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Standing at the Threshold of 2012

LinkousThink

2011 left many old timers in telemedicine enjoying the newfound enthusiasm about telemedicine, telehealth and all the other related expressions (mHealth, e-health, etc.) It’s been a great year. that describe this field. Bells were pealing. Hypers were hyping. Prognosticators were predicting.

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Edward Martinez, SVP/CIO, Miami Children’s Hospital, Chapter 3

Health System CIO

Focus on telehealth — “How do we get these sub-specialists in front of the kids who can’t walk in here”. I know a lot of the things that you won that for were based on telemedicine and telehealth and extending out the enterprise for remote visits and things like that. Garnering CHIME Innovator of the Year honors. Martinez: Thank you.

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Keynote Speakers at ATA 2013

Medicine and Technology

Under Britton’s leadership, Mercy was named the 2012 “Most Wired” healthcare organization by the American Hospital Organization. For 18 years, the ATA Annual International Meeting & Exposition has been the premier forum for the fields of telemedicine, telehealth and mHealth. Jeffrey Henley, Chairman, Oracle Corporation.

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Seven Market Trends

LinkousThink

I have selected seven topics for brief comments and predictions as we start 2012: 1. mHealth mHealth is still a sizzling subject and is an important addition to the mix of technologies changing the way healthcare is delivered along with other innovations such as social networking, “Big Data” and personalized medicine.

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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

It is interesting to note that a 2012 report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on this topic concluded that hospital consolidation increases healthcare costs and that physician-hospital consolidation has neither improved quality of care or reduced costs.

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Five Digital Health Imperatives for Patient Safety

The Digital Health Corner

In a post I wrote here in 2012, I discussed some of the implications of low health literacy. In fact, low health literacy is related to higher mortality rates.

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Finally, Some Concrete Use Cases for Telehealth

Chilmark Research

A recent report has gone great lengths to explain how and to what extent telehealth can improve outcomes, and it is well worth a read if your healthcare organization (HCO) plans to explore investments in telehealth services now or in the future. Evidence of Effectiveness for Telehealth Functionality and Clinical Areas (Source: AHRQ).