Category: apps
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HIMSS Report: U.S Hospitals Show Growth Opportunities for Certain EMR Apps
Patient portals, clinical data warehousing/mining, and radiology barcoding applications are poised for accelerated growth among hospitals, according to data from a recently released HIMSS Analytics report. Patient portals, clinical data warehousing/mining, and radiology barcoding applications are poised for accelerated growth among hospitals, according to data from a recently released HIMSS Analytics report. The report, “Essentials…
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Improving Care Transitions at an ACO With mHealth
Several ACOs face the challenge of better coordinating patients’ transitions from hospitals to other settings. One accountable care organization in Kentucky seems to have found a solution in the form of mobile technology. One of the fundamental principles of accountable care organizations (ACOs) is to support the efforts of physicians, nurses and other clinicians to…
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Providers: Don’t overlook telemedicine drawbacks
While momentum for the use of telemedicine in an everyday manner continues to build, there also are downsides to using such tools that must not be overlooked. read more …read more
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The North-South divide in mHealth
There’s a North-South divide on the mobile healthcare landscape that needs to be addressed by the larger mHealth community. No, I’m not talking about some legacy of the American Civil War…. read more …read more
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NASA, mHealth company enter into commercial license agreement
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has entered into an exclusive license agreement with an mHealth company to commercialize mobile healthcare products derived from… read more …read more
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ATA seeks input on telemedicine best practices
The American Telemedicine Association is seeking comment through Feb. 8 on an update to its “Core Standards for Telemedicine Operations,” a document which attempts to offer best practices… read more …read more
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mHealth apps tend to focus on deadly diseases in high-income countries
Mobile apps for those diseases and health conditions that are the deadliest in low- and middle-income countries are in shorter supply than those apps for the leading causes of death in high-income… read more …read more
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Connecting Smart Mobile Devices to the EHR
My colleague, John Lynn, posted a hilarious CES marketing video advertising a new product it calls the iOximeter. The iOximeter, which operates on both the iOS and Android platforms, is an independent device which attaches to smart phones, turning the phone into a pulse oximeter. I strongly suspect that an i-glucose meter, i-scale and i-blood…
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Momentum for telemedicine continues to build
Last spring, I wrote in this space that telemedicine was poised for a mainstream breakthrough. While that prediction hasn’t exactly come to fruition–according to the American Telemedicine Association, as of Jan. 3, 2014, 13 states still have yet to propose any sort of telehealth legislation or even examine its effectiveness via a taskforce–I still believe…
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Doctors sharing medical images via mobile app
Instagram may be a popular medium for consumers to share photos with friends and family, but an app for mobile devices is now enabling physicians to share medical images in a very similar way. The… read more …read more