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AT&T to market WellDoc mobile diabetes app

In August, WellDoc, a Baltimore-based developer of disease management technology, became one of the first companies to receive FDA approval for a mobile healthcare product, an analytics system for Read more...

Center for Technology and Aging awards $500,000 in home-monitoring grants

The Center for Technology and Aging, an Oakland, Calif.-based organization that seeks to improve the quality of home- and community-based care for seniors, has awarded $500,000 in grants to test Read more...

VA cuts ER visits, admissions with remote care coordination

The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to ramp up its use of telehealth. "It's all about accessibility and reaching as many veterans as possible," Ron Sandreth, operations manager for the Read more...

Paper: Wireless monitoring allows more accurate study of COPD, Parkinson's patients

Wireless monitors can allow healthcare professionals to observe patients with debilitating conditions such as Parkinson's disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) under normal living Read more...

Italy, Denmark try remote monitoring of elderly, COPD patients

One European country is beginning a major test of telemedicine and remote monitoring, while another is moving ahead with plans to expand two pilots nationally. IBM last week launched Secure Living, a Read more...

'Smart clothes' let patients leave the hospital sooner

Get ready for yet another acronym in healthcare: PPU, short for portable patient unit. That's the name for a device that captures vital signs and other readings from sensors embedded into lightweight Read more...

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Health Dialog Receives Renewed NCQA Disease Management (DM) Accreditation

Recognition Affirms DM Excellence; Facilitates Client Efforts to Meet Their Own Requirements BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health Dialog today announced that its Disease Management (DM) program has been Read more >>

Government Policy Versus Marketplace Reality: Healthcare Executives Discuss Challenges, Solutions at MedeAnalytics-Sponsored Sum

Consensus: Ability to Capture, Analyze and Use Data is Critical to Meet Government and Marketplace Quality, Cost PressuresMONTEREY, Calif., Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With implementation of the Read more >>

CJPS Healthcare Inks Major National Contract for VitalPoint® Remote Patient Monitors

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CJPS Healthcare Supplies & Equipment (www.CJPS.com) announces the execution of an agreement to provide 33,000 units of its state-of-the-art remote patient Read more >>

HCI3 Releases Episode Analysis Freeware to Assist CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Applicants

Software part of free online tools and resources to help providers and other applicants apply for the pilot WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- To support providers and other applicants to the Read more >>

CJPS Medical Systems Shakes the World of Telemedicine

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In an unprecedented move, CJPS Medical Systems announces that it will no longer charge for any connectivity fees for caregivers to access patient data when Read more >>