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Wellness Program for Schools

Joseph Kvedar, MD, Director, Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare
Elementary school children in Boston will participate in a wellness [MORE]

Distributed Information Services

“Health information exchange,” “regional health information organization,” “accountable care,” and “meaningful use” are all ideas coming from healthcare reform [MORE]

“Angela:” The Boomers Next Hulahoop

Angela
As the “Baby Boomers” moved through history, the marketplace has responded to their wants (if not needs).  First there [MORE]

Top 10 US Healthcare Systems

Using publicly-available MedPAR data, business analysts at Thomson Reuters rated hospital systems (not individual hospitals) based on in-hospital mortality, [MORE]

Models for mHealth

Partly because mobile health is a new sphere, and partly due to uncertainty over healthcare reform, mHealth businesses are [MORE]

Digital Identities

Getting approval signatures on clinical trial documents is something like a series of speed bumps on a super highway, [MORE]

Point-of Care Apps Trends for iPads

2011 may be the year of the iPad for hospitals. In a survey of 950 HIMSS members last month, [MORE]

Electronic Identification, Free for Physicians

Dr. Peter Tippett
At the Medical Automation Conference earlier this month, Dr. Peter Tippett, Healthcare Director for Verizon, reiterated Verizon’s [MORE]