By Dylan Scott This exists: a pair of house shoes, equipped with pressure sensors and a special pedometer, that can sense when the wearer is about to stumble and send out an…
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Quick-care medical clinic models grow
Premium content from Portland Business Journal by Andy Giegerich, Business Journal staff writer ZoomCare’s newest health clinic, in downtown Portland’s Standard Insurance Building, opened its doors for the first time at 9…
Read more >Health IT is “I will see the doctor now”
By Brad Tritle, Chair, HIMSS Social Media Task Force With all of the excitement and discussion around Meaningful Use Stage 2 happening, it is perhaps good to remind the industry of something…
Read more >Telemedicine: A Prescription For Lower Health-Care Costs?
Like its small business clients, Payroll Experts struggles with the ever-rising price of employee health insurance. The Scottsdale, Ariz., company also knows how much its productivity dips when one of its 21…
Read more >Hey, Doc, Let’s Skype!
You’re home alone with your toddler and your 5-year-old. You trip over your son’s truck and bust your lip. You’re pretty sure it doesn’t need stitches, but you hate taking a chance….
Read more >Getting to Value: Eleven Chronic Disease Technologies to Watch
Publication Date: June 13, 2012 This report examines eleven emerging technologies that have the potential to improve care and lower costs for chronic disease patients. The full report gives an in-depth analysis…
Read more >You can see the doctor now, online
If any of the employees of Goodmans Interior Structures office get sick, they won’t need to call their primary care doctor, make an appointment, or spend time in the waiting room reading out-of-date magazines.
Read more >AZ Doctor Creates Business where Medical Care Meets Webcam
SCOTTSDALE, AZ (CBS5) – When you feel like garbage, the last thing you want to do is spend hours sitting in the emergency room. If you have a web camera, you can…
Read more >See the doctor without leaving home
Tired of being sick, but even more tired of waiting around to see a doctor? If this sounds like you, then you might want to check why so many Valley people are…
Read more >California Prison Medical Costs Are Too High
(AP) SACRAMENTO, CALIF. As the state prepares to resume control of inmate medical care, it must find ways to reduce costs that are triple the national average, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office…
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