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HHS tests at-home and community care
Supporting at-home and community-based care, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services finalized the rule for a new Medicaid state plan option called Community First Choice and announced the
GSMA predicts mHealth market growth, hospitals to reap $2.4B share
Predictions of the global growth continue to mount, the latest coming from the EU's Group Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA). The newest prediction: The worldwide market for mobile health revenue
Cash-strapped hospital hires expensive consultants, angers staff
As hospitals continue to struggle financially, some are turning to private consulting firms for advice. Yet, Chicago's Cook County Health and Hospitals System's decision to hire consultants from the
Exchange rule leaves payer requirements vague
Although it seems the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) proposed rule on health insurance exchanges is stacked in healthcare payers' favor as HHS granted many of the big insurers'
Hospital-physician marriages: What will make this round stick?
The trend toward physician-hospital alignment continues to build with gusto. But unlike the failed unions of the 1990s, there's more need and incentive for these marriages to stick, notes a recent
Survey: Increased patient involvement needed in Meaningful Use push
Healthcare providers need to do a better job of engaging their patients in Meaningful Use initiatives and aligning their efforts to meet patients' needs in order to truly have success going into
PwC doc says vendors, providers, telecoms must collaborate on mobile connectivity
We reported extensively last month on the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of the mobile healthcare landscape, including the point that most mobile devices used in healthcare don't connect to
Mobile health companies need to prove value
A couple of debates keep raging in mobile healthcare, and a recent, widely publicized report from PricewaterhouseCoopers has helped to fan the flames. First off, what exactly is mobile healthcare? To
Mobile healthcare will be 'widely accepted' by 2015
The economy may be stubbornly sluggish, but those who work in mobile and wireless healthcare are bullish about the industry. According to an informal survey by UK-based event planner Informa Telecoms
The more things change...
I'm right in between speaking engagements. I leave tomorrow for Toronto, where I'll present Thursday morning in at the Mobile Healthcare and Medicine Symposia , part of a fairly big deal called Mobile
