Dan Bowman, FierceMobileHealthcare
“Researchers at the University of South Carolina have developed a new program to aid in fall prevention for the elderly. It uses sensors originally designed to monitor bridge safety and an algorithm to detect vibrations associated with movement, according to an article on the school’s website.
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David Lee Scher, mHIMSS
“Much of the digital health technologies on the market today are wellness products used by the relatively younger segment of the population. Technologies that are focused on chronic diseases have found it much harder to reach their intended target audience for a variety of reasons.
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Katie Matlack, Healthcare IT News
“The iPad and the iPhone are a huge hit thanks to their ease of use, mobility and Internet connectivity. And of course the huge range of available apps has amazed all of us with just how many functions these devices can perform.
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Forbes
“Mobile devices are proving instrumental for a growing number of healthcare professionals. Smartphones and tablets are progressing beyond ways for doctors and nurses to check in during a busy day, and becoming part of the very fabric of healthcare delivery.
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EHRScope
“Cloud computing is gaining momentum across several industry sectors, but has yet to be fully embraced by health care organizations due to privacy and integration concerns. Health care companies grappling with the decision to adopt cloud computing platforms have the unique challenges of patient privacy, and even more daunting, the integration of outdated legacy systems. The health care industry is cutting edge in many aspects, but often lags in IT.
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Rip Empson, TechCrunch
“Last month, we took a look at some of the ways mobile technology is transforming the health industry.
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Ron Sterling, HITECHAnswers
“With paper exam notes, the doctor and staff record information and the note reflects what they recorded. Unfortunately, EHR based notes may not be as direct.
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Jeremy Zasowski, 3M
“What happens when clinical documentation strategies to meet Meaningful Use requirements don’t line up with an organization’s strategies to improve clinical documentation for coding and profiling?
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Chris Taylor, The Successful Workplace
“There are real challenges with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) beyond getting doctors to write things down (a feat in itself). Healthcare providers are being pushed to adopt EMR, but few are at Stage 7, shown at right.
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Harold Hambrose, Electronic Ink
“There’s no question about it—electronic medical records have become a growth industry. And I’m worried.
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Gabriel Perna, Healthcare Informatics
“In the world of medical research, the emergence of the electronic medical record (EMR) in hospitals is a game-changer, giving researchers the opportunity to use large, previously unobtainable data sets for their studies. You don’t have to tell that to Atul Butte, M.D., director for the Center for Pediatric Bioinformatics at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (Palo Alto, Calif.) and associate professor at Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Forbes
“Healthcare challenges are on the rise worldwide. Chronic conditions take an ever-greater toll, and costs are on the rise. But health insurance no longer bridges the gap for many, and healthcare systems struggle to balance the need for top-notch care and innovation against shrinking budgets.
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Donna Fuscaldo, FOXBusiness
“The doctor will see you now, but not in the typical office setting with you sitting on the examining table.
Drug store operator Rite Aid (RAD: 1.54, +0.03, +1.99%) is offering people that live in the greater Detroit area the ability to engage in virtual doctor’s visits.
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Michelle McNickle, Healthcare IT News
“By now, it’s apparent EHRs need to grow up. But, as patient-centered business models become increasingly popular, the EHR is also shifting into a vital part of the success of these organizations.
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Gienna Shaw, FierceMobileHealthcare
“Mobile healthcare shows promise in developing countries, but when you look closely at some of the great programs and dedicated people that are out there with boots on the ground, it quickly becomes apparent that Western ideas about technology don’t always translate.
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Ananya Mandal, News-Medical
“Both the Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA) and the Australian Privacy Foundation have criticised the private corporation established by the federal and state governments to roll out the federal government’s proposed electronic health records. They have told a Senate inquiry hearing in Canberra that personally-controlled e-health records should not go live on July 1 as planned.
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HealthCanal
“Despite a national mandate to implement electronic health records and computer order entry systems (CPOE) by 2014, only approximately 30 percent of hospitals nationwide have done so and around 40 percent of hospitals in the state of Massachusetts have made this transition.
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WHCC
Amsterdam – 18 January, 2012 – The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe will convene in Amsterdam, 23-24 May, 2012, gathering more than 200 health care leaders from Europe and the globe to share top insights and best practices for health care business innovation and develop actionable strategies to improve care delivery and outcomes.
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Charlie Fidelman, The Gazette
“It will take several more months before your doctor can send your prescription directly, electronically, to your pharmacist, but Montrealers will finally be plugged into the provincial system of computerized health records.
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e-Health-com News
“Wie informieren sich Verbraucher beim Kauf von Arzneimitteln und Gesundheitsprodukten? Welche Einstellungen haben sie zu Gesundheitsthemen?
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