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Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

Keeping Track of Asthma

CHCF has made a second investment in Asthmapolis, a device that tracks asthma inhaler use and reports data through mobile phones to patients and doctors to better manage the disease.

Telehealth

Friday, October 17, 2008

California Telemedicine Project To Boost Rural Residents' Access to Care

Over the next three years, the $30 million California Telehealth Network will provide rural clinics with high-speed Internet connections and video cameras to electronically connect physicians and rural patients, KQED's "The California Report" reports.

The segment looks at how the telemedicine technology is working at an Indian health center in Northern California (Chang, "The California Report," KQED, 10/16).



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