UnitedHealth, Cisco provide telehealth network
UnitedHealth Group and Cisco are partnering to build the first national telehealth network in the US, which will give patients access to physicians and specialists when in-person visits are not possible, reports Examiner.com.
The new 'Connected Care' programme combines audio and video technology and health resources to greatly expand physicians' reach into rural, urban and other underserved areas.
UnitedHealth Group has committed tens of millions of dollars toward the new initiative.
Military members access health records
A personal health records pilot test by the Department of Defence in the US has been successful, and the military is now determining how to expand it more widely, according to InformationWeek.
The service, called MiCare, is still in pilot mode at Madigan Army Medical Centre in Tacoma, Washington.
MiCare will eventually give military members, their families, and veterans access to their personal health records via Internet services, including Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health.
Connecticut HIE goes open source
Connecticut is building a Health Information Exchange (HIE) based in part on open source software, ZDNet reports.
Hartford Healthcare, which provides rehabilitation, long-term care, and hospice facilities in central Connecticut, said it will combine Misys' open source connectivity technology with Allscripts EHR systems, to create 'Transforming healthcare in Connecticut communities', a regional system linking hospitals, clinics and facilities state-wide.
THICC, in turn, will be connected to the National Healthcare Information Network, built on Sun software.
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