Category: apps
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EMR Permissions, EMR and mHealth, and EMR Adoption
My #EMR is really messing w/ me right now. It is telling me that I don’t have permission to ck my electronic tasks. But I did qualify 4 #MU. — LindaGirgisMD,FAAFP (@DrLindaMD) December 12, 2013 I think these are the types of issues that annoy EMR users the most. It’s something that could no doubt…
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Happtique suspends mHealth app certification program
Only a week and a half after Happtique announced that it had certified 19 health and medical apps through its new Health App Certification Program (HACP), the company suspended the program after a… read more …read more
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Commentary: Obstacles continue to stand in way of mHealth adoption
Three powerful forces–the unsustainability of current healthcare spending, the rapid growth of wireless connectivity, and the need for more precise and individualized medicine–are converging and… read more …read more
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Senator Recommends Telehealth Amendments to SGR Repeal and Replace Bill
Not long after the House of Representatives passed a three-month, temporary fix to the sustainable growth rate (SGR), the Senate Finance Committee verbally passed an SGR repeal and replace bill. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) further released a series of amendments he would like to see added to the repeal that employ the use of health…
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Journal features abstracts, research from mHealth Summit
To coincide with last week’s mHealth Summit 2013, the Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine put together a special supplement edition featuring the latest abstracts and research from the 5th… read more …read more
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mHealth13: FCC’s Clyburn calls spectrum the ‘lifeblood’ to mobile health
Speaking at the 2013 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Federal Communications Committee Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn spoke to an audience about the prolific promise of mHealth–and what the FCC is doing to keep up its end of the bargain. read more …read more
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mHealth13: Preventable vulnerabilities often threaten med device security
Several vulnerabilities–some entirely preventable–continue to plague medical devices when it comes to security, according to panelists speaking Wednesday at the mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. read more …read more
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History has lesson for mHealth market
There’s one word that can aptly describe the mobile health market in its entirety. Nascent. And it’s been lingering in this stage for years, said industry officials at the 2013 mHealth Summit this week. So, what’s finally going to move the market forward? For many, it involves taking a little closer look at history. The…
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mHealth13: Technology knowledge key to telehealth deployment
Telehealth isn’t only about knowing the patient and the treatment–knowing the technology is equally important, Leigh Ann Chandler Poole, M.D., a nurse practitioner at the University of Alabama, said Tuesday at the 2013 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. read more …read more
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3 Approaches To Making Healthcare More Mobile
Three major concerns – security, integration, and the ability to work off-line – are preventing the advancement of mobility. How can these obstacles be overcome? By Coco Jaenicke, CMO, Verivo More and more frequently we see healthcare providers carry sleek devices in their hands, but at the same time we see the same people spending…