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AL employers offer remote monitoring for diabetes
An Alabama-based employer coalition has set plans to offer remote monitoring capabilities to allow member companies to track their employees and dependents with diabetes. The coalition, Employers Read more...
Case study:TX city creates diabetes monitoring program
San Antonio (TX) Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD) has established a city registry to monitor the city's diabetics and improve their care. The District's officials plan to use the data to map the Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Remote care to drive healthcare wireless market
A new report from a UK-based research firm suggests that telehealth technologies for seniors, including remote care and remote monitoring will drive the market for wireless-based medical devices and Read more...
Study: Remote monitoring improves heart failure outcomes
A new study has concluded that remote monitoring can improve the condition of some heart failure patients, and may also reduce hospital readmissions. The pilot study, which included 150 patients Read more...
Health IT standards development likely to speed up
With some core data already defined, it's looking like the pace of health IT standards development is likely to pick up. According to John Halamka, chairman of the Healthcare Information Technology Read more...
Connected health tech helps patients manage care
Evidence is growing that giving patients the ability to connect remotely with providers--and do some of their own health monitoring--is useful and often very effective. The most recent study to Read more...
Report: Gov't should remove telemedicine barriers
A new paper issued by a think tank promoting HIT use suggests that for telemedicine to come into wider U.S. use, the government will have to lend a hand. The paper, by the Center for Health Read more...
Case study: Iowa provider creates eICU
A few months ago, we told you about an emerging solution addressing the shortage of physicians to staff ICU beds. The solution, known as an Read more...
HiMSS '08: Navigating the vendor maze
So, HiMSS '08 is upon us. You know, it seems like only yesterday that my feet were recovering from the blisters I got walking the giant show floor in New Orleans last year! This HiMSS, which takes Read more...
IBM, Mayo Clinic partner on imaging research
A chip that's mostly known for powering the Playstation 3 console will soon be put to use in new medical imaging applications. Under a new partnership, IBM is working with the Mayo Clinic to find new Read more...
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