Latest California Healthline Stories
Mendocino Broadband Problems Persist Amid National Push for Better Access
While the health care industry’s increasing use of health information technology tools and Wi-Fi-enabled medical devices has renewed the conversation around broadband access in the U.S., a rural corner of California offers a cautionary tale of the hazards of unreliable, inconsistent service.
Health 2.0 Confronts Entrenched Health Challenges
At the 9th annual Health 2.0 conference last week in Santa Clara, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy talked about how “technology can actually help us tackle so many problems in health that we see as insurmountable.”
UC-Merced Leverages Technology To Improve Access to Mental Health Care
UC-Merced is the first campus in the University of California system to use telemedicine for mental health services, a natural for millennials who grew up with technology, according to school officials.
IBM Hopes CVS-Watson Partnership Leads to More Connections in Cloud
IBM officials hope a new partnership with CVS pharmacies will create a platform in the Watson Health Cloud to allow many organizations and agencies to collaborate with the goal of eventually improving the country’s health care delivery system.
Telehealth Niche for Special-Needs Kids
Better care for the 1.4 million children in California with special needs could come through telehealth, according to a new report.
Fixes for Health Information Exchange
Experts gathered for an annual health information technology conference in Sonoma County last week to outline predicaments and predictions for the future of health infomration exchange.
State Gets Federal Grant To Improve Info Exchange During an Emergency
Federal officials are giving California a $2.75 million grant to improve exchange of heath information, both daily and during a public emergency.
‘Visionary’ Pilot Targets Palliative Care
Instead of simply extending hospice services to palliative patients, a rural pilot program is using telemedicine and team training in a different approach.
Three Major Systems Join San Diego Health Connect, Giving HIE Big Boost
Nearly two million San Diegans will soon be signed up to participate in San Diego Health Connect, a health information exchange giving area providers access to patient medical records housed at competing health systems.
Telehealth Project Aims To Improve Health Care Access for Inland Empire Tribes
Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, a system serving nine American Indian tribes in the Inland Empire, has rolled out a telehealth project that could serve as a model for tribes statewide.