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First HIE launching in greater Philadelphia

 Anthony Brino May 16, 2013
With a population 6 million, southeastern Pennsylvania is getting its first HIE, with providers and payers on board to collaborate with patient discharge and clinical history sharing.
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OHN's 12 health IT best practices, part 10: Credentialing and privileging

 Erin Davis May 13, 2013
When timing, policy, and people align, great things can happen.
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OHN's 12 health IT best practices, part 10: Credentialing and privileging

 Greg Billings May 13, 2013
When timing, policy, and people align, great things can happen.
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ATA: The year ahead for telemedicine

 Edward Brown, MD May 08, 2013
The organization's new president, Edward Brown, MD, looks at the coming year and sees "great things" for the technologies, including "telemedicine everywhere."
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Telemedicine ROI on stage at ATA

 Mike Miliard May 07, 2013
"It's right for the patients," UPMC's Andrew Watson said at the show. And telemedicine is already proving profitable at the health system.
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ATA gets underway in Austin

 Mike Miliard May 06, 2013
Change is happening fast as the industry moves from knowing how to do telemedicine, to accomplishing it at scale.
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Heading to Austin for ATA? 10 popular attractions

 Eric Wicklund May 01, 2013
mHIMSS Editor Eric Wicklund outlines some of the things attendees can do while in the so-called "Live Music Capital of the World."
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Pa. Gov names new health secretary

 Anthony Brino April 08, 2013
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has named Republican guru, life sciences consultant and telemedicine advocate Michael Wolf to lead the state health department, with long-term nursing care regulation likely to be one large area of focus.
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Allscripts opens lab with Singapore IT org

 Anthony Brino March 29, 2013
Allscripts is partnering with the Singapore Ministry of Health's IT organization to develop new medication, mobile and analytic systems for the country's health systems and possibly providers elsewhere in Asia.
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VHA, NHS trade tips on IT, telehealth

 Anthony Brino March 27, 2013
The U.K.'s NHS and the VHA are both looking to digital health tools to improve care for aging patients managing chronic conditions. The U.K. think tank 2020health hopes the two systems can learn from each other.
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Fifth time a charm for telehealth bill?

Erin McCann March 21, 2013
If passed, the bill would establish pilot programs under Medicare to provide incentives for home health agencies utilizing telemedicine technologies.
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Three Day Congressional Hearing Series On Potential Regulations of Mobile Apps

 Brian Ahier March 21, 2013
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), Tuesday kicked off the “Health Information Technologies” hearing series to discuss the critical role of technology in the health care industry and how federal regulations and taxes could impact patients, hinder innovation, and increase costs for consumers.
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Indiana Senate expands Medicaid telemedicine

Anthony Brino March 08, 2013
The Indiana Senate has unanimously passed a bill expanding Medicaid reimbursement for telemedicine. Advocates hope expanded use of tele-consultations and more mobile medicine in general will help fill rural provider gaps.
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AHRQ offers lessons and models from patient-centered IT pilots

 Anthony Brino February 06, 2013
In 2007, as meaningful use policy was just being developed, AHRQ funded 16 clinical IT and mobile health pilots, and now it has found a rough baseline for IT's potential in patient-centered care models.
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13 states work up telehealth legislation

 Erin McCann February 04, 2013
An increasing number of states are proposing bills that would turn to telehealth to brake existing barriers.
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5 findings in ONC HIE research

 Mary Mosquera January 28, 2013
HIE research aims to help with technical and business skills for query-based exchange, push notification and subscription services, provider directories, master data management and consumer engagement.
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Georgia public health telemedicine project aims to remove barriers

 Erin McCann January 28, 2013
The state's health department hopes to make telemedicine clinics standard across Georgia in the next few years.
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Hughes Awarded Satellite Broadband Contract by New England Telehealth Consortium

 Industry News Release January 09, 2013
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), a provider of broadband satellite solutions and services and managed network and application services, today announced that it has been awarded a four year contract by the New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC) to provide high-speed satellite services for mobile telehealth clinics throughout rural communities in Northern New England.
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FCC to fund $400M yearly for rural telehealth networks

 Mary Mosquera January 09, 2013
After piloting 50 provider healthcare networks in 38 states, the agency now intends to make the program permanent.
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3 steps to improving medical data error reporting

 Kristine Martin Anderson January 07, 2013
Electronic health records, mobile technologies, and analytics can forge a potent triptych to make sure that more medical errors get reported. Here's how that could work.
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