Related Blog Posts
The Return of Sci-Fi: Texas Hospital Patients May Soon Be Talking To Robots
20 hours ago ago from The Austin 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Austin, TX
Your doctor may soon be a robot, or so the whispers warn. Sound like something out of a bad science-fiction movie? Well, maybe you should ask whichever physician shows up on-screen of the RP-7 Remote Presence Robotic System by InTouch Technologies, a maneuverable robotic system designed to allow physicians to videoconference with their patients from remote locations. Dr. Alex Gandsas, of Baltimore's Sinai Hospital and holder of stock ...
Related contentUnderstanding HIPAA
1 day ago ago from emPower LMS' Blog
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA, as it is popularly known was enacted in 1996 by Congress. It came into force on 1 July, 1997. The main purpose of this act is to manage health care delivery system and regulate health insurance industry so that people are protected from frauds, malpractices and discrimination. The Act provides health insurance coverage to the individuals and their families, who loose or ...
Related contentCorporate mergers should come alive – at least in Healthcare IT | Fuld's Competitive Musings
6 hours ago ago from Fuld’s Competitive Musings
Despite congressional wrangling over healthcare, stimulus funding could have unintended but positive consequences sooner than expected As the healthcare lobbying machine cranks up the noise during the August congressional recess, many of the healthcare players have already figured out their strategy – and that is to merge with one another. We recently ran a strategic war game that played out the competitive strategies among leading ...
Related contentPersonal Rapid Transit: Twenty-First Century Transport?
1 day ago ago from Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places
Recently I had the chance to visit Taxi 2000. This Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) company is based just minutes from my office in Minneapolis. I’m no expert on rail systems, but I’ve always believed that an elevated system that can run freely over existing right-of-ways makes more sense than an antiquated system based on nearly 200 hundred year old technology. Since we plan new neighborhoods and cities, I saw a great opportunity to design ...
Related contentHealthcare Legislation Worth Passing
4 hours ago ago from The Pump Handle
In a historic achievement, 60 Senators have agreed to a healthcare bill that will dramatically expand health insurance coverage and curb some of the insurance industry’s worst practices. Getting agreement between the Senate and the House, which has passed its own healthcare bill, will still be an arduous process, but the chambers agree on most essential elements, and this is the farthest Congress has come in decades towards fixing our ...
Related contentRelated News
Judy Patrick: Gutted Healthcare Bill Ignores this Nation's Best Opportunity for Reform
13 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
By Judy Patrick and Karla Rodriguez The stripped healthcare "reform" bill fails to leverage the power of those who have the greatest potential to determine and maintain good health for all of us: women. We all suffer when women--this nation's primary healthcare decision-makers and consumers--do not have what they need to be healthy. Most people agree that the healthcare system in the United States is in desperate need of reform. Too few ...
Related contentYou sometimes read health IT stories in 2009
15 hours ago ago from ZDNet Blogs
BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Healthcare Dana Blankenhorn Get ZDNet Healthcare via: Mobile RSS Email Alerts Bios: Dana s Bio December 21st, 2009 You sometimes read health IT stories in 2009 Posted by Dana Blankenhorn @ 6:15 am Categories: General , Year in Review Tags: Google Inc. , Information Technology , Dashboard , Health Care , Story , Nurses , Vertical Industries , ...
Related contentRI gov wants $4M cut to hospitals amid recession
13 hours ago ago from U.S. News
RI gov wants $4M cut to hospitals amid recession PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Gov. Don Carcieri has proposed cutting millions of dollars meant to reimburse hospitals for providing health care to the poor during a recession that has cost thousands of Rhode Island residents their jobs and employer-provided health insurance. The latest budget proposal from the Republican governor would eliminate $3.7 million in funding to four hospitals - South ...
Related content
