The American Medical Association has joined with Google to kick off a contest to collect ideas of novel approaches to improving mobile health technology, including wearables and smartphone apps, to improve the flow of information between patients and physicians. The goal is to streamline technology to improve management of chronic diseases.
As healthcare reform and big data in medical imaging converge, strategies to facilitate image exchange, mobile access and patient empowerment are essential to improve the quality of patient care. Learn how cloud services can enable improved levels of service, reduce total cost of ownership to redirect capital to other patient-care initiatives and unlock new financial models for growth.
Gain some practical advice on implementing a private health information exchange from Denise Abraham, the health information exchange coordinator for The Washington Hospital, a 224-bed hospital in Washington, Pa., and Charles R. Vargo, executive director of the Washington Physician Hospital Organization Inc. (WPHO), which is a joint venture with the hospital and the 250 physicians on the hospital medical staff.
In a lively roundtable discussion, David Cochran, MD, and Robert Fassett, MD, (left to right) touch upon HIEs, ACOs and the need for cleaner data to improve the quality of U.S. healthcare.
Thigh-length graduated support stockings (TL-GCS) do not reduce the risk of blood clots in stroke patients, based on findings of the CLOTS trial published in the May 28 issue of the Lancet. Since most national guidelines recommend use of TL-GCS, such guidelines should now be urgently revised.
Boston Scientific launched its platinum chromium Taxus Element paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system in select international markets. The Taxus Element Stent features a new platinum chromium alloy engineered for coronary stent applications and represents the company's third-generation drug-eluting stent technology.
Laboratory information system developer Quest Diagnostics reported that it will enable patients and their physicians to share diagnostic laboratory test results using Microsoft HealthVaults personal health record application.
GE today launched a new healthcare business strategy, healthymagination, dedicating $6 billion to preventive care and consumer-driven initiatives. The new strategy was announced in a live webcast, hosted by Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO of GE.
As the smartphone overtakes the PDA, questions arise as to whether they are simply just cool new alternatives or whether they are clinical tools, critical to healthcare practitioners workflow. Are some smartphones smarter than others?
Recent developments in global economics have left the fiscal atmosphere for healthcare a roiling tempest. Looking to the horizon, chief medical information officers may see only thunderheads bearing down on their institutions; however, a new application delivery paradigmcloud computingmay offer relief from the financial storms swirling over the landscape.
The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals.
As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."
