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It's the decision that many people have been waiting for: it appears that Medicare is proposing to cover low-dose CT scan for lung cancer screening for specific patients.The Medicare "Proposed Decision Memo for Screening for Lung Cancer with Low Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) (CAG-00439N)" came out
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This week is National Health IT Week. National Health IT Week (NHIT Week) is a collaborative forum and virtual awareness week that assembles key healthcare constituents dedicated to working together to elevate the necessity of advancing health through the best use of information technology. You can
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This summer, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is holding an IHI Innovation Relay and you can join the Twitter chat on Wed 7/30 at 1 pm ET to learn more about how to pioneer answers to persistent problems in health care. "Each leg of the Relay will focus on a fundamental aspect of IHI’
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Misuse and abuse of opioids has grown to be a serious public health concern about addiction, overdose, and death. REMS-compliant training is a critical component of the ER/LA Opioid Analgesics REMS program.On July 9, 2012, the FDA approved a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) for extende
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Dr. Sebastian Schneeweiss recently wrote an interesting perspective article in the NEJM about big data in health care. He writes:Two key “learning” applications of big health care data that hold the promise of improving patient care are the generation of new knowledge about the effectiveness of trea
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In a few weeks, the Innovation HealthJam will happen online! June 17-19. Here's what it's going to be about:Come together for this Innovation HealthJam and help brainstorm new ideas for the healthcare technology area. This event will challenge a large diverse group within the medical eco-system to r
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Yesterday, the FDA announced a new initiative called openFDA to give developers, health care researchers, clinicians, and the public access to important public health data. openFDA is currently in beta, but it's definitely looking quite promising. OpenFDA utilizes a search-based Application Program
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#DoMoreHIT At the Crossroads: Technology and Transformation in HealthcareToday, follow the @DellHealth for #DoMoreHIT think tank livestreaming 3/18 at 10 am CDT http://del.ly/6011gZh3 Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:00am EDT — Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:00pm EDTJoin a dynamic conversation exploring the burning issues i
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This review was originally published on FitnessTechMD by @DrJosephKimOver the past few months, I've had a chance to test and use a number of the newer wearable activity trackers (also known as fitness trackers or wearable activity monitors) like the Polar Loop and the Bowflex Boost. In this review,
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Have you heard of Health Care Innovation Day?As our nation faces challenges related to interoperability, we have an opportunity to come together to discuss the challenges and to innovate in order to overcome these barriers. The Gary and Mary West Health Institute (WHI) and the Office of the National
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This review was originally published on FitnessTechMD by @DrJosephKimThese days, stories are buzzing about "wearables" because of the hype generated at CES in Las Vegas. We're seeing LG, Sony, Epson, Garmin, and a host of other companies launching their wearable activity trackers. Don't want to wait
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Jawbone is supporting delegates of the 44th Annual World Economic Forum this month in Switzerland. The World Economic Forum will launch the Davos Health Challenge this week.The Health Challenge will encourage participants towards physical activity, sleep and overall well being through wearing Jawbon
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This was originally published by FitnessTechMD.com by @DrJosephKimThe Fitbit Force is newest wearable activity tracker that Fitbit released last fall. Similar to the Fitbit Flex, the Force is worn on the wrist and it includes a digital display that shows the time, your steps, distance, calories burn
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You don't have to be in Las Vegas to realize that the Consumer Electronics industry is exploding with wearable activity and fitness trackers. This year at #CES2014, there are a plethora of wearable gadgets that are attempting to differentiate themselves from the 1st and 2nd generation quantified sel
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This was originally published by FitnessTechMD.com by @DrJosephKimI've been an early adopter of wearable tech. For the past few years, I have been using different types of wearable activity trackers (also called Quantified Self or QS devices/gadgets) to measure my level of physical activity (or inac
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This announcement came out earlier this week. For those who are not familiar with ATA or XPRIZE, here is a brief summary:The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has become an official partner of XPRIZE regarding the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE and $2.5 million Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE.
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