Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 4, 2013 — MEDSEEK announced today that it is leading the enterprise patient portal market with 10 healthcare organizations now leveraging MEDSEEK Empower to provide patients a comprehensive health management tool across care settings. Beyond meeting Meaningful Use objectives, MEDSEEK Empower plays an integral role in the overarching patient engagement strategy for these organizations, which represent 140 hospitals, 30,000-plus beds and over 8,300 physicians.

Mobile health and health insurance exchanges were in the health IT news this week.

As part of ongoing efforts to meet the goals of the federal Digital Government Strategy, the Department of Health & Human Services is making available 33 free health mobile apps.

Woodbridge, NJ, September 04, 2013 -- iPatientCare, Inc. - a pioneer in mHealth and cloud based ambulatory EHR, integrated Practice Management and Patient Portal solutions - announced today the much awaited National User Conference (NUCON) 2013 to be held on November 15 through November 17, 2013.

E-consultations hold great potential for improving access to specialist advice in a timelier manner than the traditional referral-consultation process, according to a study published in Telemedicine and e-Health.

Interesting discussions and perspectives on healthcare delivery continue in both the lay press and in medical publications. Review and commentary on recent discussions and perspectives are presented, with considerations for impact of technology, such as the release of patient data to the patient portal and resulting patient engagement and physician acceptance.

Home healthcare can fill care gaps, extend the reach of clinicians, improve clinical outcomes, reduce costs and more. The industry, however, must prove its worth to combat reimbursement challenges and the notion that home health cannot be a solid and consistent partner with other care providers. Health IT that drives care coordination and patient engagement should help build the case for home health.

Boston is the birthplace of the American Revolution as well as a revolution of sorts in applied medical informatics. Thus, we saw it only fitting to make this city where so many famous patient care applications were created, the location for the first AMDIS Fall Symposium. It’s also our first meeting on the East Coast.