July 24, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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Across the country, providers are using mobile solutions to enhance nurses’ ability to take care of patients at the point of care, whether that’s through advanced communications, direct messaging, RFID barcode scanning, medication reconciliation, or some other means. It’s a recognition that nurses, as the glue of a provider setting, need to be armed with the latest technology.
July 24, 2012
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At a recent conference on AIDS, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced new government initiatives aimed at fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including one that involves the use of mobile health (mHealth). The mHealth initiative has HHS in partnership with the MAC AIDS Fund, launching a mobile texting pilot program called UCARE4LIFE to help patients get important reminders and tips for managing their disease.
July 2, 2012 Mark Hagland
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At a time when population health is becoming more and more prominent as an issue, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has developed yet one more additional approach to leveraging existing church-based health efforts to better track and manager parishioners’ blood pressure.
June 19, 2012
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Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) International, an initiative led by healthcare professionals to improve the way computer systems in the industry share information, has announced that its mobile health (mHealth) implementation guide, the Mobile Access to Health Documents (“MHD”) profile has been released for public comment. This guide is available for public comment from IHE.
June 13, 2012
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According to the latest research from New York City-based Kalorama Information, the market for mobile medical apps was worth about $150 million in 2011, a number which will continue to grow quickly. The research, Market for Mobile Medical Apps, says medical apps compare favorably with app categories such as gaming, entertainment, social networking, and navigation.
June 13, 2012 David Raths
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Brian Phelps, M.D., an emergency department physician at Ashland Community Hospital in Oregon, believes the iPad can help ED staff members overcome the disruptions to work flow that PCs and typical software packages introduce.
June 8, 2012 Mark Hagland
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With nurses increasingly becoming weighed down by mobile devices, some pioneering hospital leaders are moving forward to try to streamline nurse mobility. Among these is Steve Shirley, CIO at Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, Colo. At the beginning of this year, Shirley led the implementation of an iPod-based mobile application that enables nurses to access patient data and clinical workflows.
June 7, 2012
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According to a new study from the New York City-based PwC's Global Healthcare division by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), widespread adoption of mobile health technology (mHealth) will be inevitable in both developed and emerging markets around the world with the total industry estimated a worth of nearly $23 billion by 2017. The study, Emerging mHealth: paths for growth, says the pace of adoption will likely be led by emerging markets and lag consumer demand.
May 30, 2012
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TechChange, a non-profit company that creates interactive online course and the mHealth Alliance, a non-profit that champions the use of mobile health (mHealth) is going to offer a four-week online certificate course on mHealth, called mHealth: Mobile Phones for Public Health. The online certificate course will run from Nov. 12 – Dec. 7 and will overlap with the 2012 mHealth Summit in the Washington, DC area.
May 24, 2012
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Following up a request from Chairman Julius Genachowski, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially adopted rules that will enable spectrum for Medical Body Area Networks (MBANs). These low-power wideband networks consist of multiple body-worn sensors that transmit a variety of patient data to a control device. MBAN devices aim to free patients from cumbersome cables that tether them to their hospital bed.
May 23, 2012
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A recent report from Englewood, Colo.-based research firm, IMS Research, is predicting that medical devices utilized by the consumer to self-monitor their health, rather than those used in managed telehealth systems, will be the biggest opportunity for wireless technologies in healthcare over the next five years. In the report, “Wireless Opportunities in Health and Wellness Monitoring – 2012 Edition,” IMS Research forecasts that more than 50 million wireless health monitoring devices will ship for consumer monitoring applications during the next five years, with a smaller number being used in managed telehealth systems.
May 18, 2012
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski, recently joined healthcare IT vendors GE Healthcare (Chalfont, St. Giles, U.K.) and Philips Healthcare (Andover, Mass.) to unveil a proposal that would allow for allow greater use of spectrum for Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) devices. These devices can be used for technologies like wireless patient monitoring, which allow healthcare providers to check on a patient outside a hospital setting.
