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Health-Care Reform Creates Boon For Tech Startups
In spring 2009, tech entrepreneur Neil Smiley founded Loopback Analytics, a Dallas company that markets software to help hospitals reduce the probability that patients will suffer complications and have to be readmitted. Read More »
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Health-Enhanced Land Use Planning Software Tool
Toronto Public Health has released a report, A Health and Environment Enhanced Land Use Planning Tool – Highlights, which describes the development and pilot testing of a health-enhanced land use planning tool that was developed under the Healthy Canada by Design CLASP I Initiative with funding provided by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC). Read More »
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Health-Tech Incubators See Influx Of Startups
When Seth Freedman co-founded IntelligentM in December 2011, he was confident of the appeal of his company's product -- an electronic bracelet that keeps track of hand washing among health workers so hospitals can improve hygiene and better control the spread of infections. But [Freedman] lacked the connections to break into the competitive hospital market. Read More »
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Healthcare And Social Media?
One of our Founders, Dr. Jude Pierre, had the privilege of speaking at the National Quality Forum (NQF) the other week on standardizing medications review and management. Among the other things talked about at the conference he mentioned to me about some organizations wanting to mix Healthcare with Social Media... Read More »
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Healthcare Arrives at SXSW
SXSW is the arts-and-music-and-technology cutting-edge hipster showcase. This year, the medical industry found a place at the table. There was a discussion on mobile health in emerging countries as well as discussions around open health data, connecting and managing health data, and health disparities among many others.
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Healthcare Associations Congratulate Obama, Press Issues For Next Term
Healthcare industry stakeholders reacted quickly to President Barack Obama’s victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Here are some excerpts of comments Healthcare Finance News has received: Read More »
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Healthcare Attorneys: New Business Relationships Will Create New EHR Problems
The healthcare industry already has experienced several unintended issues related to electronic health records [...]. But as implementation of EHRs begins to mature and providers step up integration in response to health reform, there will be additional unanticipated operational and business problems involving EHRs that will arise. Read More »
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Healthcare Big Data Silos Prevent Delivery of Coordinated Care
Complaints about silos in healthcare are nothing new. For a patient to fill a single prescription, there are several disconnected groups that need to work together to move the process forward. The specialist and the primary doctor have to connect and share information, and the payer and provider need to be on the same page. Unfortunately, for patients across the country, these stakeholders are moving at different speeds and in different directions, preventing true collaboration across organizations...
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Healthcare Breach Prediction 2014: 'A Perfect Storm'
Get ready, because data breaches are expected to rise in 2014, especially in the healthcare industry. New security threats and regulations that call for more transparency will be partly to blame. Read More »
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Healthcare CIOs In Last With Mobile Tech
More than a quarter of chief information officers across every industry nationwide have yet to sign on with any type of mobile strategy, according to a new survey released today.
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Healthcare Cloud Changing 'With A Vengeance'
Even though healthcare is often perceived as being behind other major industries in cloud computing, that is changing and doing so perhaps even faster than previously thought. Read More »
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Healthcare Cloud Market to Hit $5.4 Billion by 2017
The global market for cloud computing in healthcare is expected to reach $5.4 billion by 2017, according to research firm MarketsandMarkets. Read More »
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Healthcare Corp. Approved For EHR Incentive Payment
The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. stands to get $1.4 million within a month as incentive payment for its electronic health record project after it received drawdown approval over the weekend. Read More »
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Healthcare Crowdfunding Gets Hatched: Passion Is The Possibility Of Health Tech Hatch
Fund next year’s Post-it notes. You can. Through crowdfunding; which seems to have become one of the market’s hottest concepts... Read More »
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Healthcare Cybersecurity Task Force Seeks Industry Input
The recently appointed Healthcare Cybersecurity Task Force is hoping that a crowdsourcing approach will draw in the necessary advice and insight for how the group can best implement change to keep the healthcare industry secure against evolving threats. The Task Force was created under the Cybersecurity Information Security Act of 2015...
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