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Commentary: Public health, disaster recovery and social media

 Janice Jacobs April 15, 2013
Janice Jacobs of HIMSS social media task force shares examples of how social media has been leveraged in the wake of natural disasters.
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3 mHealth trends playing on world stage

 Benjamin Harris March 19, 2013
Some of the cutting-edge advancements in mobile technology are happening far from American soil.
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Telehealth and the broadband problem

 Tony Bardo January 24, 2013
Remote diagnoses are only the beginning of telehealth's promise. If we can overcome the lack of understanding about broadband.
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Overbearing U.S. legal system stifling health innovation, Shapiro says

 Eric Wicklund December 05, 2012
Gary Shapiro, CEO of Consumer Electronics Association, said that 'growth comes from innovation' and the American government must adapt its legal system to support that.
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Africa's mHealth breakthroughs to pave way for U.S.

 Mary Mosquera December 04, 2012
As the United States addresses the high cost of its healthcare system, there are lessons to be learned from Africa and South Asia, according to speakers at the 2012 mHealth Summit.
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Electronically enhanced healthcare fosters improved HC delivery in EMEA countries

 Industry News Release May 11, 2012
Various initiatives by governments of European countries are driving the adoption of IT systems in the healthcare sector. Increasing awareness about healthcare IT across the Middle East and other regions will fuel greater adoption. In Germany, the introduction of health smart cards for every citizen has had an impact on the use of electronic patient records. There are signs of an increase in the need of hospitals to manage patient-related information and administrative tasks associated with billing and coordination with health insurance sickness funds. Such initiatives are expected to have a positive effect on the use of Internet and healthcare IT in the German healthcare sector.
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U.S. patients conflicted about future of healthcare system, despite high satisfaction

Industry News Release March 14, 2012
Today, HawkPartners, LLC and ICARE released results from their Global Patient Pulse.  The study asked thousands of patients around the world about their perceptions of various healthcare providers and institutions, their most pressing healthcare needs, the quality of their country's healthcare system, and how they feel about its healthcare future.
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Peace Corps plans EHR system in 2013

 Mary Mosquera February 03, 2012
Many Peace Corps volunteers work in developing regions where Internet connectivity is slow and expensive for processing demands of EHR system.
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mHealth Alliance, Rockefeller award top 11 innovators of 2011

 Eric Wicklund December 05, 2011
With an eye on remote regions, awards were given to people who harnessed mobile technologies to "improve health systems and outcomes."
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Supplies on demand in AFRICOM

 Lt. Col. William E. Geesey October 25, 2011
How MC4 is helping an infectious disease lab in Kenya to streamline medical supply orders.
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Graham: EHRs will offer clues to racial, ethnic disparities

 Mary Mosquera September 23, 2009
HHS official says electronic health records can supply additional data needed to help reverse racial disparities in healthcare.
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Alliance formed to tackle international health IT

 GHIT Staff May 06, 2009
The One Health Alliance will offer a one-stop health IT shop for public and private providers in other nations.
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Standards body licenses SNOMED for free to poor countries

 Brian January 14, 2009
The international body that develops the SNOMED (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine) clinical terminology standard will allow 49 low income countries to use it free of charge, giving a major boost to attempts to provide them with the same level of heal
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DOD to launch mobile telehealth networks in Africa

 Peter Buxbaum January 13, 2009
New Africa Command is tapping a cellular infrastructure to supply health information services in medical trouble spots.
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Lives of a cell

 John Moore October 21, 2008
Today's cell phones have the camera resolution, screen size and computing speed to become health care power tools.
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Spying on epidemics

 Heather Hayes August 19, 2008
HealthMap developers envision a real-time wiki to report on and monitor infectious-disease outbreaks.
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Mike Leavitt Blogs!

 GHIT Contributing Writer August 20, 2007
A new blog has debuted -- by the man -- in this case, a web log <a href="http://secretarysblog.hhs.gov/">written with HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt's </a>very own fingers.
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Gates gets into healthcare metrics

 GHIT Contributing Writer June 05, 2007
Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising given that it's the world's best known computer nerd who's fronting this, but the fledgling practice of evidence-based medicine just got a big jolt of support from Bill Gates, with a $105 million contribution from his fo
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Dance of life

 Bob Brewin April 17, 2006
DOD's medical evacuation and receiving system in Landstuhl, Germany, manages a logistical ballet that has contributed to the lowest battlefield mortality rate in history.
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Dance of life

 Bob Brewin April 17, 2006
DOD's medical evacuation and receiving system in Landstuhl, Germany, manages a logistical ballet that has contributed to the lowest battlefield mortality rate in history.
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