The US food and drug administration (FDA) has approved Janssen's Invokana (canagliflozin) for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes. Invokana is the oral, once-daily medication available in the US demonstrating improved glycemic ...
The U.S. healthcare industry is facing an even more significant IT worker shortage than previously thought, and that shortage is slowing efforts to roll out electronic health systems. A new analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health ...
Clinical documentation and Speech Understanding solutions provider M*Modal has formed a strategic alliance with The Claro Group to help acute care hospitals to improve their clinical quality and maximize revenue cycle performance. Under ...
Elstra is making a play at the $120 billion-a-year health industry with the creation of a business that will help connect healthcare professionals with patients over broadband and mobile networks. The unit, which comes under the remit of ...
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MindChild Medicals will showcase its non-invasive fetal heart monitoring system at the 33rd annual meeting for the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM), which will be held at San Francisco, California, US, from 13-15 February 2013. ...
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Health Canada will inform Canadians of a labeling update for all cholesterol-lowering drugs, which are also known as statins, regarding the risk of increased blood sugar levels and a small increased risk of diabetes among patients who are ...
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Wireless remote monitoring devices will be used by more than 1.8 million people worldwide in four years, representing a six-fold increase in adoption of telehealth technology, according to a new study by InMedica, part of research firm IHS. ...
Major physician and healthcare IT management groups are concerned about the U.S. government's timeline and process for rolling out the final phase of electronic health records (EHRs). The American Medical Association (AMA) and the College ...
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Novo Nordisk announced today the introduction of HemaGo, a mobile application (app) to help individuals with hemophilia and their caregivers monitor the details of treatment, including medications, dosing, bleed information and the impact ...
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On January 1, 2013, nurses will be recognized with a float in the historic Rose Parade. This will mark the very first time in the parade’s 124-year history that nurses have received such an honor. The float, titled “A Healing ...
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Computerworld - The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has dispensed more than $7.7B in reimbursement payments to more than 307,000 healthcare professionals and 4,000 hospitals deploying electronic health records (EHRs). ...
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Verizon's Enterprise Solutions group today unveiled a cloud services portfolio for the healthcare industry that it said can meet federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements for safeguarding electronic ...
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GammaTech is excited to announce its first All-In-One PC for the healthcare market, the A22i. Featuring a slim design and low-power consumption, the A22i is one of the first All-In-One PCs to use an Intel Ivy Bridge processor. GammaTech ...
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The Department of Health is introducing a £9m child protection information system to log children who visit A&E in hospitals. The software will flag to doctors and nurses if the child is subject to a child protection plan or is being ...
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When troubleshooting computer problems, enterprise workers have long turned to their office mates for help before taking the time to file a formal request for support from the help desk. But the rise of social media, employee mobility, ...
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