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Geisinger plan reduces readmissions 44% with telemonitoring
Geisinger Health Plan, based in Danville, Pa., reports that its use of a home telemonitoring program for patients with congestive heart failure reduced their readmission rate by 44 percent, compared
VA creating tablet-based triage system for its ERs
The Veteran Health Administration is continuing its move to tablet-based clinical practice with new emergency room triage software the agency says will debut in August. As part of its VA Employee
VHA tests virtual patient platform to hone clinical skills
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has selected Decision Simulation's DecisionSim as its "virtual patient platform" to help VHA providers improve their clinical decision making skills. The
Using malpractice claims data to dodge mistakes
Physicians who study malpractice claims data can keep history from repeating itself. Or at least that's the theory behind a growing number of programs that use malpractice-claims data for educational
Don't cover up large-scale adverse events
Disclosure of adverse events that could affect large numbers of patients should be a regular occurrence, regardless of how harmful the event may or may not be, a newly released article in the New
Report: Remote monitoring shows great potential in chronic, elder care
Remote patient monitoring is among seven technologies with great potential to improve care of chronic conditions, reduce healthcare costs and maximize the independence of older adults, according to a
Dartmouth wins $3M grant to develop secure mobile and wireless health monitoring
The Institute for Security, Technology, and Society at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, has received a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to develop secure mobile and wireless patient
St. Louis VA turns to real-time location system
The St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center will install real-time location systems to track patient flow in its outpatient eye clinic and in operating suites, Healthcare IT News reports. Versus
Portable records might have a place in medical tourism
To date, only large, academic health organizations like the Cleveland Clinic and Partners HealthCare System, and closed networks like Kaiser Permanente and the Veterans Health Administration, have
