All Blog Posts Tagged 'telemedicine' (55)

New Member Update ... Who Are We? ... What Do We Do? ... How Can We Help! (PART 1)

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to bring you the 3Cs of "Content, Community & Collaboration", MedTech-IQ continues to attract new members by "word of mouth".

So, what does a typical day at MedTech-IQ look like?

According to Google analytics, we have 773 active members. On the 27th of August 2009, we had 266 visitors, 152 which were returning members, and 114 new visitors. Combined the visitors spent an average of 7 minutes and 25 seconds on… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 7, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

GoverningPeople.com on Rural Telehealth & Advanced Technologies Conference

Excellent: The short feature on the Rural Telehealth and Advanced Technologies Conference tomorrow in Loretto, PA is presently one of the top three posts on the new GoverningPeople.com website as of mid-day Thursday. Now that's Government 2.0 and social media in action, spreading the good word about technologies to help both our soldiers and citizens.

Added by Michael J. Russell on September 3, 2009 at 1:11pm — No Comments

U.S. Health Information Technology (IT) Spending to Approach $10 billion by 2014

Colleagues,

As reported in Telemedicine and eHealth News Alert ... Money provided under the economic stimulus law will help state and federal governments increase health information technology spending by $7.6 billion to $9.6 billion by 2014, according to a report by market research firm INPUT.

Much of that spending will be directed toward purchase of electronic health record (EHR) systems, according to “Health IT Transformation: FY2009-FY2014 State and Local Market… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 2, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Rural Telehealth & Advanced Technologies Conference

(The full text of this excerpted blog post appears on Mike Russell's blog at: blog.planetrussell.net)

As the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania heads into the 60th day of its marathon state budget impasse, that's… Continue

Added by Michael J. Russell on August 29, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

The MedTech-IQ Spotlight ... Who are you? What do you do? We want to know! ... "Healthanywhere", by MedTech-IQ member Pramod Gaur

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to bring you the 3C's of "content, Community & Collaboration" we are initiating the MedTech-IQ Spotlight.

The first spotlight shines on MedTech-IQ member, Dr. Pramod Gaur, Phd., CEO, Healthanywhere. Dr Gaur was recently recognized for outstanding individual contribution to the advancement of the telemedicine industry at the annual American Telemedicine Association in Las Vegas. Healthanywhere provides solutions addressing the… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 7, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

New Member Update ... Who Are You? ... What Do You Do? ... Let Us Know! (June 2009)

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to accelerate our collective abilities to translate medical technology from laboratory to market, we are continuing to develop the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration" for the "MedTech-IQ" community, which continues to grow steadily.

Please find below our new Members. As is our custom, we stratify them by their self identified choice of "Triple Helix" sector ... Academia, Industry or… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 28, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Joe Kvedar & Center for Connected Health ... Launch New Company - "Connected Health"!

Colleagues,

As reported in Healthcare IT News ... The Center for Connected Health, led by MedTech-IQ Member Dr. Joseph Kvedar, MD, a part of Partners Healthcare system in Boston, is launching a new company to allow self-insured employers to help employees manage their own health.

The mission of the new business is to give patients the tools to be their own doctor ... In this case, the tool is a wireless blood pressure cuff that allows employees with high blood pressure to… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 16, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

New Member Update ... 9 May 2009...Now with 1 Click CONNECT!

Colleagues,

Now with 1 Click CONNECT you can click the name of an expert, and send a message to them directly from their Member Profile page. Let me know if you find this feature useful. It is always good to stay connected. From "MedTechIQ" ... The international home of the 3C's ... "Content, Community & Collaboration" for medical technology. Now please welcome the new… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 9, 2009 at 12:34am — No Comments

Optimum Healthcare pushing technology to help build telemedicine

Optimum Healthcare in Arlington Texas is proud to be a part of the technology we know as telemedicine. With many visions for new applications, we saw great hope in Las Vegas at the Telemedicine show. We just want to encourage any one else in the Telemedicine field in Texas to email or call us and let's share our vision.

Added by Optimum HealthCare on May 5, 2009 at 2:45pm — No Comments

IBM Announces $2B To Cover Gap in High-Tech Stimulus Funding

Colleagues,

As reported in various publications including iHealthBeat ... IBM announced that it will provide $2 billion in bridge financing for high-tech infrastructure projects, including health IT projects, that likely will qualify for federal grants and incentive payments under the economic stimulus package.

The federal stimulus package includes Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments for hospitals and physicians who demonstrate meaningful use of health IT. However,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 4, 2009 at 7:33pm — No Comments

Inaugural Class of American Telemedicine Association(ATA) Fellows Announced

Colleagues,

Blogging from the the ATA International Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada...the ATA has announced its first class of American Telemedicine Association Fellows. The individuals on this list are recognized for outstanding contributions to the field over an extended period. Here now the first ever Telemedicine "Fellows":

Dale Halverson, MD

Nina Antoniotti, RN, MBA, PhD

Rashid Bashshur, PhD

Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD

Joseph Kvedar, MD

Thelma… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 28, 2009 at 1:26pm — No Comments

MedTech-IQ Members...Kvedar and Gaur honored at ATA 2009

Colleagues,

Dr Joseph Kvedar, MD, Director, Center for Connected health and Dr Pramod Gaur, Phd, CEO, Healthanywhere were recognized for outstanding individual contributions to the advancement of telemedicine at the annual American Telemedicine Association today in Las Vegas.

Dr Kvedar was recognized for individual acheivement to the field. Dr Gaur for his singular contribution to the advancement of the telemedicine industry.

ENJOY!

CC

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 27, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Parrish Wins Thurman Award at ATA 2009

Colleagues,

Today, Dr John A. Parrish, M.D., Director, CIMIT (Center for Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology) , a collaboration between Harvard Medical School, MIT and Partners Health, Inc., was awarded the General Maxwell R. Thurman Award for the Advancement of Military Medical Technology at the 14th Annual ATA Conference..

ENJOY!

CC

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 27, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Blogging From ATA (American Telemedicine Association) International Conference, Las Vegas, 2009

Colleagues,

This week I will reporting to you from the 14th Annual American Association (ATA) meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year's conference is the LARGEST ever convened by the association encompassing almost 3,000 attendees representing over 40 countries, and 200 exhibitors.

This is remarkable in light of the current worldwide economic challenges. That said, there appears to be a widespread recognition that eHealth will be a major driving force in healthcare… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 27, 2009 at 2:48pm — 1 Comment

MedTech-IQ Member, Ron Otten's Excellent mHealth Blog

Colleagues,

Recommended for your consideration, the excellent mobile helath (mHealth) blog, http://mobilewellbeing.info/, authored by MedTech-IQ member Ron Otten.

ENJOY!

CC

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 20, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

New Member Update...20 April 2009

Colleagues,

The MedTechIQ community continues to grow. We are fortunate to have a membership of incredible talent, skill and experience. When you get a chance, search members by key word. See what you come up with ... then, "Contact, Connect, Collaborate!"

It is always good to stay connected ... here now, the new… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 20, 2009 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Intel, GE Form Home Health Care Alliance

Colleagues,

As reported in Investor's Business Daily ... The world's No. 1 chipmaker is teaming up with industrial giant General Electric (GE) in a five-year, $250 million health care alliance to design and sell devices to help the elderly and people with chronic illness who live at home.

The companies didn't detail how they plan to spend the money or divide research efforts.

But as leaders in their respective industries, they may have an advantage as they bet… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 3, 2009 at 6:52am — No Comments

New Video Resources @ MedTechIQ!

Colleagues,

In our continuing quest to deliver you the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration", please see below the new video titles now available at the MedTechIQ "VideoLibrary",… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 29, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Kenya Collaborations Sought

HELP will be performing field needs assessments in rual and metro locations in Kenya in March and/or April 2009. We are looking to establish a network of telemed clinics connecting rural under-served populations to metro hospitals in Nairobi. Special focus on disease migration/mitigation, general clinic and disaster/emergency response and situational awareness/understanding systems.

We are looking for collaborations on biomedical informatics, telemed devices, satellite, cellular and… Continue

Added by Randy Roberson on February 9, 2009 at 11:41am — 2 Comments

New Member Update - Happy New Year! (Part 2)

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

Please welcome the following new Members of the MedTechIQ community...

Academia:

Yvette Butler: HIV/AIDS

Alice Watland: COO of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), Washington, DC

Tracy W Messer, APR: Web Development & Communications

Brendan Janishefski: Graphic Design

Jay Srini: Innovation , healthcare policy and… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on January 9, 2009 at 8:15am — No Comments