Telehealth
Open Health Tools, a multi-stakeholder open source community whose chief health informatics officer is Robert M. Kolodner, MD, the former national coordinator, is joining with the Georgia Institute of Technology on a public-private initiative designed to accelerate the adoption of health information technology.
Whether the doctor or the patient will be the driving force behind mobile healthcare, remains debatable after a spirited discussion Tuesday at mHealth Summit in the nation's capital.
When Apple introduced its much-anticipated iPad 2 in March, the event featured a video in which John Halamka, MD, chief information officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, highlighted the clinical uses of the new technology.
At RSNA 2011 on Monday, radiologists and imaging professionals from across the country and around the world prepped themselves to make the most of a fast-changing healthcare landscape -- one in which health IT will play an increasing and pivotal role.
The government will award up to $1 billion to fund innovative projects across the country that test creative ways to deliver high quality medical care and save money.
At the launch this past month of the iPhone 4S, new Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that, "80 percent of the top hospitals in the U.S. are now testing or piloting the iPad." That's a good thing, because a fast-increasing number of medical schools are doing the same. The iPad, it seems, is becoming as ubiquitous as the stethoscope.
Two separate studies, released within weeks of one another, point to the fact that physicians are entering the online space professionally.
Maine is a deceptively complex state, with remote sections defined by grid coordinates rather than town names, island communities accessible only by boat and winter storms that make driving nearly impossible. What better place, then, to test a new telehealth service?
Three organizations are receiving grants of up to $1 million apiece to help expand the nation’s network of telehealth resource centers.
Google and Yahoo were cited by 46 percent of physicians in a recent survey as a frequent source of information used to diagnose, treat and care for patients.