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The patient-centered medical home model can potentially address many current safety concerns in primary care, wrote Mark Graber, MD, of Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York, and Hardeep Singh, MD, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, in a commentary published in the July 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
AirStrip Technologies has received FDA clearance to market the AirStrip remote patient monitoring (RPM) tool, including AirStrip RPM Critical Care and AirStrip RPM Cardiology.
The Center for Technology and Aging will provide grants to five healthcare organizations to test the efficacy and quality of remote home monitoring to improve chronic disease management and post-acute care.
Home monitoring with automatic daily surveillance can offer safe, early detection of cardiac events in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) compared with standard follow-up methods, according to a TRUST trial published online July 12 in Circulation.
The European market for data management systems for patient monitoring earned revenues of $126.8 million in 2009 and is estimated to grow to $161.4 million in 2013, according to a report from Frost and Sullivan.
In 20 years, approximately 72 million older adults will reside in the U.S., almost double the current number, according to the U.S. Administration on Aging. An interdisciplinary team of University of Missouri researchers is refining EHR technology to meet increasing healthcare demands, including the potential projected shortage of healthcare workers needed to provide elder care.
The use of secure patient-physician email in context of a comprehensive EHR is associated with the improved care for patients with diabetes and hypertension, according to Kaiser Permanente research published in the July issue of Health Affairs.
Amcom Software has released version 2.4 of its Fusion mobile event notification technology, featuring expanded support for Polycom phone systems including integration of the Kirk 8000 platform.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed that the technical component of mobile cardiovascular telemetry (CPT Code 93229) remain carrier-priced for calendar year 2011, within its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule released June 25.
Senior housing nonprofit Good Samaritan Society has received more than $8.15 million in grant funding over three years from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to deliver sensor technology and telehealth services to help rural seniors age in place.
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CJPS Healthcare Supplies and Equipment, a subsidiary of CJPS Enterprises, has purchased Delphi’s VitalPoint business, a remote patient monitoring product, for an undisclosed sum.
A combination of remote patient monitoring and traditional nurse care management has improved outcomes and reduced avoidable hospital admissions among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic heart failure (CHF), according to preliminary study results from Aetna and Intel.
The Ohio General Assembly has passed legislation to establish the Patient Centered Medical Home Education Pilot Project, under which 40 primary care practices will be designated as training centers for patient-centered medical homes. The Ohio House and Senate unanimously passed the bill, which is expected to be signed by Gov. Ted Strickland.
The use of fetal and neonatal monitoring and diagnostics is growing in the European Union due to a combination of higher awareness among expectant mothers about the advantages of sophisticated monitoring, as well as the non-invasiveness and greater safety offered by new prenatal diagnostic techniques, according to an analysis from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
A wireless monitoring system for people with debilitating conditions, such as Parkinson's disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), could allow healthcare workers to assess a patient's health and the development of their disease without hindering their movements, according to an article in the May edition of the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.
General Electric has released the inaugural annual report for healthymagination, its business strategy for sustainable healthcare, which detailed the milestones since its May 2009 kickoff, including the 24 products and services launched and a $700 million investment in research & development (R&D).
St. Jude Medical and iRhythm Technologies have entered into an agreement to market iRhythm’s Zio Patch, a single-use ambulatory cardiac rhythm monitor that recently received FDA 510k clearance.
Royal Philips Electronics has agreed with Project Hope, an international health education and humanitarian assistance organization, to place telemonitoring devices in select homes in rural areas of New Mexico.
The U.S. market for high-tech patient monitoring systems, valued at $5.7 billion in 2009, is expected to experience an annual growth of around 26 percent through 2014, according to a new report from market research firm Kalorama Information.
GE Healthcare and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified healthcare professionals of a Class I recall of certain lots of the Aisys and Avance anesthesia systems. The control board wiring harnesses have a defect which can cause the machines to unexpectedly shut down, terminating ventilation, anesthetic delivery and potentially patient monitoring.
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“We’re beginning a revolution the way information is collected, managed, used and purposed for patients in the U.S. healthcare system,” said David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, in opening remarks at an audioconference training session on meaningful use and EHR certification last week.
In Part 1 of our closer look at the final rules for meaningful use and EHR certification standards, CMIO’s Jeff Byers spoke with David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. In Part 2, CMIOs weigh in with mixed reviews.
The framework for meaningful use is “something that had to be done and has been started intelligently,” John P. Glaser, PhD, vice president and CIO of Partners HealthCare System told CMIO. However, the challenges of becoming meaningful users and optimizing health information exchange will require unprecedented levels of communication within organizations and among healthcare systems, he said.
The contractual obligations in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules under the HITECH Act for business associates and downstream entities are game changers, according to Amy S. Leopard, JD, from Walter and Haverfield, during a webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Standardizing performance measures, with the help of health IT, will make it possible to collect the right data at the right time to support performance measurement, clinical decision support, clinical research and quality improvement, said Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, president and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF) during a webinar hosted by the forum on June 17.