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Beyond reporting: XBRL's role in healthcare
Date: Feb 08, 2010
One of the memes of medical banking is the role transparency can play to wring out the fraud in the healthcare system. One of the topics I've been monitoring has been the global adoption of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL--pronounced eks-Burl).
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Bridging the health information gap with SMS
Date: Feb 05, 2010
So, the federal government has kicked off a text messaging campaign aimed at arming expectant mothers with pregnancy related health information. If the news item got you thinking of creating bigger and better ways to leverage SMS technology in an effort to bridge the gap between medical experts and health information consumers, you’re probably onto something.
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Providers flocking to telehealth
Date: Feb 04, 2010
In the wake of news that Boston’s MassGeneral Hospital for Children has implemented a new video program that puts doctors at the patient’s bedside 24/7—and another article showing how California has saved its taxpayers $13 million by using telemedicine to offset inmate transportation costs within the state’s prison system—Nashville, Tenn.-based SunCrest Healthcare has chosen Philips to supply telehealth monitors for its home care patients.
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RPM vendor hones MPoC sales strategy
Date: Feb 03, 2010
One of the earlier developers of mobile point-of-care technologies is getting ready to swing for the fences. AirStrip Technologies, which has built a suite of products in various stages of development for mobile devices, just named a chief sales officer to drive its RPM business.
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Health IT: Standards, Social Media, Micro Screens
Date: Feb 02, 2010
This post is an attempt to gather feedback in order to interact with and better inform our readers. First, some background: I became a blogger because I'm a buttinski. My schooling placed an emphasis on organizational communication and most of my day-to-day work has involved using Web-based tools to help firms with internal knowledge management challenges. This has produced an eye toward a systems view to problem solving--and an inkling that folks in certain sectors, for example, healthcare IT, were talking past one another as they were creating solutions.
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Could video calling make iPads a healthcare contender?
Date: Feb 01, 2010
I held off on commenting on Apple's unveiling of the widely-praised-yet-equally-criticized iPad because: A) I didn't want to be mistaken for part of the hype machine, B) while I think it's a promising device, I don't see it "revolutionizing" healthcare anytime soon, and C) I wanted to hear the news behind the news before offering an opinion--and that meant waiting for the first wave of hysteria to cycle through.
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Ohio hospitals' HIT push focuses on automating patient care
Date: Jan 29, 2010
Fisher-Titus Medical Center, a community hospital serving North Central Ohio, and Port Clinton, Ohio-based Magruder Hospital aim to become the standard in automated patient care. Over the next 10 months, these healthcare organizations may become the first two all-digital, smart hospitals in the nation when they complete the implementation of Cerner healthcare technology systems throughout both organizations.
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Digital display maker ready to extend healthcare reach
Date: Jan 28, 2010
Barco may be the digital display maker of choice at Sundance this year--the company's digital cinema projectors have been tapped as the exclusive selection for screening the festival's 3D entry--but now that the Belgium-based manufacturer of display solutions has finalized its acquisition of FIMI, company officials are making plans for healthcare.
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Motion unveils new peripherals
Date: Jan 27, 2010
It's hard to say how many healthcare users will respond to Motion Computing's roll-out of two new peripherals for the C5 mobile clinical assistant and the rugged F5 Tablet PC, but the new EasyConnect magnetic stripe reader (MSR) offers a highly mobile point-of-sale (POS) solution, while a new case promises more options for using the Motion tablets on-the-go.
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Healthcare's RTLS breakthrough?
Date: Jan 26, 2010
If a group of healthcare IT professionals said we should stop questioning whether wireless sensors and tracking systems actually work, would it be enough to get the industry concentrating on deploying the most effective systems for yielding results?
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Bridging the health information gap with SMS
So, the federal government has kicked off a text messaging campaign aimed at arming expectant mothers with pregnancy related health information. If the news item got you thinking of creating bigger and better ways to leverage SMS technology in an effort to bridge the gap between medical experts and health information consumers, you’re probably onto something. Read More
Date: Feb 05, 2010
Providers flocking to telehealth
In the wake of news that Boston’s MassGeneral Hospital for Children has implemented a new video program that puts doctors at the patient’s bedside 24/7—and another article showing how California has saved its taxpayers $13 million by using telemedicine to offset inmate transportation costs within the state’s prison system—Nashville, Tenn.-based SunCrest Healthcare has chosen Philips to supply telehealth monitors for its home care patients. Read More
Date: Feb 04, 2010
RPM vendor hones MPoC sales strategy
One of the earlier developers of mobile point-of-care technologies is getting ready to swing for the fences. AirStrip Technologies, which has built a suite of products in various stages of development for mobile devices, just named a chief sales officer to drive its RPM business. Read More
Date: Feb 03, 2010
Health IT: Standards, Social Media, Micro Screens
This post is an attempt to gather feedback in order to interact with and better inform our readers. First, some background: I became a blogger because I'm a buttinski. My schooling placed an emphasis on organizational communication and most of my day-to-day work has involved using Web-based tools to help firms with internal knowledge management challenges. This has produced an eye toward a systems view to problem solving--and an inkling that folks in certain sectors, for example, healthcare IT, were talking past one another as they were creating solutions. Read More
Date: Feb 02, 2010
So, the federal government has kicked off a text messaging campaign aimed at arming expectant mothers with pregnancy related health information. If the news item got you thinking of creating bigger and better ways to leverage SMS technology in an effort to bridge the gap between medical experts and health information consumers, you’re probably onto something. Read More
Date: Feb 05, 2010
Providers flocking to telehealth
In the wake of news that Boston’s MassGeneral Hospital for Children has implemented a new video program that puts doctors at the patient’s bedside 24/7—and another article showing how California has saved its taxpayers $13 million by using telemedicine to offset inmate transportation costs within the state’s prison system—Nashville, Tenn.-based SunCrest Healthcare has chosen Philips to supply telehealth monitors for its home care patients. Read More
Date: Feb 04, 2010
RPM vendor hones MPoC sales strategy
One of the earlier developers of mobile point-of-care technologies is getting ready to swing for the fences. AirStrip Technologies, which has built a suite of products in various stages of development for mobile devices, just named a chief sales officer to drive its RPM business. Read More
Date: Feb 03, 2010
Health IT: Standards, Social Media, Micro Screens
This post is an attempt to gather feedback in order to interact with and better inform our readers. First, some background: I became a blogger because I'm a buttinski. My schooling placed an emphasis on organizational communication and most of my day-to-day work has involved using Web-based tools to help firms with internal knowledge management challenges. This has produced an eye toward a systems view to problem solving--and an inkling that folks in certain sectors, for example, healthcare IT, were talking past one another as they were creating solutions. Read More
Date: Feb 02, 2010
