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In the age of social media and text messaging, one would guess teenagers would prefer those methods of contact over something more antiquated like the telephone. But the opposite is true, according to research from Georgia Health Sciences University.The research is based on the responses of 188 ninth through 11th graders in four rural Georgia counties who were asked how they preferred to be contacted about their participation in a Georgia Health Sciences University research study.

In Doug Cassidy's opinion, non-profit organizations looking to provide healthcare services to disadvantaged people around the world don't need to be saddled with expensive EMR systems - but they do need some of that technology.

Ontario's fast-growing telemedicine network is getting help from its neighbors to the south.Next month, the Ontario Telemedicine Network, which links roughly 3,000 healthcare professionals at 1,200 hospitals and medical clinics throughout the Canadian province with 2,200 videoconferencing stations, will make it possible for physicians and other caregivers to participate from their PCs. The go-live, involving 50 health professionals, will use software provided by Vidyo, based in Hackensack, N.J.