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Why physicians should embrace fitness trackers

KevinMD

We the physicians have resigned to the redundant clicks on the electronic medical records (EMR). I delved into what is in my armamentarium to handle this crisis of the digital age. The stethoscope around my neck suddenly seemed archaic. While still recovering from this inescapable occupational hazard of.

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Video visits, infrared temperature sensors, mobile health, and wearables replace the need for clinic visits. These platforms are HIPAA compliant and offer integration with devices and EMRs. Technology is rapidly changing the bedside examination.

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Unifying the Healthcare Assembly Line

Mobile Health Matters

The Aftermath of the EMR Gold Rush. The launch of Meaningful Use under the Affordable Care Act drove the electronic medical record (EMR) “Gold Rush,” the mass implementation of EMRs in a shift away from paper charts. Keep in mind that many ACOs and IDNs have numerous EMRs throughout their systems.

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Uniguest Expands Presence and Capabilities in Healthcare through Acquisition of pCare

Healthcare IT Today

The pCare open platform integrates with existing EHR/EMR systems, patient portals, and mobile health applications to connect patients, families, and caregivers. About pCare pCare’s interactive patient experience solution helps healthcare providers engage, educate, and entertain patients across the care continuum.

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The Role of Patient-Generated Health Data and Wearable Technology in the Future Innovation of EHR Systems

Healthcare IT Today

Realizing the full potential of these new and evolving data sources requires advancement in EHR systems to support the new data sources and workflows necessary to enable data collection, processing, and utilization.

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From Boost Mobile and Swype to Xealth: One Entrepreneur’s Journey into Healthtech

Chilmark Research

Everybody’s been trying to figure out how to incorporate mobile health and apps into the daily lives of patients, but also have that work well with the hospital systems. So I don’t know if you know this about me, but I actually did have a mobile health startup before I joined Chilmark Research. [00:05:30]

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5 Digital Health Predictions for 2018 by Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price

This will allow the developers to address issues in connecting their apps to the Epic EMR. Previously, Epic wouldn’t let mobile app developers connect to its EMR until a customer requested permission on their behalf. App Orchard, for its part, lets developers use a FHIR-based API to access an Epic development sandbox.