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Topic: health IT

Qualcomm Life’s HealthyCircles deal could boost its appeal to ACOs

Qualcomm Life’s HealthyCircles deal could boost its appeal to ACOs

May 6, 2013 12:26 pm by | 0 Comments

Qualcomm Life’s acquisition of HealthyCircles was big news at American Telemedicine Association‘s annual conference in Austin this morning–not an event typically associated with headline-grabbing M&A announcements. The deal gives Qualcomm ... Read more
Where do states stand on private coverage of telemedicine? Check out this map

Where do states stand on private coverage of telemedicine? Check out this map

May 6, 2013 8:30 am by | 0 Comments

This useful map, downloaded from the American Telemedicine Association’s Wikipedia site, serves as an interesting social barometer to gauge regional attitudes toward telemedicine. The progression of state legislation permitting private ... Read more
Telepsych company sets out to cut overuse of antipsychotics at SNFs

Telepsych company sets out to cut overuse of antipsychotics at SNFs

May 5, 2013 9:30 pm by | 0 Comments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has set a goal of reducing the amount of antipsychotic drugs that are prescribed to residents with dementia at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) ... Read more
When an entrepreneur seizes the mic: Bold move or act of desperation?

When an entrepreneur seizes the mic: Bold move or act of desperation?

May 5, 2013 5:31 pm by | 1 Comments

Healthcare startups in fundraising mode occasionally break the rules to get an investor’s ear. Sometimes it works, but it can generate a collective cringe from onlookers.That was the impression left ... Read more
10 telehealth insiders to follow on Twitter

10 telehealth insiders to follow on Twitter

May 5, 2013 8:00 am by | 1 Comments

As the American Telemedicine Association’s 2013 conference gets underway in Austin this weekend, the event’s attendees reflect the variety of solutions providers are testing and implementing across primary care, dermatology, ... Read more
Wow of the Week: Implantable blood-test-on-a-chip sends continuous readings to a cellphone

Wow of the Week: Implantable blood-test-on-a-chip sends continuous readings to a cellphone

May 4, 2013 8:00 am by | 2 Comments

The nano movement in medical devices has produced some pretty promising inventions, and here’s another to add to the list. Scientists in Switzerland have built an implantable blood testing chip ... Read more
Crowdsourcing research ideas from patients finds cost, prevention top of mind

Crowdsourcing research ideas from patients finds cost, prevention top of mind

May 3, 2013 12:28 pm by | 1 Comments

The Regenstrief Institute, an informatics and healthcare research foundation affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine, recently did something PCORI would approve of. It asked patients across the country ... Read more
Health IT CEO: Physicians shouldn’t wait to be reimbursed before offering telehealth

Health IT CEO: Physicians shouldn’t wait to be reimbursed before offering telehealth

May 3, 2013 12:21 pm by | 0 Comments

Telehealthis seen as an expedient way to improve access to healthcare through telephone calls to email and video interactions to support health education for patients and professionals, long distance clinical ... Read more
Staples wants to sell you your first 3D printer

Staples wants to sell you your first 3D printer

May 3, 2013 11:13 am by | 0 Comments

What does it mean when the world’s largest office products company starts selling 3D printers? It means that 3D printing has finally hit the big time. Staples announced its ... Read more
Android tablets will hit 60% market share this quarter as iPad shipments dip, analyst says

Android tablets will hit 60% market share this quarter as iPad shipments dip, analyst says

May 3, 2013 8:38 am by | 0 Comments

The tablet has been Apple’s main refuge of sales dominance over the past couple of years since Android won massive smartphone market share. Now, an analyst says that not only ... Read more
Oncology data analytics firm targets 96% of cancer patients not in clinical trials

Oncology data analytics firm targets 96% of cancer patients not in clinical trials

May 2, 2013 9:53 pm by | 0 Comments

One of the biggest frustrations cancer doctors have is feeling like they’re the only ones treating cancer, according to Nathaniel Turner, co-founder of cancer data analytics startup Flatiron Health. He ... Read more
This ex-finance/retail exec has found a good fit funding tech for a better patient experience

This ex-finance/retail exec has found a good fit funding tech for a better patient experience

May 2, 2013 4:06 pm by | 0 Comments

What happens when you’ve got a degree in economics, a deep interest in wellness and a resume that includes EA Games, Gap Inc. and KFC Corp. as previous employers? If ... Read more
Bacon over business cards: 6 tips for keeping the conversation flowing at tech events

Bacon over business cards: 6 tips for keeping the conversation flowing at tech events

May 2, 2013 12:24 pm by | 0 Comments

I’m a big fan of business networking (and I’ve even written a book about it!), but there’s often a misconception that networking events have to be big business card exchanging ... Read more
Watch Khosla give his “robots will replace doctors” speech

Watch Khosla give his “robots will replace doctors” speech

May 1, 2013 5:32 pm by | 0 Comments

Just a couple of weeks ago I got to witness a great healthcare discussion between venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and Stanford University Medical School professor Dr. Abraham Verghese at the ... Read more
Docs: EHRs help with remote access to records, flagging potential medical errors (infographic)

Docs: EHRs help with remote access to records, flagging potential medical errors (infographic)

May 1, 2013 3:28 pm by | 0 Comments

Whether they like them or not, seven in 10 office-based physicians now use EHRs, according to data from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. A smaller ... Read more