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Study Gives Attention to Smart Shirt
Researchers at the University of Waterloo, Canada, will use smart shirts to study the attentiveness of people during various everyday activities. ... Comments (0)
Source: Mobile Health Data, US
Posted: Friday, December 16, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Speakers: Communities key to health information exchange success
Communities can regain power and influence in the healthcare market now by supporting local or regional health information networks, experts told attendees at a summit on patient safety and information technology yesterday.
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Source: Healthcare IT News, US
Posted: Friday, December 16, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Hospital to txt message its patients
Palmerston North Hospital in New Zealand is to start texting patients about appointments. The system, a first for New Zealand, will remind patients they have an appointment several days in advance.
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Source: Manawatu Standard, New Zealand
Posted: Friday, December 16, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Medical Manager Indictments Issued
The Department of Justice has issued indictments against 10 former executives of physician software vendor Medical Manager Corp., now part of Emdeon Corp., Elmwood Park, N.J. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Friday, December 16, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Critical News Drops Cerner's Stock
The stock value of Cerner Corp. dropped a second straight day on Dec. 15 after a Wall Street Journal article questioned the clinical software vendor’s accounting practices. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Friday, December 16, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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eHealth Initiative Charts Course for 2006
The eHealth Initiative - which now has a membership of more than 2,000 health IT stakeholders - held its annual meeting in early December to elect new officers and set its course for 2006. "This has been a landmark year for eHI," said Dr. John Glaser, newly elected chair of eHI. "Our research, education and coalition-building efforts have stimulated a significant amount of movement in communities across the U.S., laying the foundation for the rapid acceleration of these efforts in 2006." ... Comments (0)
Source: iHealth Beat, US
Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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RemedyMD Offers a Suite Deal
RemedyMD Inc. has introduced an integrated suite of software for physician practices.
The SMART package includes an electronic medical records system, a personal health record and other tools for patients, and clinical decision support software to track outcomes and recognize treatment patterns.
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Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Public health groups get grants for exchange participation
Twenty-one state and local health departments and public health institutes have received grants worth as much as $100,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support their participation in health information exchanges. ... Comments (0)
Source: Government Health IT, US
Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Dentists watch jaws on their TV screens
A toothbrush, fluoride, a drill and a television screen are the key equipment in the University’s teledentistry program.
The Minnesota Department of Health, the University’s School of Dentistry and the Hibbing Community College Dental Clinic have collaborated to provide dental care to patients who do not have access to a specialist in Hibbing.
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Source: Minnesota Daily, US
Posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Public Health Agencies to Explore Use of Information Technology to Improve Health
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced new grants today to support the participation of state and local public health agencies in health information exchanges.
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Source: AScribe, US
Posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Billing Service Accepts PDA Charges
San Diego-based Practice Development Strategies, a national billing services vendor, has integrated its billing technology with hand-held charge capture technology from Houston-based Mobile Design Technologies Inc. ... Comments (0)
Source: Mobile Health Data, US
Posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Group: HHS Rules Unworkable
The Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rules to ease certain restrictions in the Stark Act and anti-kickback laws won’t help hospitals and others to assist physicians in adopting information technology, according to the National Alliance for Health Information Technology. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Health First Buys Compliance Tools
Melbourne, Fla.-based Health First will implement compliance management software at its three hospitals. Contract terms for the ComplyTrack Risk Assessment and Compliance Management suite from Wellesley, Mass.-based MediRegs Inc. were not disclosed. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Doctor Do Little
6.45 million. That's how many iPods Apple Computer sold from June to September, some as large as 60 Gbytes. 100,000. That's how many smart cards, with 32 Kbytes of storage and basic medical information like name and address, prescriptions, allergies, and recent lab results, that Mount Sinai Medical Center and eight affiliated hospitals hope to issue next spring. ... Comments (0)
Source: InformationWeek, US
Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Patients trust docs, but often use the Internet
Patients in the United States are likely to first turn to the World Wide Web when seeking health information, even though they trust their physicians more to provide them with accurate medical information, results of a nationally representative survey suggest.
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Source: Brocktown News, US
Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Ohio Physicians Going Wireless
Columbus (Ohio) Children's Hospital has purchased mobile technology from Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based MercuryMD. The hospital will offer the vendor's MData Mobile, MData Desktop and MData CareFocus systems to its 850 physicians. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. ... Comments (0)
Source: Mobile Health Data, US
Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Michigan Medical Inks MPV
Michigan Medical PC in Grand Rapids will deploy contract management software from Medical Present Value Inc. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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App Eases Meditech Report Functions
Boston Software Systems has introduced an application designed to reduce the time to generate a variety of reports from the Meditech Client Server hospital information system from Westwood, Mass.-based Medical Information Technology Inc. ... Comments (0)
Source: Health Data Management, US
Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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NPfIT implementation priority: to put NHS IT users firmly in the driving seat
A transfer of the ownership of the National Programme’s implementation from the centre to NHS IT users, backed by better alignment of national policies and a clearer understanding of not only what England’s National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT) offers but, more importantly, IT as an enabler is at the top of Richard Jeavons’s agenda. ... Comments (0)
Source: BJHC, UK
Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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Danish national EPR-connectivity scheme in trouble
Denmark’s plan to launch a nationwide electronic patient record system at the end of this year has run into trouble. ... Comments (0)
Source: BJHC, UK
Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Igbokwe
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