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Readmission simulator could help healthcare staff improve care coordination

Readmission simulator could help healthcare staff improve care coordination

May 24, 2013 4:54 pm by | 0 Comments

You’re working in the ER when a patient comes in with severe congestive heart failure. You look up their file and find out they were discharged within the past 25 ... Read more

An illustration of the challenge low health literacy poses to outcomes (infographic)

An illustration of the challenge low health literacy poses to outcomes (infographic)

May 24, 2013 12:21 pm by | 0 Comments

One of the biggest challenges that healthcare professionals face is figuring out the level of health literacy their patients possess so they can convey information in a way that’s understandable ... Read more


32 life science and health IT startups will compete in MassChallenge 2013

32 life science and health IT startups will compete in MassChallenge 2013

May 23, 2013 5:08 pm by | 0 Comments

Who will win this year’s MassChallenge? The Boston accelerator is set to get its fourth session underway with the announcement of the 128 new startups that will participate. A quarter ... Read more

Nurses want “healthcare versions” of user-friendly personal apps

Nurses want “healthcare versions” of user-friendly personal apps

May 23, 2013 4:00 pm by | 0 Comments

Nurses are the unsung heroes of the hospital who navigate crappy software on outdated hardware to keep you healthy ’ and it needs to stop. Executives from Cedar’s-Sinai and Kaiser ... Read more

Nephosity’s medical image viewing app gets FDA nod for use in remote diagnosis

Nephosity’s medical image viewing app gets FDA nod for use in remote diagnosis

May 23, 2013 2:14 pm by | 0 Comments

The FDA has given the OK to digital health startup Nephosity to market its image viewing mobile app for diagnostic purposes.Nephosity said it receive 510(k) clearance for use of its ... Read more

Telehealth startup 2nd.MD CEO says he got encouragement from Eric Topol

Telehealth startup 2nd.MD CEO says he got encouragement from Eric Topol

May 22, 2013 8:36 pm by | 0 Comments

If you’re a healthcare entrepreneur, it probably doesn’t get much better than getting encouragement from Eric Topol. It’s a bit like a celebrity endorsement. Suffice it to say, Clinton Phillips, ... Read more

Talk to a pharmacist online, improve your blood pressure. But who pays?

Talk to a pharmacist online, improve your blood pressure. But who pays?

May 22, 2013 5:13 pm by | 1 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, people with high blood pressure who could communicate with their pharmacists online had better blood pressure control a year after that ... Read more


EHR adoption reaches “tipping point” but challenges remain

EHR adoption reaches “tipping point” but challenges remain

May 22, 2013 4:59 pm by | 0 Comments

The Department of Health and Human Services marked a milestone this week, announcing more than 50 percent of eligible providers have adopted or used electronic health records — a goal ... Read more

Fearless teen scientists are building PCR machines & finding better ways to detect cancer

Fearless teen scientists are building PCR machines & finding better ways to detect cancer

May 22, 2013 1:30 pm by | 0 Comments

At one point during my trip to FutureMed earlier this year, I found myself seated next to a young man — noticeably younger than many of the entrepreneurs and doctors-in-training ... Read more

Here’s a look at Scanadu’s Tricorder, which has raked in $100K in just a few hours on indiegogo

Here’s a look at Scanadu’s Tricorder, which has raked in $100K in just a few hours on indiegogo

May 22, 2013 9:58 am by | 0 Comments

Scanadu, one of the most high profile participants vying for the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE, today lifted the veil on the design of its medical scanner via an ... Read more

For the 50+ market, it’s about quality of life, not cool technology

For the 50+ market, it’s about quality of life, not cool technology

May 21, 2013 9:45 pm by | 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO ’ Representatives from AARP and Geisinger Health System make no pretensions: They’re not into technology just because it’s cool. While the 50+ population and doctors appear to be ... Read more

Healthcare jargon gets in the way as patients seek information online

Healthcare jargon gets in the way as patients seek information online

May 21, 2013 12:00 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The importance of health literacy hit home for Lisa Gualtieri when a Cambodian refugee diagnosed with cancer asked her to act as a patient advocate. ... Read more

HIPPA-compliant and cloud-based, ConsultingMD offers second opinions to patients

HIPPA-compliant and cloud-based, ConsultingMD offers second opinions to patients

May 21, 2013 7:00 am by | 0 Comments

Reputation.comfounder Owen Tripp is not the kind of entrepreneur who wants to solve small problems. For his new venture, Tripp tells me he has an ambitious solution that will someday ... Read more

Many health care apps are useless, but these show promise

Many health care apps are useless, but these show promise

May 21, 2013 12:01 am by | 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO ’Your health is not solely in your doctor’s hands. As mobile technology improves and health care providers reach out to consumers, many apps are popping up to help ... Read more

Imaging and lab results are begging for an cloud-based makeover

Imaging and lab results are begging for an cloud-based makeover

May 20, 2013 8:39 pm by | 1 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO ’ CD-ROMs may be out of date for transferring music and photos, but the health care industry still uses them to transfer radiology and lab information. David Yakimischak ... Read more