The first draft of the 10 year ONC interoperability roadmap will be unveiled at the joint meeting of the Health Information Technology Policy and Standards committees on October 15, according to Karen DeSalvo, ONC National Coordinator.
On Monday during the opening session of AHIMA's 2014 convention in San Diego, DeSalvo stressed that health IT interoperability is a top priority for the ONC. The new roadmap will be finalized with feedback from private sector stakeholders to successfully
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Digital Health Funding Surpasses Over $3B in Q3 of 2014
Digital health funding has officially surpassed the $3B mark in Q3 of 2014 representing over 100% year over year growth, according to report from Rock Health, a full service seed fund for digital health startups. The report found the average deal size for the year dropped $2.5M per deal to $13.1M since the mid-year mark.
The largest funding deals in Q3 2014 include Proteus Digital Health ($52M), Teladoc ($50.3), and Chunyu ($50M). Analytics and big data startups raked in $381M leading the
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75% of Adults Do Not Use Health Tracking Apps or Devices
75 percent of adults do not track their weight, diet, or exercise using a health tracking apps or devices, according a new nationwide survey conducted by TechnologyAdvice. The most commonly cited reasons for not tracking fitness or health is:
- no specific reason for not tracking their fitness (43.7 percent)
- a general lack of interest (27.2 percent)
- concerns over device cost (17.7 percent)
The report reveals while health tracking apps and devices have created an unprecedented
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Digital Health Venture Capital: 4 Areas VCs Are Betting On
When it comes to digital health venture capital, firms are focusing on four areas where they expect significant growth activity to take place.
The year 2014 has not just started out on a good note for the digital health and health IT market, but it seems to be all set to be the best year ever. The top 20 venture capital firms have been busy right from the start of the year investing in this arena and giving a massive boost to deal activity here. A CB Insights data report indicates that funding
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Pristine Nabs $5.5M To Expand Telehealth Through Google Glass
Google Glass medical app developers Pristine, announced today that it has raised $5.5M in Series A financing to expand telehealth through Google Glass. Pristine is only company that has developed a HIPAA-compliant video streaming and checklist solutions for Google Glass. The round was led by S3 Ventures which also included Capital Factory, HealthFundr, and a syndicate of strategic clients. The funding will be used to expand the company's R&D, sales, marketing, and operations teams,
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drchrono’s PHR Integrates with Apple’s HealthKit
drchrono announced the launch of its Personal Health Record platform (PHR), onpatient, with a HealthKit integration on iOS 8. This integration allows patients to import data they choose from the Health app into their onpatient personal health records and send it to their physician in an easy-to-digest snapshot. According to Dr. James Rieger MD, "In the last few years, patients have been trying to bring their wellness data into the office, but I just couldn't look at it all. This new format
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Digital Health Ear Thermometer Integrates with Apple HealthKit
Swaive has developed a digital health smart thermometer that integrates with Apple HealthKit on the iPhone or iPad. The bluetooth Swaive smart thermometer analyzes temperature and provides critical information to help monitor the health of the whole family.
How It Works
The smart thermometer is designed to be the easiest for anyone to use and obtain accurate results with a 0.01 degree professional grade accuracy to meet FDA requirements. Users simply put the device in the ear, press the
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Can Google Glass Transform Into A Real-Time Health Sensor?
The latest fixation on quantified self movement in the form of wristbands, cuffs and watches has been given a new dimension. It may now be possible to prevent diseases even before you start seeing visible symptoms. According to a recent study, researchers at Affective Computing Group, part of the MIT Media Lab and Georgia Institute of Technology, have transformed Google Glass into a health sensor.
The research team has found that the head-mounted wearable device can seamlessly monitor the
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WEDI Survey Reveals ICD-10 Delay Negatively Impacted Provider Readiness
The ICD-10 delay to October 1, 2015 has negatively impacted provider progress causing two-thirds of providers to slow down efforts or place them on hold altogether, according to recent Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) industry preparedness survey results. The survey reveals that while the ICD-10 delay was supposed to provide healthcare organizations more time to be prepared to the ICD-10, many organizations are failing to take advantage of the additional time.
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HealthKit Apps Return Is Quickly Thwarted by More iOS 8 Bugs
Last week, a software bug delayed the launch of Apple HealthKit on iOS8 preventing developers from making HealthKit apps. On Wednesday of this week, Apple provided the first update to the new iOS 8 software that fixes a bug so HealthKit Apps can be made available on the App Store.
Other list of changes in the iOS 8.0.1 release include:
Addresses an issue where third-party keyboards could become deselected when a user enters their passcode.
Fixes an issue that prevented some apps from
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