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Smartphone-based heart study sets goal of one million participants globally
Leveraging the worldwide proliferation of smartphones, University of California-San Francisco researchers have launched an online cardiovascular study to develop new ways to predict and prevent heart...
Expanding the registry universe--one EMR at a time
A new report out this week from the Institute of Medicine on surveillance of chronic conditions notes that registries can be useful for obtaining information about individuals with particular
HP, SingTel test out cardiac telehealth monitoring
American computer giant HP and Singapore's major telecom carrier, SingTel, just launched an eight-week clinical trial of a mobile cardiac monitoring device. The device, a wrist-watch-like unit made
Apps blur line between smartphones, medical devices
For something from Harvard Medical School, an article in the November issue of Harvard Health Letter is remarkably dumbed down, but it does contain a statement that pretty much explains the state of
EMR-driven disease management reduces mortality, costs
EMRs keep on proving their mettle in the area of care coordination. The latest evidence comes from Kaiser Permanente Colorado, which improved outcomes by mining its EMR and electronic disease
UK Study: EMR mining for heart risk as effective as universal screening
Foes of big government rejoice--though this news does come from England's National Health Service. Mining of primary care EMRs to find patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease is just as
HealthGrades honors hospitals with superior outcomes in women's care
Gender appears to play a tremendous role in patients' outcomes for a variety of hospital treatments and procedures, according to the HealthGrades Seventh Annual Women's Health in American Hospitals
Study: Heart health has decreased in recent years
Over past decades, rates of obesity, diabetes and hypertension among Americans had been falling, but that's not the case any more, it seems. Heart health in the U.S. has taken a turn for the worse in
Study: Only half of eligible patients referred for cardiac rehab
While cardiac rehab can be very effective in guarding patients against future problems once they've ended up in the hospital with heart trouble, only 56 percent of such patients are referred for this
