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Senior service network studies telehealth effectiveness
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society has announced it will join three vendors of telehealth solutions--WellAWARE Systems, Philips Lifeline and Honeywell HomMed--to offer technologies designed
Epic leads 2010 'Best in KLAS' honorees
Epic Systems is the top-ranked vendor in the 2010 "Best in KLAS" report from industry analyst KLAS Enterprises. Epic, the closely held, Verona, Wis.-based EMR vendor with a knack for winning
RAND pushes remote care to ease health system demand
Like so many others who follow healthcare, researchers at RAND believe home-based technology, such as remote monitoring devices and telemedicine, have great potential to rein in healthcare costs and
Cleveland Clinic doc calls high-tech home care 'inevitable'
Welcome to the age of high-tech house calls, courtesy of wireless technology. "In my Cleveland Clinic practice, I work in my patients' homes, using a cellular broadband connection to the same
Here's yet another argument for remote patient monitoring
Stories of nightmarish encounters with what passes for the U.S. health system are, unfortunately, all too common. Often, the problems are the result of systemic failure at many levels, but every once
At least six groups apply to be authorized EMR certification bodies, ONC says
There should be more than just a little competition in the EMR certification arena, as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology says it has sent out applications for
U of Missouri builds integrated EHR for long-term care
There are inpatient EMRs, ambulatory EMRs and EMRs for home health, but for some reason, we don't hear too much about EMRs for long-term care. University of Missouri researchers, representing the
Leaders in San Diego m-health community discuss wireless innovation, roadblocks
Readers of FierceMobileHealthcare understand how wireless and mobile technologies have the potential to revolutionize healthcare. Now, the wider business community is starting to figure that out. "I
Continua Health Alliance to offer library of interoperable connectivity code for smartphones
The Continua Health Alliance is building a library of source code to connect interoperable personal health devices and health records via smartphones, Healthcare IT News reports. This mobile Continua
UK project to develop wireless sensors for 'smart' homes for elderly
Money just continues to flow into R&D for home health monitoring technologies. A team at the University of Portsmouth, England, has received a grant of 128,000 pounds ($184,000) to develop
