Institute of Medicine and Avon Foundation for Women Issue Challenge for Apps to Prevent Domestic Violence
Teams will use their knowledge and skills to develop easy-to-use mobile- or Web-based applications that can help prevent physical assaults, verbal abuse, and other acts of domestic violence,…
The Curious Case of Testosterone
Have you noticed all of those commercials on television and radio for testosterone? It seems as if in the past year alone, those types of commercials have sprung up…
The Doctor will SKYPE You Now
Telemedicine, video technology and the need for speed collided in my brain today when I was researching a local Urgent Care Startup and found their SKYPE visit page. As…
Terminologies Profiling IT Usage Within Healthcare
Health TelematicsHealth Telematics is a composite term for health-related activities, services and systems, carried out over a distance by means of information and communications technologies, for the purposes of global…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Barcelona – Mobile World Capital
As John Sharp stated in one of his previous posts, “How Europe is Growing Health Apps” (http://healthworkscollective.com/node/28707), there are a number of individuals, institutions, companies and conferences in Europe innovating…
How Practices Can Benefit From Text Messaging
People consider SMS's (Text Messaging) as the most convenient form of keeping in touch with the people around them. It is no surprise then that Text Messaging has been found…
Care Coordination: Not Just Economics but the “Right Thing to Do”
The New York Times (Small-Picture Approach Flips Medical Economics) has an upbeat piece about the potential for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to improve quality and reduce costs. The article focuses…
Is Eating Red Meat Bad For You?
So, this story from Harvard on how red meat is bad for you deserves some unpacking. First, allow me to say that all meat is not created equal: the…
5 ICD-10 Steps that Deliver Collateral Benefit for ICD-9
While at HIMSS 2012, TrustHCS had the honor of sponsoring an executive roundtable on ICD-10. During the roundtable, speakers discussed five ICD-10 projects that should be continued, full steam…
PCI Compliance with Service Providers
The PCI sub-requirements and testing procedures 12.8-12.84 concern the relationship between merchants and their service providers, including PCI compliant hosting providers. The PCI sub-requirements and testing procedures 12.8-12.84 concern the relationship between…
