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IcyHeart European project to enable realtime tele-health. EE Times. European researchers and industry leaders seek to deliver unobtrusive wireless battery powered ECG monitoring solution for ambulatory use with the ability to analyze the ECG waveform and detect abnormal events in real time. Read here.
Popsi Cube Launches Popsicare A Telehealth App For Blood Pressure And Risk Factor Monitoring Dedicated To Medical Health Professionals And Pharmaceutical Industry. Medical Design Online. The capture of medical data from home and its transmission to health professionals in real time is a solution for the future with the advent of telehealth. Read here.
Cisco TelePresence Enables Physician Consultations in Pharmacies. vAdvert. With netCare, patients can receive a formal and documented initial consultation (triage) with a physician over a video link at a pharmacy. Read here.
Polycom at IBM Lotusphere 2012 Unveils Latest Enterprise-Grade Video Collaboration Solutions Integrated With Social Business Apps. Market Watch. "Video collaboration is mission critical in organizations today, and the ways companies are using video is rapidly evolving," said Sue Hayden, executive vice president Strategic Alliances, Polycom. Read here.
Telemedicine on the rise in Northeastern Ontario. CBCNews. The health network is seeing an increase in the use of telemedine technology across Northeastern Ontario because it is such an effective tool to connect doctors and patients. Read here.
QuadMed partners with MDLiveCare on telehealth initiative. Healthcare IT News. Under the agreement, QuadMed officials say they'll deploy MDLiveCare’s telehealth technology to create what they call ‘Virtual QuadMed’ approach that expands the scope of its clinics, giving employees and their family members another way to access QuadMed providers and services. Read here.
CardioComm Solutions, Inc. Receives FDA Clearance to Market First Over-the-Counter Heart Monitoring Solution. Market Watch. The FDA clearance also included CardioComm Solutions' GEMS(TM) (Global ECG Management System) Home software, which enables the HeartCheck(TM) Pen to be connected to a personal computer to upload the heart rhythm recording to CardioComm Solutions' C4 medical call service telemedicine group for review by a physician. Read here.
Telecom, health tech companies tie up to offer medical advice on mobile. Business Standard. Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone operator, has recently tied-up with Religare Technologies, a company controlled by promoters of the Fortis hospital chain, to offer healthcare solutions and guidance over telephone. Read here.
HP and GlobalMed Partner for New Tablet-Based Solution, Telemedicine Carts. Mobile Enterprise. GlobalMed, a healthcare delivery systems company, recently announced that it will partner with HP to introduce three new mobile telemedicine carts and a tablet PC solution that will allow physicians to connect with each other and care for patients remotely. Read here.
AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc. Announces New Reseller Partnership With Australian Reseller. PRWeb. TMA was established to bring the best quality telemedicine services to Australians in regional, rural and remote areas who have been somehow disadvantaged in accessing medical specialist expertise. Read here.
Monitoring Health on the Move. Telemedicine News. Ford, Microsoft Corp, and Healthrageous announced at the Digital Health Summit, that they plan to work together to develop connected devices to help people monitor and maintain health and wellness while in their cars. Read here.
Defense Department's telehealth center launches site for military kids. Modern Healthcare. Psychologists at the U.S. Defense Department's National Center for Telehealth and Technology have created an interactive website to help the children of deployed parents manage stress and share their experiences with others. Read here. |
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Federal Telemedicine News: CMS Awards $500 Million. TelemedicineNews.com. CMS through the CMS Medicare Medicaid Innovation Center has made $500 million available for the new “Partnership for Patients” (PFP) program.The goal is to reduce harm in hospital settings by 40 percent and reduce hospital readmissions by 20 percent over a three year period. Read here.
The American Academy of Dermatology and American Telemedicine Association are pushing to make teledermatology a covered service under Medicare Part B. Health Data Management. Read here.
Medicare Finalizes A New Rule For Telemedicine Services. Medical News Today. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that it has finalized a rule for telemedicine services to ensure that patients in rural or remote areas will continue to receive the most cutting-edge medical care from many of their local hospitals. Read here.
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