Category Archives: Mobile Technology

Mobile Technology

Survey: Confusion Slowing Meaningful Use Compliance

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Anne Zieger

While Meaningful Use is likely to spur improvements in health IT, confusion over regulations — and the need to pursue other pressing HIT projects — are slowing down MU compliance, according to a new study. The survey was conducted by … Continue reading →

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Technologies Hospital Leaders Should Watch

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Courtesy of non-profit research house the ECRI Institute, here’s some of technologies that they believe hospital C-suite execs should be watching this year. This list was generated by ECRI’s in-house analysts, reports HealthLeaders. Not all of these are directly related to … Continue reading →

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Mobile Tech Advancing Among Providers

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Anne Zieger

We all know hospitals and medical practices have been heavily impacted by the use of mobile technology. What’s interesting to learn, however, is that the nature of that use is shifting — and that the number of healthcare professionals who … Continue reading →

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Real-Time Responses To EMR Training

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Teaching hospital staffers and clinicians to use your EMR is a hard enough job. Figurng out just what they didn’t learn during training is even harder. But here’s a trick some hospital administrators and IT leaders are using to do … Continue reading →

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Homecare Firm Dispatches 4,000 Android Tablets With Nurses

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Could Android gear be sneaking up on Apple? Here’s one case where a national healthcare organization decided to go with the Android technology for a very large and clearly mission-critical purchase. A national homecare agency has bucked the iPad trend … Continue reading →

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NY RHIO Brings EMRs To Ambulances

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Even with a well-connected RHIO in place, and a healthy EMR on site, most hospitals have to content with paper records when ambulances pull up to their door. But in Rochester, they’ve changed things up. The Rochester Regional RHIO has … Continue reading →

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Physicians Like EMR-Connected Apps

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Anne Zieger

A new survey by vendor eClinicalWorks has concluded that the vast majority of physicians like EMR-connected apps, and many cases, believe that apps can improve patient care. Of course, the research is a bit self-serving. The study announcement comes alongside … Continue reading →

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The Higher Cost Limited Value Proposition of Healthcare IT

Posted on February 1, 2013 by John

This is a topic I’ve written about before, but it keeps coming back on my radar over and over again. Plus, it’s a fundamental problem that we most overcome in healthcare. Far too many of the innovations in healthcare are … Continue reading →

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Remote Patient Monitoring Going Mainstream

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Anne Zieger

This week I read a piece of news which suggests to me that we’re seeing a turning point in the use of remote monitoring technology to manage patients.  It looks like AT&T is taking a major public position in support … Continue reading →

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One Vendor’s Take On Building Usable Health IT

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Virtually anyone reading this blog has strong opinions on how to build usable health IT and what it the final product should look like. Now and then, though, I still think it’s worth tossing out somebody else’s version to see … Continue reading →

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