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CompTIA survey: Mobile devices adding to security threats across industries
Other industries have the same data security issues that healthcare does, and these problems are worsening as the use of mobile devices grows. That's the take-away for healthcare leaders from
Health IT growth drives rising technology confidence overall
With all of the collaborative efforts between the healthcare and technology sectors in recent months--both the GE-Intel collaboration and the IBM-Premier effort come to mind--is it any wonder that IT
Most people with chronic disease want remote monitoring
More than three-fifths of Americans living with at least one chronic disease believe that a home medical device to manage their conditions could improve their health, according to a survey
HIMSS Analytics: Few medical devices connect with EMRs
If you read FierceMobileHealthcare regularly, you'd know that many, if not most, mobile devices used in healthcare don't connect to much other than the Internet . According to a new white paper from
Continua-certified mobile phone presents re-branding opportunity for failed PHRs
I generally roll my eyes anytime someone comes to me with a story about how their personal health record will empower consumers, simplify information gathering for physicians and ultimately transform
Transition to a mobile, connected health system bumpy
You don't often see the words "diabetes" and "elegant" in the same sentence--unless, of course, you're talking about smartphones. "If you have diabetes, asthma or heart disease, there's almost
PwC doc says vendors, providers, telecoms must collaborate on mobile connectivity
We reported extensively last month on the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of the mobile healthcare landscape, including the point that most mobile devices used in healthcare don't connect to
ARRA promotes 'domain-specific' computing at UCLA, while Best Buy joins with cardiac device maker on HIT effort
Though "meaningful use" may be the centerpiece, there's a lot more health IT in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act than just the Medicare and Medicaid incentives to adopt EMRs. For example,
Supplier exec: Connectivity will unleash the power of health IT
Electronic medical records and computerized physician order entry won't help the nation meet the goals of the the federal stimulus legislation of patient-centered coordinated care, improved quality
