August 14, 2012 Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME
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At this year’s eHealth Initiative Nation Forum, held in Washington, over two-dozen panelists discussed the current and future role data and analytics in healthcare. Also, the Institute of Medicine held a workshop recently, organized by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in order to focus on telemedicine.
July 31, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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The New York Times Magazine this past weekend had a really interesting cover story on applying Iranian healthcare principles to rural Mississippi. This inspiring story in Mississippi makes me wonder how patient engagement tools like personal health records and remote monitoring can be integrated with this community health approach to truly transform a population’s health.
July 25, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Surgeons at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) health system are pioneering an innovative new practice, "telementoring," in which surgeons are providing live online support to colleagues performing groundbreaking new surgeries in other countries.
July 2, 2012
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According to the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), last week’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have a positive impact on the development and adoption of telehealth. Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the ATA, says the ruling will further accelerate the deployment rate for telemedicine, mHealth, and other remote healthcare technologies.
June 21, 2012 John DeGaspari
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For High Point (N.C.) Regional Hospital, telemedicine has helped to fill a gap in staffing its intensive care unit, while helping the provider to significantly reduce its mortality rate as well as the lengths of stay for its patients.
June 14, 2012
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The Cambridge, Mass.-based New England Health Institute (NEHI), a national health policy institute, has identified 11 emerging technologies that it thinks has the potential to improve care and lower costs for chronic disease patients, especially those in at-risk populations. According to NEHI, the technologies can target a range of chronic illnesses, including diabetes, asthma, stroke, and heart disease.
June 8, 2012 John DeGaspari
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Electronic communication is certainly changing the way physicians and patients interact, and if there is a single area where its impact is most evident, it is in telemedicine. This is worth paying attention to: in a report released last month, WinterGreen Research, Inc., a market research firm based in Lexington, Mass., forecast that the market for telemedicine devices and software will increase from $736 million in 2011 to $2.5 billion in 2018, implying a wide reach that will encompass a growing number of physicians and patients.
The question is what affect telemedicine will have on the quality of care and the relationship between physicians and patients. Alan Rosenthal, M.D., a board-certified internist who practices in Monterey, Calif., provides his perspective as a primary care physician.
June 8, 2012 Healthcare Informatics Editors
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Without a doubt, the Healthcare Informatics 100, our compilation of the top health IT companies based on HIT revenues from the most recent fiscal year, was the hottest news item in the month of May. It was everywhere; from the actual list itself to an accompanying piece on the most interesting health IT vendors. Look for even more on the HCI 100 in our upcoming issue.
May 29, 2012
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Researchers at the Indianapolis-based Regenstrief Institute have developed STeleR, a home telerehabilitation program that they are reporting can improve lower body physical functioning after a stroke. According to the researchers’ study, participating in STeleR also increased the likelihood of maintaining a regular fitness routine, enhanced money management skills, and improved the capability to prepare meals and take care of personal needs such as bathing.
April 30, 2012
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The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is having its annual event this year in San Jose, Calif. with over 4,500 healthcare professional attendees, 450 presentations, and an exhibit hall with 200 product and service vendors. Along with its annual event, the ATA is promoting the integration of telemedicine services into the use of EHRs and related health information technologies.
April 24, 2012
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The healthcare arm of Royal Philips Electronics (Andover, Mass.) and telepresence manufacturer Vidyo (Hackensack, N.J.) are teaming up to offer healthcare providers an enterprise-wide telehealth solution. According to Philips Healthcare, deployment of these telehealth solutions will require scalable and flexible video technology to adapt to the full range of clinical workstations and mobile devices. Vidyo’s adaptive video layering technology will be implemented into Philips enterprise-wide solution with remote physiologic monitoring and clinical decision support (CDS).
March 22, 2012 John DeGaspari
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Fairview Health Services, a 10-hospital, 42-clinic health system based in Minneapolis, has implemented a cloud-based communications platform that, among other things, allows its physicians to conduct virtual video “visits” with their patients, and schedule follow-up video visits.
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