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ATA partners with AUSA, providing attendees access to 2 expo halls in San Antonio American Telemedicine Association Share     The American Telemedicine Association is pleased to announce a partnership with The Association of the U.S. Army that will provide ATA 2010 attendees (May 16 to 18, San Antonio) a complimentary pass to the AUSA expo hall, located adjacent to the ATA 2010 exhibit hall. Attendees now will have access to twice as many medical product and service exhibitors from 1 to 3 p.m. May 18; in turn AUSA attendees will be joining ATA for the opening exhibit hall reception May 16. More
FDA considers regulating safety of electronic health systems The Huffington Post Share
Concerned about potential safety risks in health information technology, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may be moving closer to regulating the systems for the first time. In the past two years, the agency has received reports of six patient deaths and several dozen injuries linked to malfunctions in the systems, Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in testimony prepared for a government hearing on Feb. 25. More Virginia legislature passes bill requiring reimbursement for telemedicine American Telemedicine Association Share
By a unanimous vote, the Virginia state legislature March 2 approved SB 675 mandating that health insurers pay for telemedicine services. Gov. McDonnell is expected to sign the bill into law. Virginia is the latest in a string of states passing similar legislation. Eleven other states have adopted mandates for the coverage of telemedicine: California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas. More Report: 30% of iPhone health apps used by professionals MobiHealthNews Share
MobiHealthNews, the daily online trade journal for the emerging mobile health industry, announced the launch of its first paid research report: The World of Health and Medical Apps, a quantitative analysis of health-related applications for smartphones. The number of health-related applications for smartphones has skyrocketed during the past six months from only a few hundred to 5,820, according to the report. More
In-home telemedicine study launched InformationWeek Share
Mayo Clinic, GE Healthcare and Intel have launched a new initiative to study the care and cost benefits of home-based health monitoring for elderly patients with chronic illnesses. During the year-long study, 200 high-risk patients age 60 and older who suffer chronic conditions such as heart failure, diabetes, and lung disease will use at-home medical devices daily to take their vital signs, such as blood pressure, peak air flow, weight, or blood sugar readings. More New telemedicine project provides dental care in California TMCnet Share
The University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry launched a four-year pilot project, which will help treat patients in need of critical dental care and services. University sources added that low-income residents in the San Fernando Valley, now will be able to receive enhanced dental services owing to the launch of the new telemedicine project by the university. More Obama's health reform proposal would leverage health IT tools iHealthBeat Share
On Feb. 22, President Obama released a proposal for health care reform that includes provisions calling for the use of health IT tools, Federal Computer Week reports. Health IT-related provisions in the proposal call for the federal government to do the following. More
California to build HIE with nearly $40 million Health IT News Share
Of the more than $100 million that California will receive from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for health care, the California Health and Human Services Agency will use $38.8 million to build a statewide health information exchange. The grant for HIE comes out to be approximately $1 per resident for the populous state, an amount many local industry leaders felt is insufficient to get the job done. More How does the United States move beyond digital illiteracy? The Huffington Post Share
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009 has targeted broadband as an instrument to help in revitalizing our economy. The investment in this information infrastructure will not only help to create jobs but assist in developing new technologies, applications and services. I also think within the FCC's Broadband Policy, to be presented to Congress on March 17 -- there needs to be a provision for investing in broadband applications such as telecommuting, distance learning, telemedicine, etc. More Lufthansa's long-haul Wi-Fi service will be fast, easy and possibly lifesaving Jaunted Share
Thanks to FlyNet, Lufthansa passengers soon will not only have WLAN Internet access but also will be able to send SMS messages by mobile phone and transfer data via smart phones such as PDA, iPhone or BlackBerry devices. Together with its new business partner Panasonic, Lufthansa aims to equip a major part of its long-range fleet with FlyNet within the first year of operation. Lufthansa deliberately is focusing on high bandwidth, which will enable potential future operational applications such as telemedicine for the transmission of a patient's vital parameters to a ground station. More Electronic prescriptions reduce errors seven-fold Cornell University Share
Should doctors nationwide use e-prescribing to decrease prescription errors? A study led by physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College found that health care providers using an electronic system to write prescriptions were seven times less likely to make errors than those writing their prescriptions by hand. The study appeared in the Feb. 26 online edition of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. More |
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