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NewsKaiser Permanente debuts EHR mobile app
Kaiser Permanent today launched a mobile app giving more than 9 million patients access to their online medical records. The healthcare giant created a mobile-optimized version of its member website, Read more...
iTriage, Microsoft HealthVault partner for PHR mobility
December already was a huge month for iTriage, as it previously announced its acquisition by insurance giant Aetna. But it just got bigger, as the mobile app developer debuted a new free iPhone app Read more...
Tablet pilot streamlines patient data input
A recent successful pilot project shows how hospitals can begin extending tablets outside their walls. Home health agency Great Lakes Caring completed two 24-clinician test projects this summer that Read more...
iPhone or Android: How to help your docs choose a smartphone
Whether you're buying mobile devices for your physicians, or you've chosen a device-agnostic philosophy for your mobile strategy, there's some interesting new guidance to help you (or your docs) Read more...
Portable screening device could lower cancer detection costs
A new mobile medical device could dramatically reduce the cost to screen vulnerable populations for cancer. Researchers at Michigan State University are developing the device--Gene-Z--for use with Read more...
Google likely re-entering health IT market with Motorola Mobility buy
Pundits continue to scratch their heads trying to figure out Google's primary aim in purchasing Motorola Mobility last week for $12 billion. Despite the debacle of closing Google Health, bloggers and Read more...
Cisco eyes hospitals as key users for new business-focused tablet
Cisco is targeting hospitals with its new business-oriented tablet, Cius, following a year's worth of beta development at Palmora Pomerado Health System, San Diego, as well as firms in the education Read more...
More physicians are using smartphones for medical reference
Doctors' use of smartphones and tablets to access medical reference information is up 45 percent since June of last year, according to a recent report from healthcare research firm Bulletin Read more...
Clinical apps featured in Amazon's new Android app store
Mega-sized online retailer Amazon launched an online app store last week, starting off with 3,800 apps--all for Android devices only. Of the total, 121 are health-focused, with 42 directly aimed at Read more...
Epocrates co-founder hopes Doximity becomes as 'indispensable' as Facebook
Epocrates co-founder Jeff Tangney last week officially launched Doximity, a professional network that helps streamline communication between physicians with a goal of improving the speed and quality Read more...
| Press ReleasesContinua Health Alliance Releases Free Design Guidelines; Gains Android SupportAndroid 4.0 includes the Bluetooth Health Device Profile supporting Continua Certified devices as the Alliance continues to gain momentum BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Continua Health Alliance, Read more >> HCI Introduces New Android™-Powered Televisions for HealthcareCINCINNATI, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- HCI has released the next generation of their RoomMate televisions designed specifically for use in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The new Read more >> 'Instant Heart Rate' Smartphone App Hits 10 Million Downloads in 1 YearAzumio's Technology Turns Smartphone into a Heart Rate MonitorPALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Azumio's Instant Heart Rate, a biofeedback-based heart rate monitor app for iPhones and Read more >> Audiotoniq Begins Pre-Orders of High-Tech Hearing Aid SystemThe innovative smartphone controlled hearing aid system launches at the 2011 AARP Life@50+ National Event and Expo in Los AngelesAUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Audiotoniq, an Austin, Read more >> FieldSaver Android App Enhances How First Responders Collect and Share Critical Patient DataPINE GROVE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- FieldSaver™ announces the release of its Android app v3.0 that provides paramedics a mobile interface that allows them to successfully collect, document and Read more >> |
