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Telemonitoring helps to lower blood pressure rates
With an estimated one in three adults in the U.S. suffering from high-blood pressure --which, when combined with stroke, costs the U.S. healthcare system $156 billion annually--it is imperative that
Study: Software can detect underperforming implantable devices earlier
Commercially available monitoring software could catch problems with implantable devices before patients are harmed by them. That's the upshot of a new study of implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Standardized insurance brochure rule shouldn't cater to insurers
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) shouldn't weaken a requirement that health insurers disclose coverage information to consumers in standardized insurance forms, consumer
Disease surveillance needs to include EHRs, social media, IOM says
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has proposed that the federal government take the lead in organizing a national surveillance system to track trends in chronic health conditions, focusing primarily on
Heart issue hospitalizations drop among Medicare patients
Fewer Medicare patients are being hospitalized for heart conditions, according to research to be presented today at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in
New health IT 'platform' calls for larger focus on patient needs
Twenty-seven consumer-oriented organizations within the Consumer Partnership for eHealth this week unveiled their "Consumer Platform for Health IT," which proposes that the development of health IT
Cardiac program helps alleviate racial disparities in care, study shows
Hospitals have improved access to appropriate care and reduced mortality for Hispanic and African-American cardiac failure patients, according to a study published this week in the American Heart
Major health associations use EHRs to target top causes of death
Three major health organizations -- the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association -- have launched a new program to
Depression lessened for heart disease patients with collaborative program
A hospital-initiated collaborative care program to treat depression, a common condition among cardiovascular disease patients, helped those patients show improvement with their depression, anxiety,
Remote patient monitoring is only 'overhyped' if you're stuck in last century
Someone misses the point again. Remember my column last week , in which I took telephone-based telemedicine to task--and also chided the Los Angeles Times for referring to this approach as a "a good,
