healthcare: Mobile & Wireless
5 Underrated Healthcare Trends From A Top CIO
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center CIO Dan Drawbaugh shares his thoughts about what the next health IT opportunities will be.
When To Ignore That Mobile Health App
Patients and clinicians need to be aware of all the digital snake oil cluttering up the iTunes store.
Halamka Knows Perils And Promise Of Healthcare BYOD
One of the nation's top healthcare CIOs discusses Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's $200K project to secure personal devices used for work.
BYOD: Is Mobile Device Management The Answer?
With so many doctors bringing their smartphones and tablets to work and patient data breaches reported all the time, IT managers need to make the...
Meaningful Use Needs Mobile Magic
Mobile technology could play a huge role in meeting the federal MU regulations, but the Stage 2 rulebook virtually ignores this potential.
Can IT Cure Healthcare's Inertia?
If the industry remains resistant to change, it will eventually render itself obsolete.
5 Trends Will Reshape Health IT In 2013
Look for growth in mobile health, telemedicine, clinical analytics, and personal health records—and an EHR vendor shakeout.
Population Health Management: We'll Get There
Getting providers and IT leaders to think in terms of population health, not just about the patient in the office, is challenging but doable.
When Smart Mobile Technology Meets Good Science
Tablets, smartphones, and mobile apps have the potential to improve patient care--but without quality clinical research to back them up, you may...
Mobile Health Revolution: Doctors And Patients Disagree
Many doctors frown on consumers' interest in mobile health, says PwC report. But that's only half the story.
How To Improve Communication Between Clinicians
Although mandated to communicate better with patients, some healthcare providers also are looking for tech tools that get info to staff faster.
Mobile Medical Apps Gold Rush Needs Scrutiny
The problem with this kind of booming market? It attracts not only the best and brightest but also IT developers looking for quick profits with...
How Mobile, Cloud, Are Transforming Healthcare
Spurred by a combination of government incentives and aging technology, healthcare is entering an IT renaissance with mobile and cloud...
Mobile Health Presents Life-Changing Opportunities
From medication reminders to wearable body sensors, mobile health solutions will become a vital part of our lives and many organizations' services.
Telemedicine Dilemma: Savings Or Healing Hands More Important?
Telemedicine has two sides, cutting costs and giving some patients access to previously unreachable expertise, but depriving others of the...
Why BYOD Doesn't Always Work In Healthcare
Security and screen layout problems make it difficult to let clinicians bring their own tablets and smartphones to work.
What To See At HIMSS12
Among the hundreds of health IT presentations, demos, and vendor offerings at HIMSS12 next week, don't miss these highlights.
Is 2012 The Year Of Online Patients?
Meaningful Use programs, healthcare reform, and the public's love of mobile devices could add up to patients finally getting fully involved in...
Do Clinicians Need Their Own DWI Rule?
Doctoring While iPhoning isn't the same as Driving While Intoxicated. But doctors should know better than to engage in such behavior.
Does Your Health IT Career Require Another Diploma?
Breaking into health IT isn't easy. Going back to school for more training is a good place to start.
5 Twists On 2012's Big Tech Trends
Forget big-bang changes: 2012 will bring important but incremental advances in trends such as social and mobile. Consider how your enterprise will...
Docs Have iPad Fever: Is There A Cure?
Clinicians are excited about what iPads can do for practices. But if you're shopping for a medical tablet, dispassionate analysis is in order.
How Secure Are Your Clinicians' Mobile Devices?
Doctors and nurses have been swept away by smartphones and tablets, but they create one gigantic headache for IT managers. Here's some practical...
Mobile Medical Apps Meet The FDA, Part 2
Medical informatics specialists are right to question the reasoning behind the FDA's proposed guidelines on mobile applications.
Should Mobile Medical Apps Require FDA Approval?
The new FDA guidelines may create headaches for developers, but there is an upside for doctors and patients.
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Why Telemedicine Should Be Integrated With EHRs, ACOs
May 09, 2013Telemedicine expert Rashid Bashshur says mobile health technologies must integrate with EHRs to make accountable care organizations work.
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Health IT Execs' Top Worries: Security, BYOD, Cloud
May 09, 2013Personal mobile devices still present huge security challenge, say HIMSS Analytics focus group participants.
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Kolodner Joins Telehealth Firm ViTel Net
May 09, 2013Former national health IT coordinator moves to the vendor side, aims to use high-speed mobile data infrastructure to give patients more care options.
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Lyfechannel Wins HHS Mobile App Challenge
May 03, 2013Myfamily app presents content from Healthfinder.gov site to help consumers take charge of their healthcare.
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Post Acute Care Manager Promises Lower Costs
May 02, 2013NaviHealth program combines information from outcomes database and case manager followup to help plans and providers reduce post-acute care costs...
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Jawbone's BodyMedia Buy: Wearable Monitors Heat Up
May 02, 2013Investors eye the growing wearable health device market as sensors become more sophisticated and deliver more health information to consumers.
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Box Expands Healthcare Offerings
April 25, 2013Cloud storage service announces new healthcare partner applications, customers and security compliance.
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Web Programs Help Adolescents Control Diabetes
April 25, 2013Puberty typically wreaks havoc with diabetes control, but a Yale study that combines adolescence and diabetes coping programs reverses that trend.
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Healthcare Patient Engagement Remains Elusive
April 24, 2013Processes, attitudes, poor design, even fear of too much data stand in the way of true care partnerships. Is greater patient autonomy the answer?
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Cigna To Offer Telehealth Coverage To Self-Insured
April 24, 2013Cigna will offer MDLive service, which lets members request online video, telephone or e-mail consultations with doctors for non-urgent care needs...
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