VA seeks contractor info for future rollout of My HealtheVet services The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking information from contractors interested in working with the agency on a "near-future" solicitation and procurement. Deadline is April 20. The VA plans a national rollout of features for the My HealtheVet personal health record that includes Blue Button, My Recovery Plan, Health Risk Appraisal, and Veterans Virtual Library. My HealtheVet, which debuted in 2003, is the VA's ehealth website offering veterans, active-duty soldiers, and their dependents and caregivers Internet access to VA healthcare information and services. Full Story Study cites savings from biennial telemedicine-based eye screenings Telemedicine alone, or telemedicine combined with periodic dilated eye evaluations, can help the healthcare system save an estimated $200 million annually by offering eye screenings every other year for the estimated 9 million people with diabetes who are at low risk of diabetic retinopathy progression, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and the University of Wisconsin. The study, released ahead of print on the online website of Health Services Research , says the biennial screenings were a cost-effective alternative to the current practice of annual eye examinations. Full Story Negative perceptions about computer-based decisions could impede adoption Patients' perception of evidence-based decision support tools, and physicians who use computer programs to make decisions, might be yet another barrier to their adoption. The problem is twofold: Some patients are skeptical of docs who need a computer to help them make a diagnosis. And some physicians don't want to be seen as being too reliant on technology. No matter what patients and doctors think, widespread adoption by physicians and their patients is inevitable, according to G. Daniel Martich, M.D., CMIO at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Full Story iPhone, iPad dominate their markets among providers Among physicians and other healthcare providers, Apple's iPhone and iPad still hold a commanding lead over all competing platforms, including Android, RIM®, and Palm®, according to an analysis by Bulletin Healthcare. Combined, the iPhone and iPad grabbed more than a 90% share of use in February, while Android saw only 6% use, and other platforms such as RIM and Palm barely registered. The analysis, based on the reading habits of more than 550,000 healthcare providers, focused on mobile device usage between June 1, 2010 and Feb. 28 of this year. Full Story Telerehabilitation shows promise in knee surgery patients In-home telerehabilitation seems to be a promising alternative to traditional face-to-face treatments, according to results of a study published in Telemedicine and e-Health. Older adults were assigned to telemedicine and control groups following discharge from total knee arthroplasty surgery. Both groups of patients were satisfied with the services received and no significant difference was observed between them, the study found. Full story CommerceTel, Magellan to co-develop mobile health solutions CommerceTel Corp. and Magellan Global Health Inc. will team up to co-develop new applications of mobile technologies in interactive telemedicine and ehealth for delivery of care. The partnership, announced April 14, will combine CommerceTel's C4 mobile services platform and related technologies with Magellan's healthcare professionals and its VirtualClinic™ telemedicine/telehealth platform. The partners' mHealth solutions will focus initially on travelers seeking specialized care, a $40 billion market in 2010, and remote workers such as seafarers. Full story West Wireless Health Institute convenes Health Care Innovation Day Policymakers and business leaders interested in wireless health or telehealth are urged by San Diego's West Wireless Health Institute to attend its second Health Care Innovation Day on April 28 at The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. HCI-DC will include speakers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Federal Communications Commission, and a panel of Congressional staffers from both parties discussing wireless health and other topics. While there's no charge, the event is limited to 300 attendees. It will be a live webcast. Full Story Scotland first in telemedicine within the U.K., says SCT's top clinician Distance and access issues forced Scotland to get serious about telemedicine, so that today Scotland is ahead of England in remote care of patients within the U.K., says James Ferguson, clinical lead at the Scottish Centre for Telehealth. Ferguson acknowledges no country has implemented a national telehealth solution, chiefly due to inertia among healthcare professionals - though he adds the recession has led to a slight change in their attitudes toward adopting telemedicine. "First patient contact should always be via ICT" or information and communication technology, Ferguson says, adding: "We have got to change the culture of the health service." Full Story Health-e-Access marks 10th anniversary with 10,000th visit The Health-e-Access telemedicine program, based at the University of Rochester (NY) Medical Center's Golisano Children's Hospital, has carried out its 10,000th telemedicine visit with healthcare providers since the program began in May 2001. Health-e-Access has expanded beyond its initial focus of children in city child care programs to include every Rochester city school as well as weekend and after hours care. The 10,000th visit occurred recently at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School in Rochester. Full Story
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