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100 cyclists to trek across Europe decked out in wearable health monitors 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

100 cyclists to trek across Europe decked out in wearable health monitors

After BenJarvus Green-Ellis, then of the New England Patriots, wore a specialized chin strap from Battle Sports Science to measure how hard he was hit during Super Bowl XLVI in…

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Multi-state anesthesia group adopting Shareable Ink module for Meaningful Use 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Multi-state anesthesia group adopting Shareable Ink module for Meaningful Use

A large, multi-state anesthesia group will use the iPad version of Shareable Ink’s Anesthesia Cloud EHR module to help clinicians document patient encounters at all 25 of its practice locations,…

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Technology can mitigate challenges of genomic data in EHRs 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Technology can mitigate challenges of genomic data in EHRs

Much work remains to be done before genetic content can effectively be incorporated into electronic health records, research from the University of Wisconsin concludes. In a paper published online today…

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Harvard Pilgrim: Voice calls weren’t enough for diabetes management, now trying texts, too 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Harvard Pilgrim: Voice calls weren’t enough for diabetes management, now trying texts, too

Harvard Pilgrim is not new to using digital health technology to improve patient care and wellness at home — the health insurance company worked with health engagement platform Eliza back…

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Android medical dictionary promises to save $2,300 per doc 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Android medical dictionary promises to save $2,300 per doc

Following the same notion that speech recognition technology vendors have had about medicine needing customized electronic dictionaries to handle the specialized vocabulary, a British company is bringing medical terminology to…

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Implanted cardiac devices could be subject to tampering 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Implanted cardiac devices could be subject to tampering

Sensors made to pick up a heart’s rhythm in implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers could be subject to tampering, according to research from the University of Michigan. An announcement from…

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AirStrip, mVisum settle patent lawsuit with no licensing deal 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

AirStrip, mVisum settle patent lawsuit with no licensing deal

San Antonio, Texas-based Airstrip and Camden, NJ-based mVisum recently announced that they had settled the lawsuit AirStrip brought against mVisum in October 2012 for allegedly infringing on AirStrip’s patent for…

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Facebook ‘likes’ could track, map obesity 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Facebook ‘likes’ could track, map obesity

Facebook interests could help predict and track obesity, according to a study by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston, in which geotagged Facebook user data was compared with data from national…

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Digital health could solve primary care shortage, Frost analyst says 150 150 Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI)

Digital health could solve primary care shortage, Frost analyst says

If digital health technologies take hold the way many believe they will, the U.S. may no longer have to worry about a pressing shortage of primary care physicians, projected by…

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