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HANDI Health Apps Looking for Workshop Speakers/Panelists
Just got an email from Jill Riley from HANDI Health calling for speakers and panelists for their upcoming conference on November 4th and 5th in Birmingham, UK. HANDI Health is a non-profit organization focused on the development of open source health IT solutions. They have had a series of very successful conferences and workshops and many senior members of UK's National Health System believe that HANDI has contributed more usable code than what they got from the $19.6 billion failure of their previous Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) effort. Read More »
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Health 3.0 Is Holistic
If Health 2.0 meant adding devices, then the next wave means incorporating more than just technology Read More »
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Health Care, Stop Using: Insurance, Market, and Quality (Part 1 of 2)
The health care insurance industry looks like no other insurance
Andy Oram
industry in the world. When we think of insurance, we think of paying semi-annually into a fund we hope we never need to use. But perhaps every twenty years or so, we suffer damage to our car, our house, or our business, and the insurance kicks in. That may have been true for healthcare 70 years ago, when you wouldn’t see the doctor unless you fell into a pit or came down with some illness they likely couldn’t cure anyway.
The insurance model is totally unsuited for health care today...
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Health Law May Strain Mental Health System
The Affordable Care Act will open doors for more patients to get treatment, but resources may not be there to meet the demand in states such as Delaware. Read More »
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Hearing Looks at Ways to Help Veterans (NY)
In an effort to improve the treatment of soldiers returning home from combat with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, advocates and veterans last week testified before the state Legislature. Read More »
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Hey, Funding For A Program That Actually Helps Wounded Warriors Is Running Out!
The Defense Department, the veterans administration, and the Obama administration are missing an enormous opportunity to help wounded warriors, indeed every serviceman and woman returning from battle overseas. Read More »
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How Analytics Are Changing Health Care
There is more to federal health IT than HealthCare.gov. And as agencies grapple with public health research and the care of their patient populations, innovators outside government are showing what's possible with improved electronic health records (EHRs) and predictive analytics.
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How VA Is Driving Telemedicine
Telemedicine, or the broader term telehealth, allows patients to receive medical examinations from primary care physicians, consult with specialists, participate in one-on-one psychotherapy or counseling, and share diagnostic information using videoconferencing and other electronic communications tools. It has mainly been used to reach those who live in rural areas, but its influence is spreading. Read More »
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IMS MAXIMS Electronic Patient Record Selected for NHS Clinical and Digital Information Systems Framework
NHS hospitals across the country will be able to respond to paperless and personalised care ambitions, by procuring IMS MAXIMS electronic patient record (EPR) technology through a new clinical technology Framework. The pioneering technology specialist has been awarded a place on the new Clinical & Digital Information Systems Framework Agreement (CDIS), launched by NHS London Procurement Partnership (LPP)...
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In U.S., Veterans Report Less Stress, Worry Than Civilians
Americans may understandably believe that the nation's veterans are suffering emotionally given news reports of high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mood or anxiety disorders among those who have served in the military. However, Gallup finds that among employed Americans, active-duty and veteran populations are more emotionally resilient than their civilian counterparts...
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Innovation At VA: App Offered To Hurricane Sandy Victims
A mobile app originally developed to aid veterans has been offered to mental health personnel helping Hurricane Sandy's victims, an example of how innovation and technology within the federal government can have a broader reach than ever before. Read More »
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Integrative Medicine for Mental Health (IMMH) Clinician Registry
Integrative Medicine for Mental Health (IMMH) strives to offer the most up-to-date information on integrative medicine in mental health, practical clinical solutions, and now provides 'open access' to a new clinician registry of healthcare professionals supportive of the integrative medicine approach. Integrative medicine for mental health involves a whole body approach utilizing multiple fields of traditional medicine, including medications, psychotherapy, nutritional sciences, dietary interventions, and more. Read More »
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I’m Very PTSD Aware
Both the Army and the VA want us all to be aware that this is PTSD Awareness month and do something about it. Read More »
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Lawmaker Wants To Cut Backlog On Veterans' Claims
The Florida Republican who chairs the House Veterans Affairs Committee wants to speed up the time it takes to process veterans' disability claims. Read More »
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Let’s Fight Big Pharma’s Crusade To Turn Eccentricity Into Illness
Nature takes the long view, mankind the short. Nature picks diversity; we pick standardization. We are homogenizing our crops and homogenizing our people. And Big Pharma seems intent on pursuing a parallel attempt to create its own brand of human monoculture. Read More »
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