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For A Glimpse At What’s Next In Health Wearables, Check Out One Design Firm’s Idea For Epileptics
Health monitoring devices of the future will not just be biometric tracking devices or journaling apps or detection and alerting systems, but all of the above as part of one comprehensive solution.
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For Ailing Vets In Rural Areas, Telemedicine Can Be The Cure
Howard Lincoln of White Mountain, Alaska, doesn't always hear it when people knock on his door. He's 82 and he still has a little shrapnel in his jaw from a mortar shell that nearly killed him in the Korean War 60 years ago. "We heard it whistling, but I was the third one in line running toward the bunker," he recalls... Read More »
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For Americans Under 50, Stark Findings On Health
Younger Americans die earlier and live in poorer health than their counterparts in other developed countries, with far higher rates of death from guns, car accidents and drug addiction, according to a new analysis of health and longevity in the United States. Read More »
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For Dossia, Digital Health Isn't Just Personal Anymore
At Boston-based Dossia, it’s not just personal anymore. The digital health start-up was early in the race to build a lifelong and portable personal health record. It’s backers read like a who’s who among Fortune 500 companies – Walmart, Intel INTC +0.91%, Applied Materials AMAT -1.37%, Pitney-Bowes and BP BP +0.17% America among them. [...] Read More »
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For HIX Success, First Fix Government IT And Set Expectations
Health insurance exchanges should strive for several goals to prove their mettle and recover their public perception, according to the founding director of the Massachusetts Health Connector, an exchange that was once a national model and is now struggling to function. Read More »
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For Homeless Veterans, a REACHable Goal
In March, the VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2) launched Project REACH with Jon Bon Jovi and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to put information about local homelessness resources into the hands of people who can help others in need. We’re excited to announce the finalists today.
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For Long-Term Care, Many HIE Miles To Go
Many of the nation’s largest long-term care providers are using electronic health records and providing their residents with Internet access, but few of them are sharing health information with outside entities, creating potential gaps in the care continuum for patients. Read More »
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For Medicare, Immigrants Offer Surplus, Study Finds
Immigrants have contributed billions of dollars more to Medicare in recent years than the program has paid out on their behalf, according to a new study, a pattern that goes against the notion that immigrants are a drain on federal health care spending. Read More »
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For National Health IT Week, A Look In The Crystal Ball
It being the beginning of National Health IT Week, it seems appropriate to spend a couple days considering some of the health IT predictions being offered by observers around the country. Read More »
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For Some Practices, EHRs Aren't Worth It
Looking to sell your medical practice? Don't waste time and money upgrading your IT. Read More »
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For Stage 2 MU, Don't Assume Vendors Have You Covered
A packed house at the Meaningful Use Symposium held March 3 at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition couldn't help but inspire awe and possibly conjure a little concern in the hearts of those attending. Read More »
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Foreign Countries Hack VA System And Expose Vulnerabilities
The Veterans Health Administration, the largest integrated health care system in the U.S., has reportedly been hacked numerous times by foreign countries such as China and Russia since 2010... Read More »
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Former VA Official: Obamacare Puts Vets At Risk
The Affordable Care Act -- generally known as “Obamacare” -- could lead to increased health complications, emergency room visits and even shorter life spans for some veterans, according to a former under secretary of Health for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Read More »
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Four Years Later: The Impact Of The HITECH Act On EHR Implementations
Since 2009, Software Advice has gathered data on tens of thousands of practices looking to purchase medical software. We’ve tapped into that data to determine [the following]: Read More »
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Free Drugs? India Mulls a New Assault on Big Pharma
...now it seems India is considering offering generic drugs for free to patients at government-run clinics. After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh backed the scheme, the Planning Commission has reportedly allocated $18 million to start the ball rolling.
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