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MGMA calls for more granular health plan identifiers
The Medical Group Management Association has raised questions about the way the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is approaching its implementation of health plan identification numbers...
Smartphones in the office: Are patients recording everything?
Deb Beaulieu
It seems almost everyone carries a smartphone these days. We use them to communicate, to access information and, very often, to help pass the time when we're cooling our...
EHR support making headway in rural Colorado
Rural healthcare organizations in Colorado are getting help in obtaining the necessary broadband connectivity to support EHR use via a collaborative partnership between the state's HIE and and the Colorado Telehealth Network.
Docs comb past records with new CDC lead guidelines
New guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that state there is no safe level of lead exposure for children likely will pose logistic and financial challenges to physicians.
HIEs aim to curb ED overuse
In Washington state, hospital EDs are turning to technology to curb overuse of emergency services and track so-called "frequent flyers."
Mobile app aids migraine sufferers
Health Union just launched its new Migraine Meter, a free mobile app for managing and monitoring migraines, and hooked up with Migraine.com, a popular online community for migraine sufferers. The...
mHealth entrepreneur goes all-in on wearable sensors
Healthcare entrepreneur Sonny Vu wants to plant sensors in everyday objects that people put on their bodies without thinking--socks, underwear, wallet, etc., and remove the "intentionality" out of recording one's basic health metrics.
Wireless spectrum expansion could mean more hospital security risks
More popular than ever, the remote patient monitoring market is predicted to top nearly $300 million within three years, and upward of $4.2 billion by 2018. That blistering pace could accelerate...
IT will be key for operation of insurance exchanges
Information technology is poised to play a big role in the health insurance exchange process, according to new guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services last Wednesday.
'Smart pajamas' monitor infants wirelessly
Canadian cable and Internet provider Rogers Communications just hooked up with U.S.-based Exmovere to step into the mHealth market.The two companies will soon be selling Exmovere's "Exmobaby" pajamas, which have embedded sensors to measure infants' temperature and movements, in Canadian retail outlets.
