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• When HIPAA applies to mobile applications (6/16) • Planning Keeps Joplin Hospital Data Online (6/10) • AHRQ offers health IT research grants (6/10) • Text2Quit launch follows Text4Baby's lead (6/9)

Past News Items

Week of June 6

• Payments, peer pressure promote telemedicine (6/9)
• ONC looks to incentivize IT innovation (6/9)
• Text2Quit launch follows Text4Baby's lead (6/9)
• e-Learning market to reach $7.1B by 2015, with 'breathtaking' healthcare growth (6/9)
• Meaningful-use work group recommends extra time for Stage 2 (6/8)
• Switching to eRX (6/8)
• Researchers seek health IT tools for seniors (6/8)
• WHO surveys mHealth in 114 countries (6/7)
• HP spearheads mobile malaria prevention efforts (6/7)
• A Clinical Drug Trial Via Phone, Computer (6/7)
• Computerized communication breakdowns common between PCPs, specialists (6/6)
• Report: Telemedicine Promotes Reform (6/6)
  

Week of May 29

• Need for greater consumer engagement, more public-private collaboration in health IT (6/3)
• A new emphasis on telehealth in psychology (6/3)
• HIMSS chief forecasts 'seismic shifts' for health IT (6/3)
• AHRQ: Telehealth empowers docs to treat underserved (6/2)
• Healthcare IT just getting to the 'on ramp' (6/2)
• Telehealth pilots aim to improve stroke treatment, inpatient efficiency (6/1)
• Smartphones for Behavioral Health Care (6/1)
• MIT, GE team to develop new 'disruptive' health technology (6/1)
• For cruise ships mobile health is part of the continuum (6/1)
• Report: Telemedicine saves Canadians $125M in travel, reaches remote populations (6/1)
• Docs in 'less mature' clinical content markets turn to social media (5/31)
• Telecom Providers See Opportunities In Telemedicine (5/31)
• Docs in 'less mature' clinical content markets turn to social media (5/31)
• Keep your aging parents safe at home (5/31)

Week of May 22

• Social Media and Healthcare: Good Medicine or Pretty Poison? (5/27)
• CMS Aligns eRX Incentive with Meaningful Use (5/27)
• HHS proposes changes to HIPAA records-sharing rules (5/27)
• Service to give parents access to their kids' PHRs (5/26)
• Mobility puts patients in control of health decisions (5/25)
• Physicians Slowly Embrace Patient Videoconferencing (5/24)
• ONC provides exam to help identify HIT experts (5/23)
• Telemonitoring benefits for chronic heart failure patients uneven (5/23)
• Doctors driving IT development with their mobile technology choices (5/23)
• Study May Show SMS Helpful in Timely Administering of Teen Medication (5/23)
• Telehealth improves chronic care for underserved patients (5/23)
• U.S. HIT Strategies Discussed by Government Officials (5/22)

Week of May 15

• Reimbursement Mechanisms, Sustainability Are Keys To Telehealth Success (5/20)
• CMS Issues More Meaningful Use Guidance (5/20)
• Ford looks to introduce health, wellness apps to its cars (5/19)
• ONC officials to lead online classes through National eHealth Collaborative (5/19)
• Medicare Issuing Meaningful Use Checks (5/18)
• Usability key to wide EMR adoption (5/18)
• Mobile health: Already a billion dollar market? (5/17)
• More docs are using video chat for routine follow-up visits (5/17)
• Remote patient monitoring market to reach $9.3B (5/16)
• Top 5 tips for mobile device compliance (5/16)
• Behavioral Health Launches HIE (5/16)

Week of May 8

• VA hospital will test 'point-of-care' clinical trial (5/13)
• Intel, GE Intro Windows 7 Telehealth Tool (5/13)
• Healthcare Providers Establish Telehealth Reimbursement Models (5/13)
• How handheld devices will cannibalize existing medtech (5/12)
• Telemonitoring Success May Depend on Patients' Age, Literacy Level (5/12)
• AMIA calls on CMS to ramp up on workforce development (5/12)
• Teladoc to launch FaceTime consultation apps for physicians (5/12)
• Online health engagement growing, says Pew report (5/12)
• EU Task Force to promote cross-border health IT advancements (5/11)
• GE, Healthline launch 3-D body search tool (5/10)
• U.S. healthcare IT market to surge (5/10)
• Top 3 trends driving digital shift in hospital marketing (5/10)
• Two studies show efficacy of telemedicine technology (5/9)
• iPhone can diagnose stroke quickly, accurately (5/9)
  

Week of May 1

• Lessons learned from FDA cleared mobile health companies (5/5)
• Intel, GE Launch Care Innovations Telehealth Platform for Portable Devices (5/5)
• CMS Pledges Future Reporting Via EHRs (5/5)
• Telemedicine left out of meaningful use, experts say (5/4)
• Personalized treatment protocols can be developed with EHR data (5/3)
• AMA Online Tutorials Cover I.T. Adoption (5/3)
• HRSA puts up $12M for rural health networks (5/3)
• Top 10 ways to engage patients with IT (5/3)
• FCC, FDA pave the way for wireless medical devices (5/2)
• CMS relaxes telemedicine rules (5/2)
• Healthcare websites beat out social media as a health resource (5/2)
• At opening plenary, ATA speakers tout growth and change (5/1)

Week of April 25

• New mHealth markets: Public health, primary care, emergency care (4/29)
• VA, DOD to use open source in EHR (4/28)
• Plenary sessions honor telehealth's roots, spotlight industry's growth (4/28)
• HRSA announces $12 million rural health IT grant program (4/28)
• Telemedicine drives image sharing around the world (4/27)
• ATA urges removal of 'outdated' restrictions on telemedicine (4/26)
• NIST, ONC plan measures, testing to improve health IT usability (4/26)
• Social media could 'accelerate clinical discovery' (4/25)
• Meaningful User: Attestation Easy, Registration Not (4/25)
• States Eye Savings in Using Medicaid Funds for Telehealth Services (4/25)
• Social media could 'accelerate clinical discovery' (4/25)

Week of April 18

• FDA health app regulation won't cost $30M (4/21)
• 75 percent of companies factor Green IT into purchasing decisions (4/21)
• CMS Gives Attestation Insights (4/20)
• VA, Defense launch PTSD app (4/20)
• How mobile health can abide by HIPAA (4/20)
• AMA launches AMAGINE physician portal (4/19)
• Indian Health Service takes the lead on meaningful-use capabilities (4/19)
• Top five medical apps at Harvard Medical School (4/19)
• Telemedicine is Helping Texas Jails (4/19)
• Electronic health record 'meaningful use' reporting period begins (4/18)

Week of April 11

• E-prescription market headed to $204.6M (4/15)
• Hospitals won't ever go completely wireless (4/14)
• Rule Boosts Medicaid e-Enrollment Funds (4/14)
• AMA Takes CMS to Task for Regulatory Burdens (4/13)
• American College of Surgeons to launch social media site (4/12)
• More Study Needed to Prove Telehealth's Worth (4/12)
• Mobile app for melanoma detection wins VA, WWHI tech challenge (4/12)
• Telehealth Rated Top Medical Innovation (4/11)
• Study: Mobile video can boost first aid situations (4/11)
• Top 10 apps for HIT students and professionals (4/11)
• Study: Mobile video can boost first aid situations (4/11)

Week of April 4

• New Apps Help in the Treatment of PTSD and TBI (4/10)
• Report from PharmEHR Summit: Will FDA Regulate EHRs? (4/8)
• Physician mobile use grows 45 percent (4/7)
• Health gaming could prove next big mHealth move (4/6)
• Cost, productivity top EHR concerns (4/6)
• Doctors using EHRs report lower costs, higher productivity (4/6)
• Survey Reveals that Collaboration is Key to Health Sector Innovation (4/6)
• HITECH drives docs to EHRs, but cost, productivity issues remain (4/5)
• Five most common mHealth business models (4/4)
• Telemedicine taking-off in rural areas (4/4)

Week of March 28

• Telehealth Finally Ready to Answer the Call? (4/1)
• HHS To Study I.T. to Reduce Disparities (3/31)
• Study Finds Telehealth Use Lowers Mortality, Length of Stay in ICUs (3/31)
• New web-based health service for homeless and runaway youth (3/30)
• AMA Builds a Mobile Coding App (3/29)
• Major 'digital divide' seen in PHR use (3/28)
• Lower cost draws healthcare to videoconferencing market (3/28)

Week of March 21

• ONC issues draft health IT plan through 2015 (3/25)
• ONC seeks public comment on HIT strategic plan (3/25)
• CMS has paid out $37.6M in EHR incentives so far (3/25)
• Rule to Streamline Telemedicine Credentialing Coming Soon? (3/24)
• IOM offers standards for clinical practice, comparative effectiveness (3/23)
• Telemedicine 'holds promise' for patients after major disaster (3/22)
• Clinical Workflow Integration Tops Health IT Priorities (3/21)
• Study: Virtual medicine as effective as physical doc visits (3/21)
• You might have to force IT, execs say (3/21)
  

Week of March 14, 2011

• You might have to force IT, execs say (3/21)
• Telehealth Is Trending (3/18)
• Senator reintroduces bill to push telehealth for rural America (3/18)
• FDA promises regulatory guidance this year (3/17)
• MGMA: Harmonize MU and E-Prescribing (3/17)
• Bill to extend MU incentives to behavioral healthcare providers (3/17)
• Getting Docs to Use PCs Takes Time (3/15)
• SXSW: Four landmines mHealth needs to clear (3/15)
• Project to help chart future of medical equipment management profession (3/15)
• Small Study Shows Virtual Doctor Visits Can Prove Effective for HIV Patients (3/15)
• Telehealth in Today's Healthcare Business Model (3/14)

Week of March 7, 2011

• Linking Genetics to EMRs (3/13)
• Smart phones could help bridge treatment gap for soldiers (3/12)
• Can mHealth efforts help you quit smoking? Depends where you turn (3/11)
• OnCallData launches e-prescribing, reconciliation apps for smartphones (3/11)
• EHR costs for docs top $46,000: study (3/11)
• University offers new way to measure HIE performance (3/10)
• 3M rockets mobile health to International Space Station (3/9)
• ONC review of health IT studies shows they're mostly positive (3/8)
• New survey shows EHRs benefit even small providers (3/8)
• Health Care Goes Mobile, but Who Pays? (3/8)
• Health Affairs Covers EHRs (3/8)
• New networking platform connects docs via smartphones (3/8)

Week of February 28, 2011

• 'Physician champions' help other docs with EHR adoption (3/4)
• eICUs growing in popularity (3/4)
• Global market for telehealth tech on upswing (3/4)
• How Mobile Apps Improve Quality of Care (3/4)
• iPad 2 looks even better for docs (3/3)
• Americans want docs to be online (3/3)
• Keeping Kids in School via Telemedicine (3/2)
• AMA to ONC: EHR Program doesn't work for docs (3/1)
• Report: EHR Growth is Spiking (3/1)
• Is passivity the future for home health monitoring? (3/1)
• Patient monitoring system earns FDA clearance (2/28)
• CDC will link public health EHRs with immunization tracking system (2/28)
  

Week of February 21, 2011

• Wi-Fi Alliance, Continua to collaborate on wireless device standards for home health (2/23)
• Sebelius, Blumenthal Talk Up Health I.T. as Economic Engine (2/23)
• Allscripts Launches App Store, Embedded Referral Network (2/22)
• Beacon Communities shine light on economic improvement (2/22)
  
  
  

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