mobile health

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VA Blazing Its Own Trail When It Comes To Government mHealth

Greg Slabodkin | FierceMobileHealthcare | May 13, 2013

Say what you want about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and its bloated bureaucracy. One fact that cannot be disputed is that the VA continues to be a national leader in health IT. Read More »

VA Integrates mHealth Into Daily Care, Gives iPads To Vets

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | July 19, 2013

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has started several pilot programs to study the impact of mHealth on the health care of its post-9/11 veteran population. [...] Read More »

VA Launches Two mHealth Pilot Programs

Greg Slabodkin | FierceMobileHealthcare | July 17, 2013

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has officially launched mHealth pilot projects to test the technology prior to national release and to "ensure that the veteran experience is optimized," according to an announcement from the VA. Read More »

VA Named To The 2013 “Most Wired” Hospitals List

Tom Cramer | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | July 15, 2013

The Department of Veterans Affairs has been named to the 2013 ‘Most Wired’ hospitals list — an event that marks the first time that all VA medical centers nationwide have achieved the honor. Read More »

VA Pilot Brings Together mHealth And EHRs For Better Care

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | December 10, 2013

Through its focus on mobile technology and patient-centric features like the Blue Button Initiative, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has proven itself a leader in the difficult task of getting patients to engage with their providers on a meaningful level.  In July, the VA announced the beginning of the Family Caregiver Pilot, which paired seriously wounded veterans and their caregivers with iPads, pre-loaded with a suite of health management tools. Read More »

VA, U.K. health service team up on IT

Joe Conn | Modern Healthcare | March 22, 2013

The healthcare arm of the Veterans Affairs Department and the United Kingdom's National Health Service are teaming up under a three-year agreement to swap leaders, staff and ideas about the use of healthcare information technology by the two huge government-financed systems, according to a new joint report. Read More »

Veterans Health Administration Launches Mobile Healthcare Initiatives

Greg Slabodkin | FierceMobileHealthcare | May 12, 2013

[...] To better address the medical needs of today's veterans, the VHA has launched a number of mobile healthcare initiatives. Neil Evans, M.D., and Kathleen Frisbee, MPH, Ph.D.c, who co-direct the VHA's Connected Health Office, spoke with FierceMobileHealthcare about the agency's mHealth pilot programs. Read More »

Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s Shared Hospital Services Corp. Partners With Axial

Press Release | Axial Exchange, Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA) | October 23, 2013

Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA), [...] through its shared services affiliate (VHHA Services), responsible for identifying technology solutions for Virginia's hospitals and health systems, and Axial Exchange, Inc., [...] recently announced that they have partnered to provide VHHA member institutions access to Axial Exchange's interactive health management application. Read More »

What’s In Store For Health IT In 2014?

Brian Ahier | HL7 Standards | January 23, 2014

2013 was a good year for health IT and has laid the foundation for 2014 to be the biggest year ever for the industry. Read More »

When mHealth And Telehealth Become 'Just Healthcare'

Eric Wicklund | Government Health IT | July 25, 2013

mHealth and telehealth: Two popular terms in the healthcare lexicon these days. And two whose days are numbered. Read More »

“Download Two And Call Me In The Morning”: Doctors Review And Recommend The Best Health Apps With HealthTap’s All New AppRx

Press Release | HealthTap | May 30, 2013

Revolutionizing app discovery in health and wellness, HeatlhTap brings its vibrant network of top doctors to rate and “prescribe” mobile apps. Read More »

“What Is The Value Of Health IT?”

Scott Rupp | Electronic Health Reporter | September 16, 2013

For its second year of celebrating National Health IT Week, HIMSS is asking a simple question: “What is the value of HIT?” [... Instead] of offering my lone — and probably less than expert – opinion I’ve asked a variety of folks who are probably better able to give more insightful and valuable opinions than mine. Read More »

Federal Health IT (FHIT) Innovation Event & Awards

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
March 4, 2015 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 
1776 DC - The Penthouse Washington, DC
United States

This event will be unlike any typical Federal government event. Held at 1776 DC, the premier startup incubator in DC, the first part of this event include a panel featuring three of the real leaders driving innovation across the Federal Health Space, with perspective from Military Health and VA to HHS. The second part of the evening will celebrate many of the most innovative programs and initiatives happening across the Federal Health IT (FHIT) space today as the FHIT Innovation awards are handed out. Winners will be selected by an evaluation panel that includes government, industry and the startup community. Finalists for the awards will be announced by February 18th. Read More »