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Obama announces new US broadband connection funding
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 President Barack Obama on July 2 announced new government investments in 66 projects
to expand broadband connections in rural and poor areas across the country. The $795 million in grants and loans funded by the 2009 economic stimulus act will create 5,000 construction and installation jobs, and generate $200 million in associated private investment, according to information provided by the White House. More
Army using telemedicine for health care delivery
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The U.S. Army is using mobile technology to transmit health tips, appointment reminders and general announcements to the cell phones of more than 300 wounded soldiers. The mobile phone-based secure messaging system called mCare is one of several innovative wireless technology solutions that the Army is deploying to improve the health of its employees. "Patients with mild
traumatic brain injury are a target population for mCare," said Col. Ronald Poropatich, deputy director of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in Fort Detrick, Md.
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World Cup spectators get m-health help in South Africa
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During the World Cup, currently being held in South Africa, spectators can get help addressing unexpected health care needs by downloading iTriage, a free app for smartphones. Healthagen, a Lakewood,
Colo.-based maker of health care software, supported the emergency preparation efforts in South Africa prior to the FIFA World Cup kickoff June 11, and has added hospitals and health care facilities across eight South African provinces to the iPhone app.
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Tufts docs use online care to treat patients in Haiti
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Tufts Medical Center physicians are conducting live medical consultations with patients in earthquake-ravaged areas in Haiti from their facilities in Massachusetts. Tufts clinicians on the ground in Haiti, together with Tufts University School of Medicine students there, consult on demand and in real time with Boston-based Tufts Medical Center specialists to augment
treatment for Haitian patients in such challenging conditions.
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CMS OKs updated e-script standard
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has "recognized," or approved, the use of an updated standard for electronic prescribing under the Medicare Part D drug benefit program. Clinicians now can use version 10.6 of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs SCRIPT Standard to prescribe electronically. Version 10.6 is backward compatible with version 8.1, which CMS previously adopted as a national standard. This
means that prescribers can continue to use version 8.1 or migrate to 10.1.
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Health IT Policy Committee debates role of FDA in overseeing safety of e-health record systems
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 As the federal government ramps up its plan
to help doctors and hospitals invest in electronic health record systems, the Health IT Policy Committee has been debating what role Food and Drug Administration should play in overseeing the safety of those systems. In a report to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, the Policy Committee called for the development of a national program that would monitor patient safety problems in health IT systems, but the committee stopped short of saying which agency should run it.
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North Country HealthCare: Telemedicine is saving time, money for patients, providers
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Telemedicine is allowing North Country HealthCare to expand its primary care services across a very large service area from Lake Havasu City on Arizona's
California border to Springerville on the New Mexico border. The technology makes it possible for patients to visit medical providers miles away via direct video conference links coupled with high-tech instruments such as hand-held examination cameras or digital stethoscopes. The telemedicine technology is saving time and money for patients as well as their medical providers.
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UCLA engineer's telemedicine invention poised to begin trials in
Africa
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Cell phones are accumulating a Swiss Army Knife-esque assortment of capabilities: substituting as cameras, providing Internet access, and soon operating as
medical labs if Aydogan Ozcan's plans come to fruition. Last month's cover article of the journal Lab on a Chip features the latest creation by the Ozcan group, a functioning prototype of a cell phone microscope. The lensless imaging platform behind the cell phone microscope is nearing readiness for real-world trials, after receiving prestigious awards from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Geographic and the National Science Foundation.
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Need an ER? There's an app for that
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It's a bit easier for patients to find an emergency room in a hurry now if they have an iPhone. All they have to do is click on a new app that will pinpoint them to the nearest ER and give them directions. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital Emergency Medicine Network have launched the free iPhone app, called
FindER, that allows users to locate emergency services closest to them.
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Will Cius challenge iPad's potential in health care or beyond?
Computerworld
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Cisco Systems recently has announced its Cius tablet. Weighing 1.15 pounds with a 7-inch SVGA screen and powered by an Intel Atom processor and Google's Android OS version 2.2, the Cius is designed as part of a range of products for the enterprise that offers integrated solutions for every part of the network, including switches, cloud storage and collaboration tools. The Cius is expected to ship early next year, and although no
pricing is available, Cisco plans to keep the price below $1,000.
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Obama administration unveils government health care website
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Maybe you are a 21-year-old woman who has just graduated from college in Ohio and haven't found a job yet. Or you are a 49-year-old unemployed man with high blood pressure who lives in West Virginia. How would you know what insurance options you have under the new health care law? A website that the Obama administration unveiled June 30 aims to give everyone the full range of public and private health insurance plans available to
them based on their individual circumstances.
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Prescription tracking fails again in New Hampshire
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Legislation has been proposed three times to establish an electronic monitoring program for controlled drug prescriptions in the state, and it has failed each time, leaving New Hampshire the only state in New England to not have such a program. Such databases can help prevent people from "doctor shopping" for access to controlled drugs, proponents say. New Hampshire's legislation failed in 2005, 2007 and again earlier this
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Survey: Few Americans using electronic medical records
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Despite years of hype around the issue, fewer than 1 in 10 American adults now utilize electronic medical records or turn to e-mail to contact their doctor, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll finds. Nearly half of respondents weren't even sure if their physician offered these technologies, according to the survey. Still, most of those polled said they would like their doctors to access their medical records with the click of a
mouse. On the other hand, only about a third believe their insurer should have that same access.
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