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The Ford Motor Company is working with several health and wellness companies to add apps to its in-car connectivity platform that would allow a driver or passenger to check blood sugar levels, learn about pollen and ultraviolet light levels and access wellness information.
The 17 Beacon Communities, stretching from Maine to Hawaii, are celebrating their first anniversary. While much progress has been made, it is clear that this is "a journey of quality improvement that never ends," as one expert put it.
As more employees use their personal mobile devices at work, it is vital that healthcare organizations have a "policy in place to keep their employees productive and their data safe," says one expert.
The start-up and management costs of an accountable care organization (ACO) is considerably higher than estimated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in its proposed rule, according to the American Hospital Association.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives is urging CMS to rethink the government's rulemaking proposals on accountable care organizations.
Denmark's hospitals keep closing, but its residents don't stop getting sick. That's where telemedicine can play a role in maintaining efficient and effective healthcare delivery.
– "I see healthcare as in many ways the torture test for networking," said Kiren Sekar, director of marketing at San Francisco-based wireless firm Meraki.
This much is known about the health information exchange marketplace: It's probably the most fast-changing and unpredictable sector in health IT.
Americans may not be embracing social media as a way to communicate with their doctor – and most doctors aren’t using it, either – but experts say it still has value to doctors.
TRICARE, the Department of Defense healthcare program, has contracted with San Mateo, Calif.-based Epocrates to offer physicians mobile access to the TRICARE formulary list.