Eric Wicklund
The Westborough, Mass.-based developer of clinical information systems is making its move into patient engagement with a business unit designed to link the patient more easily to physicians and electronic health records.
The Atlanta-based company is touting its recent deals with the Henry Ford Health System and Advocate Health Care, but notes that too many providers are simply hoping a data breach won't happen to them.
The study, conducted late last year, indicates that doctors avoided some 27 million potentially dangerous drug interactions in the past year by checking information in the Epocrates database.
Company executives say Ringadoc Exchange will allow physicians to manage their own after-hours business and even set fees for premium service.
According to the ATA, seven states and the District of Columbia have seen legislation filed since the beginning of the year, and ATA CEO Jonathan Linkous has high hopes that 2013 will be a banner year for telehealth.
The survey, released Monday, indicates many Americans are keeping track of health data in their heads or on paper, and only 20 percent are using mobile tracking devices.
Colombia Valley Community Health in rural Washington state is deploying a social media platform developed by WellFx to its OB population. The goal? Give expectant mothers an online place to chat, and their doctors a means of managing the conversations.
The APPS Act of 2013, proposed by Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., would legislate how mobile application developers collect and use personal information, and allow people to demand that their data not be used.
Since it introduced its first mobile app 2 years ago, officials at the popular online resource for diabetic information are finding new ways to reach out and engage with the diabetic community.
The company's software-only release aims to help smaller, more remote and cash-strapped providers by allowing them to build a Cisco telemedecine platform with the resources they already have.