With Minnesota's GOP caucus set for Feb. 7, we spoke to the North Star State's health IT honcho about public-private partnerships, electronic health records, health information exchange, telehealth and more. Often billed as the healthiest state in the U.S., Minnesota has long been a healthcare IT leader.
iRobot Corp., which develops and markets robotic technology-based solutions, will invest $6 million and expand its partnership with InTouch Health, a remote presence telemedicine solution provider.
MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF) ("MMR"), a leading provider of Personal Health Records (PHRs), MyEsafeDepositBox storage solutions and electronic document management and imaging systems for healthcare professionals, today announced that at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, February 20-24, the Company will showcase a certified Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system that connects to its patented Personal Health Record products and services. Exhibiting in booth #2062, the Company will also be selling its complete line-up of patented health IT products and services, including its MyMedicalRecords PHR (www.mmrvideos.com) and MMRPro (www.mmrprovideos.com) document management and imaging system for healthcare professionals driven by Kodak and Fujitsu network scanning solutions.
MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF) ("MMR"), a leading provider of Personal Health Records ("PHR"), MyEsafeDepositBox storage solutions and electronic document management and imaging systems for healthcare professionals, today announced that it will debut its MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record and Emergency View portals as custom mobile and tablet apps for Android devices at the upcoming HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, February 20-24, in booth 2062 www.himssconference.org. The announcement comes just after the Company introduced its telemedicine portal this month with Alcatel-Lucent's ng Connect at the Consumer Electronics Show.
This is the next post in my series of Dos and Don’ts Healthcare IT. As we all know, some of our most important citizens live in rural settings, small cities, the countryside, or remote areas. In the past 15 years or so we’ve made some great strides in remotely accessible healthcare.
The ISfTeH exists to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and eHealth, to provide access to recognized experts in the field worldwide, and to offer unprecedented networking opportunities. Med-e-Tel is one of the instruments that help the ISfTeH to realize this mission.
Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, has shared seven market trends that will shape telemedicine and telehealth in the immediate future. These trends represent major changes from the existing norm, creating new challenges and opportunities for the industry, he says.
Ochsner Health System, southeast Louisiana's largest nonprofit, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system, is taking a Hollywood-style approach to filling available healthcare IT jobs: auditions.
Tuomey Healthcare System plans to go live in April with tele-ICU services aimed at boosting its patient monitoring and care in the intensive care unit.
As a progressive new form of quality and convenient health, telehealth practices are growing, especially in rural areas, as it improves quality, access and cost of care. However, with a reimbursement model not clearly defined, some physicians are still reluctant.
Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI), the international arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine of Baltimore, Maryland, and the Ministry of Health of Kuwait (MOH) have signed a five-year agreement that calls for JHI to assist Kuwait in improving healthcare delivery in Kuwait.
The American Telemedicine Association has developed a legislative proposal to expand the use of telemedicine for Medicaid enrollees with high-risk pregnancies and neonatal care needs. The ATA says it could save Medicare $186 million over the next 10 years.
Thirty-four states will receive more than $30 million in funding from the Department of Agriculture to improve access to healthcare and educational services in rural areas.
The use of electronic health records, telemedicine and e-visits are key ways to provide chronically ill Canadians the care they need, a new report based on a Commonwealth Fund survey recommends. Results from the survey reveal that sicker Canadians struggle to gain access to care.
Whether the doctor or the patient will be the driving force behind mobile healthcare, remains debatable after a spirited discussion Tuesday at mHealth Summit in the nation's capital.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's $6 million in grants will fund 10 telemedicine projects in the Delta Region. The grants will help deliver health services to areas currently lacking adequate care and deliver services to 25 counties with persistent poverty.
While laptop and notebook PCs are commonplace in the medical community, the next wave of mobile adoption is well under way as providers turn to tablets, smartphones and applications to increase productivity and improve patient care, according to CompTIA's Third Annual Healthcare IT Insights and Opportunities study.
Today Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced the general availability of the newest version of Cisco HealthPresence® technology, an advanced care-at-a-distance platform that connects patients and clinicians via high-definition video, audio, medical devices and collaboration tools. The updated solution provides new deployment options with enhanced security and efficiency capabilities to deliver patient care from a wider range of locations. Cisco HealthPresence also supports integrated workflow features to improve information exchange by increasing access to data such as electronic medical records.
Continua Health Alliance, an international, non-profit, open industry organization of healthcare and technology companies dedicated to improving the quality of personal healthcare, today announced it is joining together with the Telemedicine Society of India (TSI) at International Telemedicine Congress 2011 (Telemedicon ’11) in Mumbai November 11-13 to launch the Continua-India working group.
