New wearable device allows clinicians to see "through" a patient's skin for fast, accurate and precise venous access.
40% of IV starts require multiple attempts to locate and access a vein contributing to patient discomfort and dissatisfaction, according to studies. To solve this pain point, Evena Medical has recently unveiled a pair of glasses that allows clinicians to 'see through' a patient's skin to easily locate veins for intravenous placement. Evena’s point-of-care Eyes-On system is
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Proposed Health IT Standards Would Facilitate Better Care and Outcomes for Patients and Families
Debra L. Ness, president, National Partnership for Women & Families issues statement on how the proposed health IT standards would facilitate better care and outcomes for patients and families.
“The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued for the voluntary 2015 edition of electronic health record (EHR) technology certification criteria is an important next step in the ongoing effort to ensure health information technology (health IT) facilitates better care, better outcomes, and lower
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Infographic: State of Mobile Technologies in Healthcare Today
HIMSS infographic illustrates the state of mobile technologies in healthcare.
Today, HIMSS Analytics released its 3rd Annual Mobile Survey, which examines the mHealth landscape and examines the use of mobile devices in provider patient care improvement initiatives.
The Survey, which reflects the responses of 298 respondents from more than 650 U.S. hospitals, offers examples of progress made and hurdles providers face when integrating mobile technologies into their facilities to improve
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Ringadoc’s Phone Concierge Makes Patients’ Own Doctors Virtually Available On Demand
Ringadoc’s phone concierge empowers patients with immediate, reliable access to their own trusted physician.
Ringadoc, the industry leader in next generation patient-doctor communication tools, today introduced Ringadoc Phone Concierge, a virtual consultation service designed to introduce a convenient new first touch point into medical care for patients and their existing doctor.
“In an increasingly congested, expensive and reactive healthcare system, the potential benefits have never
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New Medication Adherence Platform Delivers $21M in Prescription Savings
New DrFirst medication adherence platform, Patient Advisor Delivers $21M in Prescription Savings for uninsured patients in first three months.
DrFirst, a provider of healthcare IT solutions designed to improve clinical outcomes for patients, announced today during HIMSS 2014 that its new pharmacy savings program offered within the company’s Patient Advisor℠ medication adherence platform has delivered an estimated $21 million in prescription savings opportunities in its first three months of
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Infographic: 25th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey
25th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey findings and infographic demonstrates the positive impact of health IT.
Today, at the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, HIMSS published the results of the 25th Annual 2014 HIMSS Leadership Survey, which highlights the journey of health IT over the past 25 years. The Survey examines a wide array of topics crucial to healthcare leaders including IT priorities, issues driving and challenging technology adoption and IT security.
The Survey
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DrFirst Partners with Greenway to Bring Controlled Substance E-prescribing to Greenway Users Nationwide
DrFirst, a leading provider of healthcare IT solutions designed to improve clinical outcomes for patients, today announced a partnership to bring electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) to Greenway’s network of thousands of healthcare providers across primary care and more than 30 specialties.
U.S. providers are increasingly prescribing controlled substances electronically in order to improve safety, efficiency and security. Controlled substance e-prescribing, which is now
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CommonWell Health Alliance Expands Interoperability Services with Tenet Health
CommonWell Health Alliance – the health information technology (HIT) vendor-led interoperability effort has announced that Tenet Healthcare Corporation, with 77 hospitals in 14 states, has signed a letter of intent to use the Alliance services. This comes two months after the announcement that participating providers from Chicago; Elkin and Henderson, NC; and Columbia, SC joined the initial launch of CommonWell’s interoperability services.
“We are excited to expand the rollout of CommonWell’s
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CareFirst BCBS Commits $1.3M to Telemedicine Projects Expanding Behavioral Healthcare To Underserved Areas of Md., D.C.
CareFirst BCBS commits $1.3M in telemedicine projects to fund expansion of behavioral health services in underserved areas of Md., D.C.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) has pledged to invest more than $1.3 million in four initiatives designed to expand the use of telemedicine to treat patients with behavioral health care needs in underserved urban and rural areas of Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Lack of Qualified Providers Demonstrate Need for Telemedicine Services
In some
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Infographic: Top Physician Information Sources by Mobile Device
Infographic illustrates the top physician information sources by frequency of mobile device usage on smartphones/tablets.
As physician practices around the country prepare for significant changes in 2014, many are looking to new technologies and information sources to drive efficiencies while ensuring quality of care. Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information for healthcare professionals, has depicted these trends in their Physician Information Sources infographic. The
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