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VA Demos Telehealth Scheduling System to Representatives

by HITC Staff 10/24/2014 Leave a Comment

On Thursday, representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) met with the Veteran Service Organizations (VSO) at the Washington VA Medical Center for a hands-on demonstration of the VA's new Clinical Video Telehealth scheduling system. The solution went live last month and is intended to improve how VA employees schedule future telehealth appointments.  Telehealth rapidly is becoming a popular option, particularly for Veterans who do not have a VA health care facility close to
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Medical Group Launches Pilot Study to Integrate Apple Watch into Patient Care

by HITC Staff 10/22/2014 Leave a Comment

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HSHS Medical Group has announced the launch of a comprehensive pilot study integrate the Apple Watch and other virtual care technology into patient care. The medical group has established a task force, headed by Andrew Bland, MD, chief quality officer, to study the integration of technology into the medical home model prior to Apple’s release of the watch in early 2015. The task force will work together to establish protocols for use of technology and identify doctors and nurse navigators to
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Panasonic Launches Tablet-based Telehealth Service for Seniors

by Jasmine Pennic 10/21/2014 Leave a Comment

Panasonic Launches Tablet-based Telehealth Service for Seniors

Panasonic Corporation announced it will launch a tablet-based telehealth service in November called On4Today, a non-clinical telehealth service provided to long-term care and assisted living facilities. Designed as an 'always on' service, On4Today bridges potential communication gaps between assisted living facility residents and their families, friends and care providers. It delivers connectivity and easy-to-use communications intended to improve staff efficiencies, reduce anxiety for
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Microsoft Offers Researchers Cloud Tools to Fight Ebola Virus

by Jasmine Pennic 10/21/2014 Leave a Comment

Microsoft Offers Researchers Cloud Tools to Fight Ebola Virus

On Monday, Microsoft announced it will provide free Microsoft Azure cloud computing resources to medical researchers working towards developing a better understanding of the spread and cure of the Ebola virus and its associated factors.  Qualifying proposals will be awarded allocations of Microsoft Azure compute and storage resources. Microsoft Azure is an open platform that supports languages, tools, or frameworks, such as Linux, Python, Java, Hadoop, and Microsoft .NET Framework to perform big
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Apple Reportedly Plans to Stop Selling Fitbit Devices

by HITC Staff 10/15/2014 Leave a Comment

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Apple is reportedly planning to pull Fitbit devices from its retail stores, Re/Code first reports. Apple did not release a statement on why they will no longer sell the device; however, it is a safe bet to assume Apple is focusing more on its own wearable solutions optimized for the HealthKit platform. The announcement comes just one week after Fitbit announced it did not have any plans to integrate with Apple's HealthKit platform; however, they did not totally rule out the possibility of
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Mobile Heartbeat Announces Integration with AirStrip One App

by Jasmine Pennic 10/14/2014 Leave a Comment

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Mobile Heartbeat, a provider of smartphone clinical communications, today announced a technology partnership with AirStrip, the leading provider of mHealth solutions that drive clinical transformation through mobility and interoperability. The companies will integrate AirStrip’s proprietary methodology for accessing critical patient data into the Mobile Heartbeat clinical communications platform to provide expanded mobile capabilities to patient care teams. Integration Details The Mobile
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Google Offers Telehealth Visits with Doctors When You Search for Symptoms

by Fred Pennic 10/13/2014 Leave a Comment

Google Telehealth Visits

According to the Pew Research Center, 59% of U.S. adults say they use the Internet to research and gather health information. Approximately 35% of those adults end up using the information they find to diagnose themselves. To solve this problem growing trend of self-diagnosers, Google is reportedly testing a Helpouts- style feature that offers video chats with doctors when consumers search for symptoms/conditions online, Endgaget first reports. The feature was first revealed when one Reddit
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VA Telehealth Visits Tops Over 2 Million in 2014

by Jasmine Pennic 10/13/2014 Leave a Comment

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that its national telehealth programs accounted for more than 2 million telehealth visits during fiscal year 2014. The total represents more than 690k veterans, accounting 12 percent of the overall veteran population. With approximately 55 percent of veterans living in rural areas with limited access to VA healthcare services, telehealth is quickly become a viable option of healthcare. Currently, there are more than 44 clinical
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U. of New Mexico Health Awarded $15M for Telehealth Project

by Jasmine Pennic 10/10/2014 Leave a Comment

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center (CMS) has awarded the department of Neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNMH) $15,120,767 for a new telehealth project, AP reports. The project will provide 30 hospitals throughout the state with around the clock remote access to emergency neurological and neurosurgical consultations conducted by medical experts based at the UNM Medical Center in Albuquerque. Each hospital will be provided with the
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Doctor On Demand and SeeChange Health Partner to Deliver Telemedicine to Employers

by Jasmine Pennic 10/08/2014 1 Comment

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SeeChange Health, a leader in clinically driven health improvement as an enterprise service, announced that it is integrating Doctor On Demand, a healthcare service that provides Video Visits with board-certified physicians via smartphones, tablets or desktop computers, into its FlyWheel health improvement platform. Employers will now easily be able to offer the convenient and affordable Doctor On Demand telemedicine service to their members with a single sign on through the FlyWheel portal.
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