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Telemonitoring helps to lower blood pressure rates
With an estimated one in three adults in the U.S. suffering from high-blood pressure --which, when combined with stroke, costs the U.S. healthcare system $156 billion annually--it is imperative that
E-reminders improve med adherence in patients with chronic conditions
Sending electronic reminders to patients is a simple yet effective way to improve medication adherence of patients with chronic conditions, according to a new study published in the Journal of the
Humana tests online chronic disease self-management program
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) and Humana Cares, the disease management division of Humana, have partnered in a pilot of Stanford University's online Chronic Disease Self-Management Program .
Patients need communication, cost info in tough economy
Despite a recent uptick in consumers' confidence in their ability to access and pay for healthcare, concerns loom as to whether patients are getting the right outpatient care at the right time. And
mHealth grants worth $477K aimed at improving care for chronically ill
Five one-year grants worth a total of more than $477,000 were awarded by the Center for Technology and Aging to organizations to help determine best practices for using mobile healthcare technologies
Mining EMRs speeds up genetic research
Mining electronic health records (EHRs) produced by different companies for genetic studies on specific chronic conditions still can be far faster and cheaper than trying to recruit patients to
Tunstall to provide telehealth in Australia
British telehealth vendor Tunstall Healthcare just snagged a contract to provide telehealth to more than 6,000 patients in New South Wales, Australia. The government-run, four-year project will cover
Telehealth empowers seniors to avoid hospital visits
Technology that connects seniors with chronic diseases to a nurse who monitors and assesses vital signs from a remote location could lighten demand for emergency room visits and prevent hospital
RAND pushes remote care to ease health system demand
Like so many others who follow healthcare, researchers at RAND believe home-based technology, such as remote monitoring devices and telemedicine, have great potential to rein in healthcare costs and
'Body-to-body' networks could serve healthcare, make Internet more mobile
Researchers at the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology at Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, are studying how wearable sensors might not only help keep
