This is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here.
Health Care Topic: Information Technology
Topics: Aging, Chronic Disease, Information Technology, Medicare
Jul 31, 2012
This is the first in a two-part series. To read the second part, click here.
Topics: Information Technology, Public Health
Jun 12, 2012
The challenges facing the public's health today are as serious as they have ever been. Obesity and diabetes are significant health issues for a large proportion of the U.S. population, more than 2 million—mostly preventable—heart attacks and strokes occur annually and tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.
Topics: Information Technology, Public Health
May 17, 2012
The promise of public health surveillance based on near real-time health data is based on the notion that there will be uniform participation among providers, the systems will be easy to utilize, the data will be timely and standardized and the information gained for the systems will be useful.
Topics: Information Technology
Feb 2, 2012
With all of the discussions of rising health care costs, technology is often cited as being a major potential factor for reversing this crippling trend. Electronic medical records are predicted to save billions of dollars per year through increased efficiency and availability of information.
Topics: Health Reform, Information Technology
Jan 5, 2012
Once most doctors saw how grading could help them improve, they were won over. Electronic medical records are good for the patient, the doctor and the bottom line. But they're not the silver bullet that will slay all the nation's health care problems.
Topics: Information Technology, Public Health
Oct 18, 2011
The store offers a mindboggling array of creative apps, including ones that calculate calories burned during exercise, create soundtracks to help people fall asleep, and display pictures that can elicit memories from Alzheimer’s patients. If the store doesn’t offer something for what ails you now, it probably will soon.
Topics: Chronic Disease, Information Technology
Oct 4, 2011
A look at at three research projects aimed at developing something that may work—something that may improve end of life care for both the patient and the family.
Topics: Information Technology
Sep 8, 2011
On August 23, 2011, some people in New York knew an earthquake was coming before it happened. They weren’t psychic (as far as I know), but digital tweets from their friends in Washington, DC arrived 30 seconds before any seismic rumbles began
Topics: Behavioral Health, Information Technology
May 12, 2011
According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 88 percent of American adults who have Internet access research information about their health online. This trend provides a unique opportunity to improve the patient experience and quite possibly their health outcomes.
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