Public health advocate and recipient of the HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT Award, Jessican Kahn, shares stories from her career and the impact health IT can have on population health. via Healthcare IT News
When its EHR vendor wasn’t going to be ready until 2020, the IT team took matters into its own hands in a low-budget open source project that is already paying off. via Healthcare IT News
Penn Medicine’s Mike Restuccia explains why instituting an end user survey is such an important, and eye-opening, step to take. via Healthcare IT News
.@hitnews Congressman calls on Coast Guard to sign up for Cerner EHR – Duncan Hunter told Coast Guard officials they should not waste resources looking for a new product when the DoD and VA have already chosen to deploy Cerner’s EHR platform. https://t.co/aX8HjC8kZ0 — HomeCare (@UXHealth) January 31, 2018
What Do Amazon, JPMorgan Chase And Berkshire Hathway Have Planned For Health Care? – Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced a joint company that will use technology to lower health care costs. NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks wit… https://t.co/TDK8NBPJVb — HomeCare (@UXHealth) January 31, 2018 from Twitter https://twitter.com/UXHealth
Is there any hope for wearables beyond just cool arm candy? Although not FDA-approved (and laden with caveats), activity trackers may still find legs if stories like these continue. For one New Jersey man, wearing a fitness tracker paid off in a big way: Doctors in the emergency room used the gadget to help determine the best way to treat his heart problem. Source: Fitbit Helps Doctors in Man’s ER Visit
Doctors aren’t used to discussing financial barriers to care, and many think it’s inappropriate to bring up money at all during conversations with patients. Source: Patients Miss Out On Savings When Doctors Fail To Talk About Costs : Shots – Health News : NPR
Ranya Habash, MD, ophthalmologist and CMO of Everbridge, says the most innovative mHealth technology should fly under the radar (and that won’t include robots). Source: Make it invisible and intuitive | mHealthNews
Major announcements by Samsung, Medtronic and Glooko highlight the significant strides being made by mHealth in chronic care management. Source: mHealthNews
By Killian Bell | May 31, 2015 Source: Apple Watch heart rate monitoring ‘bug’ is a feature, Apple says
