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Equine Wellness Programs: A Smart Approach for Horse Health & Owner Engagement

Equine wellness programs provide a comprehensive approach to horse health that focuses on proactive management of disease and injury. These typically include regular veterinary exams, vaccinations, and dental care, which helps improve horse health, longevity, and performance.   The Benefits of Equine Wellness Programs   There are many benefits to enrolling your horse in an equine wellness program that include: Prevent disease and injury. Regular veterinary exams can help identify and treat health problems early. Vaccinations can help protect horses from infectious diseases while dental care helps prevent tooth decay and other dental problems. Improve horse health and longevity. Horses that receive regular preventive care are generally healthier and live longer than horses that do not. Increase horse performance. Horses that are healthy and well-cared-for are better able to perform at their best. Foster stronger client-veterinarian relationships. Equine wellness programs provid...
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Some Telehealth News Stories and Interviews

Telehealth focused media interviews and publication samples InteractiveMD news articles and interviews: The InteractiveMD team is featured in numerous news stories and interviews that showcase our innovation, cutting edge telehealth, and healthcare IT. We help tens of thousands of people gain access to healthcare through video, phone, email or chat. Check out some of the stories through these links:   Palm Beach Post:  https://bit.ly/2Xya6xm   Channel 10 News:  https://bit.ly/2wGJcZq Fox 13 News:  https://bit.ly/2wykSZs You & Me This Morning Chicago:  https://bit.ly/34zxtbw ZDNet.com:  https://zd.net/2wFR90W Channel 10 News:  https://bit.ly/2xuqJzB HealthITOutComes.com:  https://bit.ly/2Rtjv5Q EMSWorld.com:  https://bit.ly/2Vm4ljA
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Omni United Enrolls Over 1,200 Tire Retailers In Pursuit Of Its$1,000,000 Donation Goal to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Omni United Enrolls Over 1,200 Tire Retailers In Pursuit Of Its $1,000,000 Donation Goal to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Sugimoto & Associates has designed, and is implementing a dynamic national public relations campaign for the international tire conglomerate Omni United Pte. LTD based out of Singapore. Omni United is an official partner to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation ("BCRF") through their popular Radar Tires consumer brand, and was proud to donate $250,000 as a result of their 2011 campaign. In 2012, Omni United has announced a targeted $1,000,000 donation to the A+ rated charity focused on finding a cure and raising awareness about breast cancer. To accomplish their goal Omni United has enrolled over 1,200 of their national retail and distribution partners, including Sears Auto Centers and Tire Centers, Inc.   Throughout the month of October, breast cancer awareness month, the company will donate $1 per each four Radar branded tires sold int...
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Are Cloud Based EHR System Safe?

Although, trusting a cloud based electronic health records system with sensitive health data can seem a little unnerving, investigation by industry experts and regulatory agencies that credential EHR systems against Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The same data security requirements are in place whether the data and application are housed on premise or in a virtual cloud based server. According to Gerard Nussbaum, director of technology services at management consultancy Kurt Salmon Associates at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Legal EHR Summit in Chicago earlier this month, HIPAA privacy and security rules do not specify whether a provider using a cloud-based EHR owns data in the medical records or if the information belongs to the service host as posted in Physicians Practice online publication. One of the points that has been expressed, is that data house in cloud is more likely to be encrypted than on-site systems and therefore m...
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Telemedicine & EHR Use Save Texas $1B, Others Follow

According to the independent IT research firm Gartner Group, Texas taxpayers have saved $1B over the past 10 years by implementing an electronic health records (EHR) system in its state correctional system. The EHR is reported to have improved clinical outcomes for patients and includes a telemedicine component developed through the University of Texas Medical Branch and Texas Tech University.  The use of EHR's and telemedicine as a improvement to patient care and substantial cost reduction tool has led to the deployment of similar systems in correctional systems across the country, including: Georgia Department of Corrections, the city of Philadelphia , Maricopa County, Ariz. , and Los Angeles County approved $17 million for an EMR system for its juvenile detention facilities. Such action is a move in the right direction. The key will be how well all of these systems derived from a multitude of suppliers can integrate with each other to establish continuity of care ...
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