A new project at the Veterans Affairs Department significantly expands the market, which is already proving valuable elsewhere. But one expert suggests looking to ROI before deploying any RTLS or mHealth solutions.
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Real-time location and mobile health solutions gain traction, show ROI
- By Ali Cheung · February 27th, 2013
Mental illness is the leading cause of hospitalization for active-duty troops
- By Travis Wheeler · May 18th, 2012
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have spent almost $2 billion since 2001 to buy drugs to treat mental illness and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Defense-VA joint health record to deploy early
- By Travis Wheeler · April 26th, 2012
When the two departments complete the iEHR deployment, it will stand as the largest electronic health record system in the world, serving 7.8 million veterans and 9.7 million military personnel through 59 military hospitals and 152 VA hospitals with a combined staff of more than 350,000.
Technical Communities and Misonix Sign Exclusive Government Services Partnership
- By Ali Cheung · April 2nd, 2012
Government buyers now enjoy greater access and lower cost for Misonix ultrasonic surgical devices
VA Medical Center now offering high-tech devices
- By Travis Wheeler · March 28th, 2012
Home TeleHealth Program allows veterans in need of constant medical monitoring to be monitored from home and have reports sent electronically to their health care provider.
The medical laser manufacturing industry will continue to light up
- By Travis Wheeler · February 28th, 2012
With more money to spend, Americans will increase their demand for elective procedures that primarily involve medical lasers, such as hair removal and vision correction.
VA seeks 7 percent IT budget boost, passes on Defense health record hosting
- By Travis Wheeler · February 14th, 2012
After two years without an increase, the Veterans Affairs Department requested a $3.37 billion information technology budget in 2013, up $216 million.
Federal health care IT spending set to grow
- By Travis Wheeler · January 16th, 2012
The companies most likely to take advantage of the government’s health care IT push will be those that develop a coherent approach that speaks to both government IT buyers and the medical professionals they serve.
VA seeks new medical scheduling system
- By Travis Wheeler · January 11th, 2012
A new medical scheduling system should rely on online and mobile-device services to help enable reliable, fast and secure communications with veterans.
Technical Communities Breaks Sales Records for 2011
- By Ali Cheung · January 10th, 2012
Company again reports double-digit growth and record results in all 5 revenue categories
