership with BCS Global and Vidyo
SFGate
“In announcing the partnership Mark Barnett, Executive Director of ATN said “The partnership was established to provide Australian aged care providers and physicians with the world’s best and most economical video conferencing technology. Aged care providers across the country have enormous difficulties in accessing GP services in a timely manner, which sometimes has serious and adverse outcomes for residents.
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GE Healthcare And Microsoft To Launch Health Information Technology Joint Venture
Healthcare Technology Online
“Pretend for a minute you are a nurse working with a group of doctors who help hundreds of patients with a disease like diabetes. Today, you rely on patients to come into the office with their individual charts from different doctors. Of course, there are also the important comments from patients on how they have been doing at home.
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mHealth: Hallelujah or Bah Humbug?
Lisa Suennen, Healthcare IT News
“3600 people and I went to the mHealth Summit earlier this week in Washington, DC and, having spent the better part of 48 hours listening, I am still not sure what to make of this emerging healthcare sector.
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