Interoperability
Mac McMillan, CEO of Austin, Texas-based IT security firm CynergisTek and chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Policy Task Force, has some strong opinions about privacy protections in healthcare nowadays. The short version? Things could be a lot better.
A new report from the UnitedHealth Group indicates rural Americans will face an increasing need for healthcare and more challenges in accessing it, and recommends telehealth and telemedicine technology as a possible solution.
athenahealth announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Proxsys, a Birmingham, Ala.-based provider of cloud-based care coordination services between physicians and hospitals.
Intel-GE Care Innovations, a collaboration formed last year to advance telehealth solutions for the home healthcare market, has launched Connect, a home-based medical device that serves as a communications platform and wellness portal for isolated seniors.
LodgeNet Interactive Corporation, which provides video-on-demand, broadband Internet and satellite TV to the hospitality and healthcare industries, announced Tuesday that it has reorganized its LodgeNet Healthcare group as an independent but wholly-owned subsidiary.
Two recent reports paint a rosy picture for the use of telemedicine in children's hospitals, both as a way of connecting specialists with patients and giving kids a link to their parents or other patients.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based online physician network has introduced a platform that enables physicians to seek medical advice in real-time, through their smartphones, and includes the ability to download a photograph.
As more clinicians begin using their personal mobile devices to aid patient care, hospitals must be prepared to manage them in order to ensure security and privacy, according to one expert.
The Department of Health and Human Services has released a proposed rule detailing how states can create and operate their health insurance marketplaces, where consumers and small businesses can compare and shop for health plans starting in 2014.
A non-profit charged with managing Tennessee's telehealth network is shutting down amid an investigation that two former executives stole or misused more then $1 million in grant funding.