Diagnostics/ Monitoring

Struggle with ECG integration permeates industry May 22, 2013 | Erin McCann - Contributing Writer
Healthcare providers and industry IT professionals have expressed concern over their ECG technology's lack of bidirectional communication and poor interoperability with electronic medical record systems, according to a KLAS report released May 21.
Survey seeks physician input on apps May 21, 2013 | Frank Irving - Editor
Survey seeks physician input on mobile apps
The University of Delaware is collaborating with HIMSS Analytics and mHIMSS to assess provider attitudes toward mobile applications. Physicians, nurses and IT staff can assist in the effort by completing a brief online survey about the use of apps in the healthcare setting.
Medicare Advantage outshines FFS May 20, 2013 | Chris Anderson - Contributing Editor
Medicare Advantage outshines fee-for-service model in study
U.S. private insurers have created an operating model that can deliver better care at a lower cost and have a major role to play in the ongoing national efforts to improve healthcare quality, according to Stefan Larsson, co-author of a newly released report from Boston Consulting Group.
Wireless pill bottle takes innovation prize May 17, 2013 | Frank Irving - Editor
Wireless pill bottle takes top innovation prize
A device that can measure the exact number of pills in a bottle in real time, wirelessly send HIPAA-compliant data into the cloud, and remind patients to take their medication via automated phone call or text message, took the first-prize award of $50,000 in the Healthcare Innovation World Cup on May 10.
Breaking the cycle of 'Groundhog Day' May 15, 2013 | Madelyn Kearns - Associate Editor
How BI can break the cycle of healthcare's Groundhog Day
To ensure that your organization or practice is capturing and implementing the best data out there, Health IT Summit panelists proffered the following tips and tricks to navigating through challenges and coming out on top by wielding proper business intelligence.
Doctors transform how they practice May 15, 2013 | Kaiser Health News - www.kaiserhealthnews.org
Doctors transform how they practice medicine
Physicians are experimenting with business models and new practice techniques, hoping to find work that is both financially and personally rewarding. One doctor comments, "Unless you remain independent, you will have no say in what kind of medicine you practice."
More trouble May 14, 2013 | Rob Lamberts, MD
Rob Lamberts
I want my patients to see as few doctors, be sick as infrequently, and be on as few drugs as possible. I hope to wage an all-out assault on "more."
App locks down doc communications May 14, 2013 | Eric Wicklund - Senior Editor
Mobile app locks down physician communications
Two mHealth companies, Medweb and DocbookMD, have unveiled a mobile application designed to enable clinicians to communicate and share labs, images and reports via mobile device with other clinicians.

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