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

HHS Health IT Safety Plan Open for Public Comment

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan this week. ...More
January 2, 2013
Posted in News
The Promise of Mobile Technology: Enabling Collaborative Care, Fulfilling Healthcare Reform

Unlike information technology preceding it, mobile technology’s adoption in healthcare has been rapid and broad. As provisions of the Affordable Care Act take effect, now more than ever mobile technology is poised to help all stakeholders benefit from improved and safer ...More
December 10, 2012
Posted in Whitepapers
Reinventing Healthcare for the 21st Century: Meeting Global Challenges with Innovations in Care Coordination

Both developed and emerging countries face three global megatrends that will have a crippling impact on their economies and societies if not addressed in the near future. The most significant trend is a rapidly aging world population. Global aging is already affecting the ...More
December 10, 2012
Posted in Whitepapers
Leveraging Big Data and Analytics: In Healthcare and Life Sciences

The healthcare and life sciences industries are grappling with managing the explosive growth of data. Applying downstream analytics in a volatile data environment, overseeing data storage and movement, and transforming the data to improve patient outcomes are just some of ...More
December 10, 2012
Posted in Whitepapers
Verizon’s Dr. Peter Tippett Receives U.S. Chamber’s First Leadership in Health Care Award

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The U.S. Chamber of Commerce presented its first Leadership in Health Care Award to Dr. Peter Tippett, chief medical officer for Verizon and vice president of the Verizon Incubator, at the Chamber's first annual Health Care Summit. ...More
November 5, 2012
Posted in News
Low-Cost Technology Turns Smartphones and Mobile Devices into Medical Monitors

Affordable, Accessible, Real-Time Measurement of Blood Oxygen Levels, Blood Pressure and Temperature Through Mobile Devices ...More
October 19, 2012
Posted in News
Slide Show:The Possibilties of mHealth

Mobile communications are transforming healthcare: how M2M will help you live a longer and healthier life. ...More
August 6, 2012
Posted in Galleries
Verizon Chairman and CEO Addresses World Health Care Congress

NEW YORK – Verizon Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam, in an address to the World Health Care Congress this week (April 17), detailed the challenges facing the U.S. healthcare delivery system and highlighted Verizon’s efforts to help transform it through the use of information ...More
April 19, 2012
Posted in News
Mobile Computing Solutions Increase Patient Safety and Improves Work Conditions

The mobile devices are an integral part of the hospital’s effort to increase patient safety and improve work conditions for clinicians, effectively modernizing the care process. The devices were chosen because they were configured specifically for the hospital environment ...More
April 19, 2012
Posted in News
Gadgets Improving Patient Care with Chronic Conditions

The mobile health (mHealth) market is set to take off due to the impetus provided by public and private stakeholders across the healthcare spectrum to modernize and streamline this overburdened sector, according to a new report by business intelligence expert GlobalData. ...More
April 16, 2012
Posted in News