Mobile Healthcare Today

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6 Questions

As an ongoing feature for our audience, Mobile Healthcare Today presents a series of short-form Q&As with vendors, developers and other influential figures in the mobile healthcare sector, called 6 Questions. ...read more

Healthcare CIOs, Brace For A Rough Year

Increased Risks, Regulatory Expectations and Reputational Fallout ...read more

Meaningful Use Funds Adding Up

WASHINGTON—As the year winds to a close, several healthcare organizations announced funding from the federal government for obtaining ‘meaningful use’ standardization of EHRs (electronic health records). ...read more

IDC Forecasts the Future of Health IT

Recent research examining the future of mobile healthcare technology offers some interesting theories. ...read more

ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

The Market for mHealth App Services Will Reach $26 Billion by 2017

BERLIN—Smartphone applications have begun to enable the mHealth industry to successfully monetize their services. The market for mHealth services has now entered the commercialization phase and will reach $ 26 billion globally by 2017, the new "Global Mobile Health ...More
March 8, 2013
Posted in News
Palomar Medical Center Introduces New Wireless Patient Vital Signs Monitoring System

Palomar Medical Center is the first hospital in the nation to use a wrist-worn device that continuously monitors a patient’s vital signs to make clinical decisions. The ViSi® Mobile System wirelessly transmits patient data to clinicians’ remote viewing devices and alerts ...More
February 21, 2013
Posted in News
ECRI Institute Releases C-Suite Watch List of Top 10 Hospital Technology Issues for 2013

Healthcare reform, Accountable Care Organizations, readmissions, and reimbursement rates are just a few of the challenges facing today’s healthcare leaders. Balancing costs and savings potential for new technologies also weighs heavily on their shoulders. ...More
February 19, 2013
Posted in News
DaVita HealthCare Partners Releases Fourth Quarter 2012 Results

DENVER— DaVita HealthCare Partners announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31. Adjusted net income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners for the quarter ended December 31 was $173.3 million, or $1.68 per share, excluding transaction expenses ...More
February 14, 2013
Posted in News
Alcavis HDC Merges with Angelini Pharma

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Alcavis HDC announced the merger with Italian-based pharmaceutical firm Angelini Pharmaceuticals effective January 1, 2013. Now operating as Angelini Pharma Inc., this newly forged alliance will enable the company to focus on continued development of ...More
February 14, 2013
Posted in News
Federal Rule Expands Privacy Protections and Penalties for Patient Health Information, New Report Says

Researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services have released a new report analyzing key changes to a federal rule implementing modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) required by the ...More
February 13, 2013
Posted in News
Information Technology Improves Patient Care and Increases Privacy, MU Informatics Expert Says

The federal government invested more than $25 billion in health information technology (IT) as a result of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act; yet, little is known about how IT applications improve patient safety and protect their privacy. ...More
February 8, 2013
Posted in News
AAMI, FDA to Hold Summit on Healthcare Technology in Home Healthcare, Other Nonclinical Settings

As healthcare facilities look to save money, and patients rely increasingly on mobile devices to monitor their conditions, technology is moving out of hospitals and into homes and other nonclinical settings—a trend known as distributed care. ...More
February 6, 2013
Posted in News
Special Olympics Uses Mobile Healthcare to Help Disabled Athletes

The Special Olympics has pioneered a web-based personal health record aimed at empowering athletes to optimize their own health outcomes by using mobile health technology. At ...More
January 29, 2013
Posted in News
Slide Show: New Tools to Protect Patient Data

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a new education initiative and set of online tools provide healthcare providers and organizations practical tips on ways to protect their patients’ protected health information when using mobile devices ...More
January 2, 2013
Posted in Galleries