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NewsSmartphone apps push m-health market, but payment issues persist
It's time for a reality check with a little bit of the type of prognostication that necessitated this reality check. "mHealth solutions have been discussed since the end of the 90s," German mobile Read more...
Report: 94 percent of docs have smartphones, but communication gaps persist
How ubiquitous have smartphones become among physicians? A new report from Menlo Park, Calif.-based Spyglass Consulting Group says that an astounding 94 percent of doctors are using smartphones to Read more...
Leaders in San Diego m-health community discuss wireless innovation, roadblocks
Readers of FierceMobileHealthcare understand how wireless and mobile technologies have the potential to revolutionize healthcare. Now, the wider business community is starting to figure that out. "I Read more...
Intel: Nine in 10 say telehealth will transform care in next decade
Nearly nine in 10 healthcare and IT professionals responding to a recent survey believe telehealth will have a profound effect on the transformation of care in the next decade. The survey, sponsored Read more...
Telehealth, m-health advocates call for major reimbursement changes
Dr. Mohit Kaushal, digital healthcare director of the Federal Communications Commission's Omnibus Broadband Initiative, is a big booster of mobile healthcare technologies. (What other government Read more...
IDC report: Lack of reimbursement holding back healthcare videoconferencing
Just 4.6 percent of patients surveyed by research and publishing firm IDC say they have received medical care via videoconferencing. For those 65 and older--people most likely to need care for Read more...
Study: Remote health monitoring growing, but restrained by payment policies
Remote health management represents just 1.4 percent of the market for home health monitoring in the U.S., but it's expected to double from $1.8 billion in 2007 to $3.6 billion in 2012, representing Read more...
Report foresees a boom in wireless telehealth by 2012
There will be 15 million medical devices with built-in cellular connectivity in use worldwide by early 2012, predicts a new study from ABI Research. Many of these "telehealth devices," as ABI calls Read more...
Smartphones catch on with docs of all ages--for now
So, apparently, you can teach old docs new tricks. An Epocrates executive reports that the average age of that company's mobile drug database is 45. "It isn't just the younger clinician anymore who Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Reimbursement rates for wireless monitoring
A group of CMS-designated Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities will fight a plan to cut Medicare reimbursement rates for wireless cardiac monitoring services starting in the fall. A Swiss Read more...
| Press ReleasesKern Medical Center Awarded Federal Funds for Meaningful Use of OpenVista Electronic Health RecordMedsphere’s OpenVista enables California county hospital to meet Medicare and Medicaid requirements of federal reimbursement program, cover initial EHR investment costs CARLSBAD & BAKERSFIELD, Read more >> Transamerica Launches New Voluntary Prescription Drug Indemnity Benefit for Part-Time and Limited-Income WorkersConvenient TransChoice Plus ID/debit card speeds up reimbursement; deep discounts stretch healthcare dollars LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Transamerica Employee Benefits, formerly known as Read more >> Red Tape a Major Barrier to the Use of Telemedicine, Study ShowsPHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Administrative burdens and limits on reimbursement are among the obstacles keeping hospitals from choosing to implement potentially lifesaving telemedicine programs, Read more >> Midland Memorial Hospital Receives Federal Funds for Meaningful Use of OpenVista Electronic Health RecordMedsphere’s OpenVista enables Texas county hospital to meet Medicare and Medicaid requirements of federal reimbursement program and receive more than initial investment cost of OpenVista CARLSBAD, Read more >> Hoboken University Medical Center Receives Federal Stimulus Funds for Achieving Meaningful Use with Medsphere’s OpenVistaNew Jersey hospital is one of first community facilities to receive federal reimbursement for use of health IT system CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medsphere Systems Corporation today Read more >> |
