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Remote patient monitoring is only 'overhyped' if you're stuck in last century
Someone misses the point again. Remember my column last week , in which I took telephone-based telemedicine to task--and also chided the Los Angeles Times for referring to this approach as a "a good,
ARRA fueled doubling of 2009 EMR sales
Fueled by the prospect of federal incentive payments courtesy of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, sales of acute-care EMRs to large hospitals nearly doubled in 2009, according to health IT
Certification announcement removes last external barrier to meaningful use
I laughed a few weeks ago when I got the news that GE Healthcare had earned 2011 CCHIT certification for its Centricity Practice Solution EMR. What good is certification from CCHIT, or anyone else,
Qualcomm: We meet with wireless healthcare device makers daily
Qualcomm, the San Diego-based chipmaker for mobile phones, already is a big player in mobile healthcare. And it seems to be getting bigger. "We meet with one medical device company a day," Qualcomm
HIMSS: Reluctant prescribers are the biggest barrier to e-prescribing adoption
After the DEA officially lifted the restrictions against the use of electronic prescribing for controlled substances in June, it eliminated the single greatest barrier to e-prescribing in a decade.
Study: CT scan radiation dose cut in half when used with new software program
For those of you who may be less inclined to check for colon cancer due to the invasive nature of a colonoscopy and the radioactive dangers posed by a virtual colonoscopy, this may be cause to
GE, Siemens among top CT scan-makers to pledge tighter safety controls
The top five CT scan manufacturers are about to install more stringent safety controls after numerous reports of patients receiving potentially lethal doses of radiation. In the most recent case,
Consumers won't trust government, vendors with health data
Finally, someone is talking about a different kind of healthcare reform than the debate that's raged for the better part of a year over expanding insurance coverage. And this part promises to be even
Consolidation and more consolidation
Remember VitalWorks? It's now part of Cerner. Per-Se Technologies? MercuryMD? Bought by Micromedex, which since has become part of Thomson Reuters. Other names that have disappeared from the
New Daschle revelations raise questions about forthcoming EMR rules
Early in 2009, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) withdrew his nomination to be HHS secretary after it became known that he under-reported income on his tax returns; he drew heavy
