Telehealth
A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is looking to take basic charting and clinical functions out of the EMR and offer a simple clinical software package to nonprofits working around the globe.
The Ontario Telemedicine Network, touted as one of the world's largest, is moving beyond its video conferencing roots by adding a web-based system from Vidyo that will enable doctors and patients to communicate through their PCs.
The government's meaningful use guidelines for healthcare reform have caught the attention of mobile health and telemedicine advocates, who say their programs are right in line with efforts to adopt IT to improve healthcare delivery.
During UC Irvine's White Coat Ceremony on Friday each member of the School of Medicine's incoming class of 2015 will receive an iPad as part of the school's initiative to provide students with a digital medical education.
A new report from the UnitedHealth Group indicates rural Americans will face an increasing need for healthcare and more challenges in accessing it, and recommends telehealth and telemedicine technology as a possible solution.
Intel-GE Care Innovations, a collaboration formed last year to advance telehealth solutions for the home healthcare market, has launched Connect, a home-based medical device that serves as a communications platform and wellness portal for isolated seniors.
Two recent reports paint a rosy picture for the use of telemedicine in children's hospitals, both as a way of connecting specialists with patients and giving kids a link to their parents or other patients.
A non-profit charged with managing Tennessee's telehealth network is shutting down amid an investigation that two former executives stole or misused more then $1 million in grant funding.
Minnesota-based IT company helps health plans, employers connect with health clubs and manage employees' workout routines.
Once upon a time, the tools of medicine were pretty simple: tongue depressor, blood pressure cuff, stethoscope. Nowadays? Try exergames and first-person simulators, "wiihabilitation" and multiplayer mHealth apps.