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17/06/2015

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/health-care/2015/06/a-wearable-heart-monitor-key-to-growth-for.html?ana=twt

With the addition of a new wearable device able to track your heart rate, FitLinxx expects to double or triple its revenue and add up to 25 more employees.

13/06/2015

Published: Jun 13, 2015 at 9:02 am ESTMicrosoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been granted a patent for a technology that allows daily use objects to be scanned and re-generated as 3D models without …

25/05/2015

http://www.wcvb.com/news/gadget-may-be-key-to-getting-more-out-of-workout/33080444

20/04/2015

While traditional communication channels remain popular among older patients, the next generation of younger patients known as millennials are interested in utilizing more digital health tools to enhance their patient experience, according to a recent Salesforce report. The “State of the Connected Patient” report, which surveyed more than 1,700 Americans who have health insurance and a primary care doctor to examines how patients are currently connecting with their providers, as well as their technology requests for the future. The report found Americans on average see their doctor three times a year, have 2.5 doctors overseeing some aspect of their health care and are confident that their doctors are sharing their health records across the caregiver system (76% agree). However, when the scope of the survey was narrowed down to the millennials (defined as currently aged 18-34), whose viewpoints are likely to shape future of digital health and patient engagement.The infographic shown below illustrates key findings from the state of the connected patient report: Recommended For You• Infographic: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Impact on Quality of Nursing • Patient Centered Medical Home: Road to Patient Satisfaction [Infographic Wednesdays]• 8 Millennial Trends Shaping the Future of Digital Health• How Patients Learn in the Digital Age [Infographic Wednesdays]• HHS Releases Infographic Providing Solutions to Improve HealthCare.Gov

16/04/2015

Doctors, nurses and administrators use technologies to transform patient care. pic.twitter.com/kQqtil7GWD

14/04/2015

In his annual letter to shareholders this week, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned investors and those in the banking industry that "Silicon Valley is coming.""There are hundreds of startups with a lot …

12/04/2015

By Christel Anderson, Director, Clinical Informatics, and Joyce Sensmeier, Vice President, InformaticsDuring the HIMSS15 Nursing Informatics Symposium, we released the results of the 2015 HIMSS Impact of the Informatics Nurse Survey.Since 2004, HIMSS has conducted research to gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the informatics nurse professional. “Nursing Informatics” is a fairly new specialty having only been recognized by the American Nurses Association since 1992.The 2015 HIMSS Impact of the Informatics Nurse Survey examines the growing technology-driven healthcare ecosystem and the role nursing informatics – a specialty that integrates knowledge, data and wisdom – is playing in this evolving environment. The results indicate that the role of informatics nurses has expanded greatly and is having immense impact on patient safety and overall care, as well as notable workflow and productivity improvements.To download the full survey report, executive summary, PowerPoint slides and other resources visit www.himss.org/niKey Survey Findings include:• Quality of Patient Care: Respondents reported a direct positive impact on the quality of care patients receive as a result of the work of informatics nurses. Sixty (60) percent of respondents indicated that informatics nurses have a high degree of impact on the quality of care.• Direct Impact on Clinical Systems: Respondents reported that informatics nurses have a high degree of impact on workflow, patient safety and user acceptance.• Hiring Informatics Professionals: Approximately one-quarter of respondents (23 percent) reported that their organization hired their first informatics professional prior to …

22/03/2015

LAST year, I saw an ad recruiting physicians to a Phoenix-area hospital. It promoted state-of-the-art operating rooms, dazzling radiology equipment and a lovely suburban location. But only one line was printed in bold: “No E.M.R.”In today’s digital era, a modern hospital deemed the absence of an …

18/03/2015

http://hitconsultant.net/2015/03/10/infographic-5-signs-of-whats-to-come-in-digital-health/

Infographic from Validic illustrates the convergence taking place in digital health annd examines key emerging trends in technology, healthcare & business

01/03/2015

http://www.himssfuturecare.com/blog/standards-and-control-key-explosive-innovation-healthcare?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoluK%2FKZKXonjHpfsX56egoXqSzlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CScNmI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

HIMSS Future Care is a global community of thinkers focused on reducing healthcare costs and driving innovation. Our writings and resources are designed to transform systems of care.

21/02/2015

The rise of smartphones has left us tapping away at touchscreens. In this week's Big Future, we look at what comes after the glass. Will we all be speaking to our devices? Are augmented reality glasses and contacts going to feed us information all day? Or does touch interaction work so well that we'll never really replace it?Touch has dominated for a long timeWe've accessed and manipulated information with our hands and fingers for decades. Whether we recognize it or not, our brains are constantly processing information afforded by what we hold and telling our hands how to respond. What we've lost over the years as we swapped mouse and keyboard for glass touchscreens, though, is feedback. Our phones and tablets demand our attention in part because we have no sure way of knowing what we're tapping when we look away.Augmented reality is one possibility, and it's almost hereThe technology that is perhaps the closest to replacing touch interaction is augmented reality. The idea of overlaying information on the things we see is attractive to many people, but the application of it is still clumsy. Google Glass is too expensive and limited, and more miniaturized versions (like electronic contacts) are still a bit of a pipe dream. Removing touch in this way begets other problems like needing to use voice control or eye tracking — both of which still have their own unique issues.Faking touchMaybe we have a way to bring this all together. In the future, it could be possible to use implants or nano-technology to let us feel things that aren't there. While a digital display makes it look like a button is hovering in the air in front of you, the next breakthrough would let you feel like you were pressing it, providing haptic feedback for a gesture control system. We're still a long way for making that system work, but a lot of people are trying.

21/02/2015

With 2.4 billion users, the Internet is growing at an astounding pace. It does put a lot of the world in perspective, though. Poverty and lack of access to technology is rampant, when not even half of our world’s population is able to access the web. This all may change soon thanks to SpaceX. Elon […]