CSC consultant: Healthcare reform is driving technology growth
Fierce Mobile | February 29, 2012
Among the top concerns of health IT professionals attending the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) annual conference in Las Vegas last week were data mining and analysis, clinical decision support, the automation of chronic disease management, patient engagement, accountable care organizations and care coordination across communities, according to Tracey Mayberry, a partner with consulting firm CSC…Read More
UK wants docs to prescribe apps instead of some visits
Fierce Mobile | February 27, 2012
England’s National Health Service just announced it will encourage general practitioners to “prescribe” apps rather than actual doctors’ visits whenever possible. The core idea is to get British patients to use mobile healthcare devices to monitor and track their ongoing health status, and identify (and solve) problems before they require a visit. It’s couched as a quality of care move, but also as a money-saving maneuver for the state-funded healthcare system…Read More
UCLA researchers detect E. coli with cell-phone plug-in
Fierce Mobile | February 27, 2012
Engineers at UCLA just developed a device can be attached to a cell phone to detect the presence of Escherichia Coli in food and water. Researchers recently published their findings in the peer-reviewed Royal Society of Chemistry journal…Read More
BYOD approach makes inroads at Kaiser Permanente
Fierce Mobile | February 27, 2012
The bring-your-own-device trend continues to snowball. After a recent report from Aruba Networks found that 85 percent of hospitals are supporting mobile BYOD, healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente admits it’s working on a BYOD policy of its own. We found a discussion of Kaiser’s plans in a larger story at Network World. Mark Kadrich, Kaiser’s senior security architect, admits that employee demands have driven…Read More
New diabetes texting programs have ambitious goals
Fierce Mobile | February 27, 2012
After more than a year of testing the concept of using text messaging to change health behavior, a federal/state/local partnership is taking things to the next level…Read More
Five Types of Social Media Influencers
Social Media Today | February 18, 2012
What makes a good influencer?
“Influence” is a concept difficult to evaluate since it refers to both subjective and objective values, resulting in a measurement of…Read More
Apple’s Jobs leaves behind a powerful mHealth legacy
Fierce Mobile | October 6, 2011
IT pioneer and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs leaves behind a host of ideas, devices and products for the healthcare IT world in general, and the mobile health industry in particular. Just days before his death October 5, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer, Apple announced a possibly ground-breaking development…Read More
Apple now sifts through health apps for docs
Fierce Mobile | September 16, 2011
Apple has added an ingenious new segment to its app store–iTunes for Healthcare Professionals–with the idea of sifting through the thousands of healthcare apps, and corralling those that will be of most use to physicians and other providers, according to medical market manager Afshad Mistri…Read More