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Playing Wii Improves Surgeon Skills: Study

Saturday, 02 March 2013
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Regularly playing games on a Nintendo Wii can help laparoscopic surgeons improve their performance, according to new research conducted by Sapienza University in Rome. Read more...

Low Income Patients Want Electronic Communications: Study

Saturday, 02 March 2013
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An overwhelming number of  low income, underserved, and safety net patients want to communicate with their providers using email, text messaging, and online patient portals, according to a new study. Read more...

Medicaid, Medicare Outages Disrupt Meaningful Use Attestation

Sunday, 24 February 2013
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System outages at the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare might prevent some physicians from attesting their meaningful use, reports Fierce EMR. Read more...

Regional Extension Center Surpasses Goals

Sunday, 24 February 2013
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The Delaware Regional Extension Center, created by a grant by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has achieved 129% of its go-live goal, reports Government Health IT. Read more...

HHS Offers More Healthcare Grants

Sunday, 24 February 2013
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The Health and Human Services Department will award 25 states funds to improve healthcare delivery, reports Healthcare IT News. Read more...

Docs Can Easily Get Ambulance Info

Sunday, 24 February 2013
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The Rochester Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) has expanded to include ambulance calls, reports Rochester YNN. Read more...

Use Tech to Improve Patient Care

Sunday, 17 February 2013
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A new one-year pilot program, entitled “Improving the Quality of Diabetes Care,” developed by the American College of Physicians and CECity will test the impact of a cloud based quality improvement program for diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention, reports the American College of Physicians. Read more...

Wireless Patient Monitoring Sector Grows

Sunday, 17 February 2013
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Venture capitalists are showing interest in wireless patient monitoring technology, reports Healthcare IT News. Read more...

Patient Data Breaches Down: Report

Sunday, 17 February 2013
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A new report by Redspin, a security assessment provider, shows that data breaches involving patient information declined sharply last year, reports Government Health IT. Read more...

Ohio Health Info Exchange Grows

Sunday, 17 February 2013
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Cleveland’s two largest healthcare exchanges will soon be able to share patient’s records electronically, reports EHR Intelligence. Read more...

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