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NewsTelehealth helps single VA division save $742K
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Northwest Health Network was able to save roughly $742,000 in 2011 through the use of telehealth, InformationWeek Healthcare reports. The division, which Read more...
Is remote monitoring tough enough to tackle COPD?
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and eResearchTechnology, Inc. (ERT) will launch a program to help patients suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The goal is to Read more...
Proposed legislation to ease telemedicine licensing, credentialing
Amidst calls to fix what some see as an unnecessarily restrictive technicality, proposed legislation for an integrated, universal credentialing database and simplified license applications seek to Read more...
U of California students launch telehealth pilot for diabetes
After more than a year of development, a group of business students at University of California, Merced, are launching the first test of their Valley Telehealth Program. The pilot will focus on women Read more...
HHS reports progress on telehealth regulations
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is making "significant progress" toward new and revised rules that would save the healthcare industry billions of dollars, including ones that will Read more...
UK report says NHS should follow VA's approach to telehealth
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) could learn a lot from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' rollout of telehealth services, according to a new report from London-based healthcare think Read more...
Despite wider acceptance, barriers to robotic telemedicine remain
Regulatory and financial barriers continue to hinder adoption of robotic telemedicine in emergency and critical care medicine, according to a new study in the January/February edition of Telemedicine Read more...
Telehealth failure a cautionary tale for U.S.
Getting docs engaged and on-board with telehealth may take more than education. It may take cold, hard cash. That's the object lesson this week from a story about one segment of England's burgeoning Read more...
Dermatology patients experience better care via telehealth
Dermatology patients who undergo telehealth consultations generally experience positive results, according to a study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association's Read more...
eHealth network promotes IT in Europe
Telemonitoring and e-prescribing will be the focus of a new eHealth network being pushed by the European Commission, according to a post on the Digital Intelligence Blog. National authorities, Read more...
| Press ReleasesCentra Health and TeleHealth Services Partner to Launch Enterprise Interactive Patient Education for Patient Satisfaction and SaCentra Health will utilize TeleHealth's enterprise interactive patient education solution to increase patient satisfaction and safety scores across the system.Lynchburg, Va. and Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 2 Read more >> QuadMed Forms Partnership with MDLiveCare to Extend Reach of Clinic Healthcare ServicesNew agreement for telehealth technology enables ‘Virtual QuadMed’ model SUSSEX, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- QuadMed, a nationwide leader in employer-sponsored healthcare solutions, will deploy Read more >> MedicalBillersandCoders.com Registers a Surge in Outsourcing of Physicians' Billing RequirementsWILMINGTON, Delaware, October 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As the US healthcare industry is buffeted by rising healthcare costs, gigabytes of health and health-related technology information, and the Read more >> Made in IBM Labs: IBM Donating Cooperative Web Technology That Enables Life Changing Healthcare SolutionsARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the company is donating new software code to help health care and other industries work on shared content in real-time, Read more >> Nefsis Online Video Conferencing Chosen by Secure TeleHealth for Web-based Platform for TelepsychiatryCloud-based technology provides an affordable, readily accessible telemedicine technologySAN DIEGO, Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Online video conferencing innovator Nefsis® announced today that Read more >> |
