Home Monitoring news from FierceHealthIT
NewsPhilips partnership aims to improve IT in cancer care
Royal Philips Electronics, better known in the U.S. as Philips, is partnering with Integrated Oncology Network (ION), a practice management and consulting firm that has helped develop and operate Read more...
Telehealth expansion bill gets a push from home care group
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is advocating for a bill in Congress that would incentivize home care agencies, which often are owned by hospitals, to offer telehealth Read more...
Intel-GE gets FDA approval for Intel Health Guide
Intel-GE Care Innovations, a joint venture of Intel and GE, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for the Intel Health Guide Express. This is a software solution that Read more...
Wi-Fi Alliance, Continua to collaborate on wireless device standards for home health
The Wi-Fi Alliance and the Continua Health Alliance have agreed to work together to facilitate and promote the use of Wi-Fi wireless networking for personal health and fitness devices. The two Read more...
Health IT systems often overlook care management
When it comes to designing health IT systems, more than a few organizations may be missing the big picture in terms of integrating care management workflows into their technology. A new survey of how Read more...
Telehealth takes off as evidence grows that it can improve care, save money
The massive spending on health IT as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and general growth in EMR adoption is expected to provide a big boost to telehealth as well, Read more...
HIMSS10: Mobile and wireless technologies come of age
There's a reason why we launched FierceMobileHealthcare last year. Wireless and mobile technologies could represent the future of healthcare. They definitely will be represented at HIMSS10. The Read more...
Report: Remote monitoring can cut costs substantially
Remote home-based monitoring of patients with congestive heart failure can cut costs substantially by reducing the number of hospitalizations these patients experience, according to a new research Read more...
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