Revenues from remote patient monitoring using mobile networks will rise to almost $1.9 billion globally by 2014, with heart-based monitoring in the U.S. accounting for the bulk of early mobile monitoring roll-outs, according to market research firm Juniper Research.

Patients who do not have healthcare insurance, or those with insurance but other financial concerns about accessing healthcare, are more likely to delay seeking emergency care for a heart attack, according to a study in the April 14 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.

Vasomedical, which develops non-invasive treatment for the management of cardiovascular diseases, has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its Vasomedical-BIOX Model 2301 Combined ECG Holter and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring recorder and software analysis system.

Lines of buyers, a burgeoning bunch of app announcements...the iPad has arrived, alright. Judging from a recent discussion on the AMDIS listserv board, its already in your facility and undergoing assessment by your peers. Survey respondents in CMIO's Web poll last month were evenly split with regard to their iPad purchase plans, but that was before Apples gadget hit the streets. Now that its here, the level of early interest among health IT professionals is high. 

In evaluating the accuracy of radiography of the hip and pelvis in patients arriving in the emergency department (ED), researchers from the department of radiology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., found that radiography presented poor sensitivity and specificity findings in patients with pain or suspected trauma around these structures.

Nevada, Arizona, Indiana, North Dakota and Mississippi have joined the 13 attorneys general (AG) who are party to the suit challenging the healthcare reform law, filed by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum. Two of the state governors, Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, have sidestepped their AGs to partake in the lawsuit.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed into law a bill that will expand telemedicine coverage in the state by ensuring that health insurers cover and reimburse for healthcare services provided through telemedicine.

Nearly a third of providers planning an EMR purchase are replacing an existing program, according to a new report from healthcare research firm KLAS. When it comes to choosing an EMR, physician practices are considering an ever-increasing number of software vendors, KLAS found.