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NewsApple's Mistri a 'secret weapon' in hospital iPad push
Apple's low-key healthcare guru, Afshad Mistri, might be a bit uncomfortable with the spotlight put squarely on him by a recent Wired magazine article. It's a spotlight Mistri largely has dodged Read more...
iPad strikes out big at Seattle Children's
The Veterans Administration might want to talk to Seattle Children's Hospital before it starts buying those 100,000 iPads. According to a recently published article in CIO, the tablet devices were a Read more...
Mobile devices 'impractical' for viewing medical images
Despite the continued mobilization of radiology efforts through smartphone and tablet use, diagnostic workstations aren't going anywhere anytime soon, physicians at a recent New York imaging Read more...
mHealth provides surgeons with a new set of instruments
While mobile technologies have found a place in a host of healthcare specialties, including cardiac care, radiology and neurology, the one department they hadn't penetrated until recently was the Read more...
Apple's Jobs leaves behind a powerful mHealth legacy
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 Read more...
iPads help patients to improve mobility, memory
Five years ago, the Nintendo Wii was touted as the new "it" thing for improving seniors' health--bowling leagues sprang up in nursing homes, and physical therapists "prescribed" Wii yoga programs to Read more...
Apple now sifts through health apps for docs
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 Read more...
Mobile 'super-user' docs utilize smartphones, tablets for research, diagnosis
A surprising 25 percent of physicians are using both smartphones and tablets in their practices, according to a recent survey by physician training site Quantia Communications. They're using them Read more...
Apple iCloud offers intriguing options for mHealth
Steve Jobs' ideas for a cloud-based storage network are generating some buzz about its possible effects on healthcare technology, as clinicians continue to adopt iPhones, iPods and iPads in droves. 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...
| Press ReleasesMany TeleTracking Patient Flow Functions Now Compatible With Apple® iPad®New version of patient flow software allows iPad® to control electronic bedboard®PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleTracking Technologies today announced release of its Capacity Read more >> Stanford Hospital Announces Unprecedented Support from Silicon Valley CompaniesCorporate Partners Program projected to provide $150 million to build the New Stanford Hospital and create a global model for patient-centered, technologically advanced health care February 1, 2011 Read more >> |
