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NewsVA's massive 100K tablet buy geared heavily toward clinicians
Less than a month after announcing a 1,000 iPad pilot test, the Department of Veterans Affairs is ready to go whole hog and purchase as many as 100,000 tablet computers, many of which will go to Read more...
Smartphones increase interruptions, unprofessional behavior, docs say
Wondering how much your clinicians use their smartphones? Nurses use mobile email about three times as much as physicians, sending 22 messages in an average 24-hour period. Physicians receive about Read more...
Post-op app helps patients monitor infections
Wireless sensor company Gentag has debuted a new app that can sense pressure, elevated temperature and other signs of post-surgical infection, the company recently announced. The technology, Read more...
Android apps to run on Blackberry Playbook
Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) announced this week that it has enabled its Playbook tablet (launch date: April 19) for Android apps -- putting an end to months of swirling rumors. 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...
New cardiac remote monitoring kit extends testing to two weeks
Canadian vendor, m-Health Solutions Inc., just debuted a new smartphone-based cardiac monitoring system that allows patients to track their cardiac rhythms over a full two weeks--far beyond the usual Read more...
Humana's military website goes mobile
The military is where it's at for mHealth these days. We told you earlier this month about early results from a mobile/smartphone project the Veterans Administration is touting. Now Humana Military Read more...
QNX wades further into healthcare market
QNX Software Systems recently showed off its reference design, enabled to allow Bluetooth devices to connect medical peripherals like blood pressure monitors, weight scales and pulse oximeters with Read more...
WebMD launches Medscape for iPad, Android
WebMD may be sewing up its dominance in the smartphone-enabled clinical education space, launching two new versions of its Medscape Mobile product for iPads and Android phones. This comes more than Read more...
DoD telehealth center releases app for mental health; BlackBerry PlayBook SDK features imaging app;
> The National Center for Telehealth and Technology, one of the military's Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, has developed a free smartphone app Read more...
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