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SPOTLIGHT: SPOTLIGHT: CA poised for telemedicine leadership

November 5, 2007 — 7:59am ET
California has been a leader in telemedicine since the 1990s, so it has a bit of a leg up on other states. Now, however, it may be losing that edge, as providers aren't getting involved as rapidly as... Read more...

Health IT could improve hospital (and patient) finances

September 24, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Smart investments in clinical IT could pay big dividends for hospitals, but may benefit patients more than the facilities themselves over the short term, according to a new report from the Healthcare... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: What providers can learn from Facebook

August 27, 2007 — 6:59am ET
What providers can learn from FacebookBlogger Tony Chen of Hospital Impact recently spent some time exploring the exploding world of social networking online, most notably... Read more...

Cerner does development with Missouri med school

June 3, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

The University of Missouri School of Medicine has struck a deal with a commercial sector giant, Cerner, to develop patient care and physician training tools. Among other projects, the two will work to enhance Cerner's EMR system to better address care of chronic conditions. The partners will also give patients access to a version of the EMR, and allow them to enter vital statistics such as weight, blood pressure or blood glucose levels into the system. Another joint project is to develop …

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Study: Telemonitoring seems promising

May 13, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Home-based telemonitoring of patients with chronic diseases has a great deal of potential, according to a new study published this month in a high-profile health IT journal. To conduct the research, which appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Canadian researchers reviewed more than 65 studies published in the U.S. and Europe. The studies looked at home-based management of chronic pulmonary conditions, cardiac diseases, diabetes and hypertension …

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Implantable wireless tech getting popular

April 29, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

As prices fall and capabilities expand, a broad array of medical devices making use of wireless technology are beginning to emerge. We're not talking about phones or PDAs here--but rather, devices that live on or inside patients. These include the PillCam, made by Israeli-based Given Imaging. A $450 capsule, the Pill Cam is swallowed by patients, then used to perform gastro-intestinal endoscopy tests. Another example comes from Germantown, MD-based Sensors for Medicine and Science. The …

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USDA offers $128M for rural telemedicine

April 8, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last week that it will offer an additional $128 million for a mix of telemedicine grant and loan funding for rural healthcare organizations, along with support for distance learning. To date, the USDA has invested more than $166 million in its Distance Learning and Telemedicine program over the past five years, serving 2,226 healthcare organizations. Most of the funding comes in the form of comparatively modest sums, including, for …

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Partners tests remote blood pressure monitoring

March 4, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Boston healthcare giant Partners HealthCare has kicked off a new experiment under which it will monitor employee health by tracking high blood pressure online. Partners is rolling out the pilot with Boston-area IT management firm EMC, which has agreed to find 400 employees with high blood pressure to participate. The study will involve having half of these employees measure their blood pressure twice a week, using wired cuffs which transmit the readings wirelessly to researchers. (The …

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Trend: Higher-end monitoring for seniors at home

February 11, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

According to one statistic, 19 million Americans are caring for someone over 75  years old. If the elderly person doesn't live with the caregiver, how does that caregiver--typically usually a harassed working mom or dad with huge responsibilities of their own--keep track of whether their elderly family member is safe?  Increasingly, home monitoring companies are moving beyond the "alarm button" necklace, good only when the senior knows to or cares to push the button, to more …

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Firm offers mobile disease management platform

December 10, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

San Francisco-based mobile applications developer BeWell Mobile has partnered with Indian technology firm Wipro Technology to offer cellphone-based disease management services. The platform includes a provider interface allowing clinicians and other professional users to set up individual patient applications, and a separate patient interface integrating a diary, reminders and reports. BeWell is currently conducting an asthma management pilot with the San Mateo Medical Center and Clinics …

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