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Wednesday, February 06, 2013 News   |   Commentary   |   Slideshows   |   Reports   |   Videos   |   Events   |   RSS Feeds   MUST READ Online Medical Consults Save Money, Study Says By Neil Versel Study finds good outcomes, high patient satisfaction and average savings of $88 per case with use of Minnesota telehealth service for common ailments. State laws prevent wide expansion. Health Information Exchange Debate Gets Fiery Experts disagree about the viability and usefulness of the current generation of health HIEs. Will more nimble HIEs deliver better results? Mobile Health Challenge: Only Open Apps Need Apply New challenge aims to improve interoperability within healthcare through use of open architecture. Obama Urged to Mandate Medical Error Reporting Ex-Bush Treasury secretary and Alcoa chief Paul O'Neill says president should use upcoming State of the Union address to call for hospitals to submit daily online report of all accidents, infections and medication errors. Feds Update Flu Apps Centers for Disease Control have updated their two flu apps -- FluView and CDC Influenza -- for the busy flu season. Will Doctors Embrace Tibbr Enterprise Social Networking Platform? Social media tool draws on Facebook-style features to streamline communication and do away with paper processes. Infosys Partners With Device Company In Healthcare Push Infosys provides cloud-based portal to help NovaSom better manage sleep apnea diagnostics. 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DOWNLOAD NOW FREE (Registration Required)     REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS FEATURED REPORTS Research: 2012 Mobility & BYOD Staffing Survey While 15% of respondents to our survey say they plan to increase staff in the area of mobility in the next year, 38% of those who identify it as a top area of staffing increase say a shortage of workers is holding them back from adopting mobile tech, and 19% worry that salary demands will exceed their budget or that they won't be able to afford the people they need. Download Now (Registration Required) Strategy: The Next Phase of Meaningful Use Stage 2 raises requirements for health information exchanges, EHR interoperability and patient involvement. For the first time, providers will have to engage patients in their own care or risk losing out on incentive payments. Download Now (Registration Required) MORE REPORTS FEATURED WHITEPAPERS Automating Healthcare Information With OpenText Fax Messaging In response to federal guidelines requiring more streamlined management of medical data, OpenText EasyLink Fax Services offer a portfolio of highly scalable, cloud-based information exchange solutions to secure patient information processing while lowering operational costs. Download Now (Registration Required) Digital Faxing Enables Reliable & Cost-Efficient Medical Record Exchange Florida Heart and Vascular Associates ensures HIPAA-compliant document exchange history and saves thousands of dollars per year with Open Text Fax Appliance integrated with Konica Minolta bizhub MFPs, Allscripts electronic health records, and practice management. Download Now (Registration Required) MORE WHITEPAPERS   MOST POPULAR NEWS Samsung Galaxy S IV: What To Expect Samsung's Galaxy S phones have become the closest thing to the mythical "iPhone killer" of Android fans' dreams. Here's a look at the next version's likely features. 10 Best Android Apps Of 2012 Check out these 10 gems that stood out from the crowd of 700,000 Android apps. Dell Goes Private: What's Next? Dell is going private with the help of $2 billion from Microsoft. Going forward, how much will Microsoft influence operations? Internet2 Consortium Sets New Internet Speed Record Team sent a multiple stream data transmission with a transfer rate of 7.21 gigabits per second over more than half the circumference of the earth. 12 Best iPhone, iPad Apps Of 2012 You already know about Skype, Instagram and Angry Birds. Check out these business-friendly iPhone and iPad apps you may not have tried, plus an amusing diversion or two. 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