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Doc groups blast $320B Medicare, Medicaid cuts in 2013
In response to yesterday's release of the White House budget proposal , provider groups are quickly blasting the President's proposed $320 billion cuts to Medicare and Medicaid , fearing repercussions
VA cancels portion of deadly COPD readmission study
Grave safety concerns and deaths have forced the cancellation of part of a national study by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The trial, known as the BREATH study, was aimed at reducing
Air Force medevac planes deliver mobile health on a grand scale
Call it mobile health on a grand scale. Healthcare experts generally recommend against patient transfers whenever possible, but not the U.S. military when treating trauma cases in combat zones.
Mobile telemedicine system beams live video from ambulance to Cincinnati Children's
This is the kind of story we love--so much so that we mentioned this exact case already a few months ago. We refer to the Transport AV telemedicine system in use at Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Wireless monitoring extends the reach of busy clinicians
In the words of CSC consultant Fran Turisco, wireless monitoring systems are becoming "a technological safety net for busy caregivers." In this month's Healthcare Informatics, Turisco and others tell
Report: The value of remote ICU monitoring is unclear
We hinted last week about a new study questioning the efficacy of remote ICU monitoring as a way to cut costs and improve quality, but the story was under embargo at the time. Now we can report that
Canadian province tests remote ICU monitoring with phone, video, data links
Remote ICU monitoring has been around for several years to provide round-the-clock virtual coverage of critical care patients at facilities that can't afford to have intensivists on duty at all
Air Force touts 'ICU care in the air'
American servicemen and women are surviving battlefield wounds and other severe medical conditions better than ever before, thanks in part to Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATTs), an airborne
