Archive for July, 2010

VA Takes Action to Strengthen Measures to Protect Veterans

Jul 07, 2010 No Comments

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) primary mission is to serve our nation’s Veterans. President Obama has charged the Department with ensuring the VA medical network is a top-notch health care system. “The mistakes made at the St. Louis VA Medical Center are unacceptable, and steps have been and continue to be taken to correct [...]

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For July 4th, 66% of Retirees Using a Health Insurance Exchange Declare They Have Health Care Independence

Jul 05, 2010 No Comments

An independent survey of 563 retirees who use a health insurance exchange to choose private Medicare plans revealed that 66% declared they have health care independence. When asked to define “health care independence,” retirees’ top two responses were “I can find plans that let me go to the doctors I want to see,” and “I [...]

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Wi-Fi Adoption in Healthcare Growing at 60%

Jul 02, 2010 No Comments

The uptake of Wi-Fi within healthcare has grown at more than 60% over the past 12 months in both wireless local area network and Wi-Fi RTLS (Real-Time Locations Systems) deployments, and high double-digit growth is expected to continue for at least the medium term. Other wireless technologies being adopted and deployed in healthcare including cellular [...]

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