Kaiser Permanente news from FierceMobileHealthcare
News'Smart' Band-Aids signal new possibilities for remote monitoring
"Smart" Band-Aids that can detect vital signs and alert healthcare professionals when there's an abnormal reading may be new, but they represent more than a decade of advances in the field of remote... Read more...
Study: Home BP monitoring, online coordination can reduce hypertension
Home-based monitors that automatically transmit readings to a disease registry can have a significant effect on controlling hypertension, according to a new study. The technology helped 58 percent of... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Differences between e-health and m-health
Wondering what the difference is between e-health and mobile health? Kaiser Permanente gadget guru Dr. Ted Eytan (officially medical director for delivery systems operations improvement for the... Read more...
Report: Remote monitoring shows great potential in chronic, elder care
Remote patient monitoring is among seven technologies with great potential to improve care of chronic conditions, reduce healthcare costs and maximize the independence of older adults, according to a... Read more...
'Hospital of tomorrow' to feature robots, RFID and lots of home monitoring
Robots, "smart" beds that send vital signs to EMRs, RFID to track equipment and personnel, home monitoring and remote diagnosis capability are just some of the technologies proving their worth right... Read more...
Kaiser clinic experiments with text reminders
Some of the technologies described in this month's Wired cover story are in use at Kaiser Permanente's Santa Rosa (CA) Medical Center, which serves as a test lab of sorts for the whole organization's... Read more...
Kaiser deploys digital mobile clinic to Hawaii
We're trying to avoid the myriad "mobile healthcare" stories involving clinics in vans since this newsletter is part of the FierceHealthIT family, but here's one with a clear IT focus: Kaiser... Read more...
Portable records might have a place in medical tourism
To date, only large, academic health organizations like the Cleveland Clinic and Partners HealthCare System, and closed networks like Kaiser Permanente and the Veterans Health Administration, have... Read more...
| Press ReleasesKaiser Permanente Demonstrates Success of Large-Scale Total Joint Replacement RegistryAlignment of Technology and Operations Can Improve Quality of CareOAKLAND, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A total joint replacement registry based on carefully designed and integrated technology can Read more >> Research and Markets: US Hospitals Industry Report: 6,500 Hospitals with Combined Annual Revenue of Approximately $700 BilDUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/239e42/hospitals) has announced the addition of the "Hospitals" report to their offering. The US hospital Read more >> Approval of Contract Between Employees and Kaiser Permanente Guarantees 46,000 Good Jobs in a Sea of Unemployment in CalifOAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A majority of members of the largest union of healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente, the Service Employees International Union–United Healthcare Workers West Read more >> Kaiser Permanente Southern California Delivers 100% Support for “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands” InitiativePASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) was honored by the World Health Organization (WHO) this week for having achieved 100 percent registration in the Read more >> Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Report First Quarter 2010 Financial ResultsOAKLAND, Calif., May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries (KFHP/H) reported today a combined total operating revenue of $11.0 Read more >> |
