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ATA: CMS must loosen telehealth rules, allow wider use in ACOs
Expect to hear lots of chatter at the ATA's 16th Annual International Meeting and Exposition about telemedicine's important role in accountable care organizations--and about how current regulations
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
Money-saving imaging CDS program gets large-scale deployment
A clinical decision support pilot program in Minnesota has proved so successful at reducing utilization of expensive imaging diagnostics that it will be rolled out statewide and made available to
Bluetooth heart monitors could prevent thousands of strokes
Continuing the very international theme of this week's issue, we bring you news from just across the border in Windsor, Ontario, where researchers are starting to test whether new, wireless heart
EHRs show promise for detecting faults in implantable devices
Electronic patient registries can help medical device manufacturers track the safety of implantable devices and locate problematic units, according to new research on Massachusetts heart patients.
AT&T to market WellDoc mobile diabetes app
In August, WellDoc, a Baltimore-based developer of disease management technology, became one of the first companies to receive FDA approval for a mobile healthcare product, an analytics system for
AT&T, device maker join for real-time monitoring of heart patients
Another major telecommunications company is making a big move into mobile healthcare. AT&T is teaming up with medical device manufacturer eCardio Diagnostics to embed machine-to-machine wireless
'Smart' implantable devices can save lives, but docs worry about information overload, liability
How useful are "smart" implantable medical devices? "It's like having an office visit every day and a complete physical every week," University of Southern California cardiologist Dr. Leslie Saxon
CTIA highlights best practices for wireless data collection, remote monitoring
You know technologies are maturing when someone starts developing best practices for their use. That seems to be the case with data collection from wireless heart monitors, as evidenced by Aaron
Wireless pacemakers could soon be standard
The first implantation of a wireless pacemaker in the U.S. took place less than a year ago, but cardiologists and patients alike already seem sold on the technology. "I truly believe the wireless
