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Fewer Arizona employers offering health benefits

Apr 16, 2013

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Apr 12, 2013. Source: Phoenix Business Journal

Fewer Arizona employers offering health benefits these days, with the state ranking toward the bottom of the nation in the number of employers that provide health benefits, according to a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study. Arizona was among 47 states that had a significant decline in employer-sponsored coverage from 2000 to 2011, the report said. In 2011, there were 159 million Americans with employer-sponsored insurance, down 11.5 million from 2000. Read More

Roles that smartphones may play in healthcare

Apr 16, 2013

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Jan 25, 2013. Source: NBC News

iDoctor: Could a smartphone be the future of medicine? One of the world’s top physicians, Dr. Eric Topol, has a prescription that could improve your family’s health and make medical care cheaper. The cardiologist claims that the key is the smartphone. Roles that smartphones may play in healthcare Read More

What is Telehealth

Apr 16, 2013

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According to Wikipedia Telehealth refers to the use of telecommunications and information technology in the provision of medical consultation services whenever a large physical distance exists between patient and a medical provider (doctors, nurses etc.). It has many points of contacts with other medical and non-medical applications, such astelediagnosis, teleconsultation, telemonitoring, etc.

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