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Mar 17 2010

mobihealthnews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Within the health care chapter of National Broadband Plan, the FCC recommended that it work with the FDA to clarify regulatory requirements (see Third Party Papers)

Mar 17 2010

FCC

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

FCC: There is a developing set of broadband-enabled solutions that offer the potential to improve health care outcomes , control costs and extend the reach of health care professionals.

Mar 17 2010

Huffington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

One of the great humdingers in the current debate over healthcare reform is the duplicitous role of technology in increasing costs.

Mar 13 2010

2010 Potpourri IX

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

One more sampling of health care news, covering provider reaction to the EHR meaningful use rule, telemedicine, people's perceptions of their health status and insurance coverage and hospital costs and…

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Mar 08 2010

HealthLeadersMedia

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Get ready for an explosion in smart medical devices, infection-fighting nanotechnology, virtual biopsies and colonoscopies, bionic organs, and science fiction operating rooms

Mar 08 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

80 percent of practicing physicians rely entirely on paper records that can be misplaced or lost, or unavailable in an emergency – but the future holds potential for a major improvement

Mar 05 2010

Quest Diagnostics

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Two of the nation’s largest healthcare information networks, Quest Diagnostics and Surescripts(R) announced an agreement to pioneer the formation of an integrated service to make laboratory and prescription information broadly and easily accessible to physicians.

Feb 25 2010

GAO

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

GAO: HIEs facilitate the sharing of electronic health information by providing the services and technology that allow providers access to information about patients from other providers’ records

Feb 23 2010

eHealthNews.eu

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Australia’s largest listed health information technology company, acquired Belgium-based health IT company UltraGenda BV for as much as $16 million

Feb 20 2010

2010 Potpourri VI

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Select from this menu of topics on health improvement incentives, genetic testing for cancer treatment, health plan collaboration on use of IT for administration, value-based insurance design and comparative effectiveness…

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Feb 16 2010

mobihealthnews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The number of gateways used in telehealth applications will increase to more than 1 million in 2014 and to about 3.6 million in 2018, according to a new report from InMedica

Feb 13 2010

2010 Potpourri V

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

One more Saturday....morning. And another potpourri of health care news. This one includes health information technology, consumer directed health plans, guidelines, support group functioning, end-of-life care and telemedicine.

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Feb 12 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama administration today will announce $975 million in government grants to expand the use of technology in the health-care industry

Feb 08 2010

Telemedicine and HIT In Developing Nations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

The current issue of Health Affairs has several articles focusing on the use of telemedicine and HIT to solve health problems in the developing world. The articles describe some success…

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Jan 29 2010

HealthcareTechnologyNews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Use of “fully functional” EHR’s remains stubbornly low at 6.3%; use of basic systems rose to 20.5%; use of “any EMR/EHR system” has climbed to 43.9%

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