February 6, 2013 David Raths
blog
With legislative activity burgeoning at the state level and a comprehensive bill introduced in the last session of Congress, telehealth advocates believe they have momentum to push for inclusion.
January 28, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
The winning teams in this year's Healthcare Informatics Innovator Awards program exemplify the spirit of pioneering innovation in our industry
January 8, 2013 Mark Hagland
news
Telehealth activity is growing apace, according to a new report from InMedica, a division of IMS Research; in fact, the researchers at InMedica predict that the global telehealth business will grow by 55 percent in 2013
December 26, 2012 John DeGaspari
news
Anthem Blue Cross, Woodland Hills, Calif., plans to launch an integrated telehealth system early next year that will allow its members to use their personal computers to choose their doctor and address their non-emergency health needs via a live two-way video. The online care service, called LiveHealth Online (www.livehealthonline.com), will be launched in the first quarter of 2013, initially to small- and large-group fully insured customers and self-funded national employers.
December 5, 2012 Michael Craige
blog
Rapid improvements in technology, semantic data structures, informatics professional collaboration and sequencing technologies are not necessarily the only gaps needed for the realization of personalized medicine (improving genomic and phenotypic data integration) but these must be taken into account on how best to exploit the opportunities to facilitate personalized medicine.
December 3, 2012 John DeGaspari
article
With the rapid adoption of audiovisual technology into healthcare, healthcare CIOs and other healthcare IT leaders face the difficult decision of how to balance their organizations’ investment dollars against budgetary constraints, security, and selection of technology that is appropriate to the provider organization’s IT infrastructure. At a roundtable discussion, “Balancing Innovation, Budget Constraints, and Network Security,” part of the Technology Crossroads Conference that was put on by the National eHealth Collaborative in Washington, D.C., last week, expert panelists discussed wide-raging topics confronting provider organizations against the backdrop of the fast-changing technology landscape, including technology investments, cost pressures, health information exchange, network security, cloud computing, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
November 2, 2012 John DeGaspari
news
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor have found that automated calls from a U.S.-based server to the mobile phones of patients in Mexico and Honduras have helped the patients to better manage their blood pressure. The program was designed to be a low-cost way of providing long-distance check-ups and self-management education.
October 2, 2012 Mark Hagland
blog
As tip-of-the-spear healthcare industry leaders, senior executives at the UPMC health system see where the proverbial puck is headed, and they’re skating towards it as powerfully as they can.
September 13, 2012
news
Recently, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eric K. Shinseki announced a joint effort between the two agencies to expand healthcare delivery for veterans living in rural areas through grants that aim to improve access and coordination of care through telehealth and health information exchange.
August 23, 2012 John DeGaspari
blog
As technology becomes more pervasive in healthcare, examples of how it is being used effectively to improve care are cropping up everywhere. I came across one example yesterday, during a conference call regarding the announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the selection of primary care practices to participate in the agency’s Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative.
August 21, 2012
news
Norfolk, Va.,-based Sentara Healthcare, a 10-hospital healthcare system in Virginia and North Carolina, has signed a deal with telehealth firm MDLIVE, Sunrise, Fla. Sentara says the partnership will devlier real-time medical consultations to patients with an established regional network of physicians, available via telephone and online video throughout the state of Virginia. The deal also gives an equity stake in MDLIVE.
August 15, 2012
news
Allscripts (Chicago) and American Well (Boston, Mass.), a telehealth provider, are collaborating on a will integrate the latter’s EHR platform with the former’s telehealth solution. Allscripts, the EHR software provider, says this collaboration is another step in its “Connected Community of Health,” vision, and will give patients access to care remotely with their patient data cued up through the EHR.
