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Microsoft has announced a new suite of apps in the Windows Phone 7 marketplace. There are more than 50 applications listed in the health and fitness section of the marketplace.
Maine's culture is to "get things done" - and when it comes to improving the quality of care through IT, the state has positioned itself well, said its director of the Office of the State Coordinator for HIT, James Leonard at a regional extension center (REC) educational forum this week.
The Army secure messaging program enables case managers to communicate dynamically via cell phone with wounded soldiers about their mood and pain management.
There is about a 50 percent failure rate for electronic medical record implementations, and most of those failures stem from poor planning and preparation, said a family physician who spoke at a regional extension center (REC) forum held for providers in Maine.
Patient Privacy Rights, the health privacy watchdog, has enlisted the help of Zogby International to conduct an online survey of more than 2,000 adults to identify their views on privacy, access to health information, and healthcare IT. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of individual choice and control over personal health information.
"What do you really hold dear to you that you want to preserve into the future as you transition to an electronic medical record?" That's the question consulting firm Innovation Partners International posed to Maine providers attending a regional extension center (REC) educational forum this week.
The 120 network hospitals and 30-plus physician groups participating in Blue Shield of California's (BSC) claims transparency program continue to reap shorter claims cycle times and fewer denials, resulting in significant savings.
Leaders at the National Institutes of Health and its nonprofit Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) said they would stand behind the advancement of research for the use of mobile phones for healthcare.
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, has thrown himself into improving healthcare worldwide. At the mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, he spoke of how mobile phones could potentially save millions of children's lives in developing countries.
Nuance Communications announced Wednesday that the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI), a nonprofit organization made up of 60 medical groups and six health plans throughout Minnesota and surrounding states, has licensed its RadPort decision support technology to help ensure patients only receive medically appropriate diagnostic imaging tests.