Federal News
FDA Approves Intel Home Care Product
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Food and Drug Administration approved a device designed by Intel Corporation to help practitioners monitor their home care patients. This new system, called the Intel Health Guide, would function as a means to collect and organize medical data, and then send that data via the internet. The device aims to allow practitioners to better arrange the various test results that they receive from patients. It is expected that the product might be on the market as early as 2009.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121565833947341865.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
State News
South Carolina Launches Health Data Exchange
The Greenville News reported that South Carolina is making a move to make all Medicaid patientsí medical records electronic. While some people are concerned with the possibility of personal information falling into the wrong hands, overall the project will decrease the costs associated with medical record storage. In addition to cost savings, electronic medical record storage will allow multiple doctors access to one patientís records. This streamlined process means fewer medical errors will be made in diagnosing and treating patients as doctors will have access to a comprehensive medical chart.
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008807060325
Industry News
3D Virtual World Debut Promotes Healthcare
With the help of the popular online social networking computer game ìSecond Life,î health insurer Cigna has created a virtual health care community to be based on ìSecond Life Island,î according a report published in Healthcare IT News. This new medium will serve as a place for health care professionals as well as the general public to participate in virtual health care activities, including seminars and interactive displays. The product is still in the testing phase and will most likely run through a series of trials before its target audience is determined.
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9473
Technology News
EFR Helps Home Care Providers Save Time
CNN Money reported that together with software developer Thornberry Limited, the health IT firm SecureCare Technologies has created an electronic fax record that will allow practitioners to send and receive medical records via fax to be automatically incorporated into a patientís medical history. This technology is designed to allow home care providers to better manage information sent to them by their patients without the hassle of printing and translating faxes on paper.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0413603.htm
International News
Scotland Improves Health Care with E-Health Strategy
Ehealth Europe reported that NHS Scotland, an agency providing health services nationally to the Scottish government, launched an e-health strategy this year to maximize the use of technology in order to improve the quality of patient care and provide the necessary resources to health care providers through 2011. The plan will be a continuation of an already in place step by step plan to incorporate technology into the health care arena and make health care in Scotland more efficient.
http://ehealtheurope.net/news/3904/scotland_commits_to_incremental_e-health
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