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NewsCSC: Wireless technologies, robots will transform care
Mobile and wireless technologies dominate a Computer Sciences Corp. list of six technologies that show promise for improving patient care and making a better working environment for clinicians, Read more...
Apps can't always change patient behavior
It's time for a reality check in mobile healthcare. The myriad smartphone apps for healthcare generally are wonderful, low-cost tools for improving a small part of healthcare. But apps by themselves Read more...
'Smart' pill bottles, not just counseling, improve med adherence
Now here's a study we don't need to mock: "Smart" pill bottles that record when patients take their medication and then transmit that information to healthcare professionals helped improve medication Read more...
Wireless project aims to improve diabetes care on U.S-Mexico border
Like a powerful signal, wireless healthcare innovation in San Diego has spilled across the border to Tijuana, Mexico, to help prevent and treat diabetes. The recently announced Dulce Wireless Tijuana Read more...
Texting improves medication adherence, patient health
Text messages containing both medication reminders and information about a specific skin condition helped greatly improve adherence to treatment regimens, self-care behaviors and quality of life Read more...
Nationwide Children's sees higher testing, medication adherence with texting to teen diabetics
If any age group has shown a clear preference for texting, it's teenagers--half of whom reportedly send more than 1,500 text messages a month. So it makes sense that SMS might be a great way to Read more...
Florida, Idaho hospitals test iPad for patient education
You may have heard about the launch of Apple's iPad, and how the device seems to be drawing a lot of interest from healthcare circles. It's not only seen as something clinicians can use to chart Read more...
MGMA 09: Mobile Clinical Assistant deployed for patient services
Understandably, the IT focus here at the 2009 Medical Group Management Association annual conference in Denver is on EMRs and on the forthcoming conversion to ANSI X12 5010 transactions and ICD-10 Read more...
Cell phones aid primary care
If you want to create a patient-centered practice, see fewer patients and devote more time to each one. Emphasize preventive care and patient education, with an eye toward wellness. Consider house Read more...
Florida clinic expands trial of patient mobile computers
A Florida clinic has expanded its trial of mobile touch-screen devices for patients by adding internal medicine to the test that began in March with family medicine, according to an email sent to Read more...
| Press ReleasesAceso’s UpCare Interactive Patient System Installed at Swedish Health Services’ New Issaquah CampusLeading Non-Profit Hospital sets new Standard for Interactive Patient Care BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aceso (Uh-kesso), provider of interactive patient solutions for healthcare, is proud to announce Read more >> Centra Health and TeleHealth Services Partner to Launch Enterprise Interactive Patient Education for Patient Satisfaction and SaCentra Health will utilize TeleHealth's enterprise interactive patient education solution to increase patient satisfaction and safety scores across the system.Lynchburg, Va. and Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 2 Read more >> Aprima Medical Software Selects DiagnosisOne to Deliver Clinical Decision Support for Electronic Health RecordsPartnership Enables Healthcare Providers to Increase Practice Efficiency, Care Quality with Real-Time Decision Support and Satisfy Key Meaningful Use Requirements LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center Integrates Micromedex® Clinical Decision Support and CareNotes System® Patient EducaANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center (BMHMC), located in East Patchogue, NY, has successfully completed integration of Micromedex® CareNotes Read more >> Aceso’s UpCareTM Up and Running at Fletcher AllenPatient interactive solution brings patients into the fold of their care BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aceso (Uh-kesso), provider of patient-interactive solutions for healthcare, is proud to announce the Read more >> |
