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NewsStudy: Pediatric telehealth leads to big savings
Looking for a cost-saver in your hospital's pediatric department? Look into telehealth, says a Defense Department study on pediatric telehealth visits. A three-year study in the Pacific Rim shows Read more...
UK hospital trials iPads on WLAN, but loves wireless asset tracking
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust in London has become the first pediatric hospital in the UK to adopt iPads for e-prescribing and medication management, and currently is running a Read more...
$400M UN health improvement plan goes mobile
Mobile healthcare is now officially part of a global strategy to improve the health of women and children. The United Nations Foundation and several partners are committing $400 million toward making Read more...
Hospital to test medication text reminders for teenage transplant patients
We all know teens love to text and we've seen the studies showing text reminders help boost medication adherence in some adolescent and adult populations, but what if it's for a serious condition Read more...
CompuMed to provide EKG, telemedicine to California schools
Remember when the school nurse could do little more than take temperatures, check for sore throats and patch up playground scrapes? Well, some school infirmaries in California are about to go Read more...
Mobile system helps caregivers follow childcare protocols in rural Tanzania
Health authorities in Tanzania are embracing smartphones, PDAs and even basic mobile phones to follow international disease-management protocols for young children in hopes of breaking a decades-long Read more...
Hopkins tries text messaging to reach teens
"For better or worse, this technology is here, and sending a text to a patient's cell phone about an upcoming appointment or a test or simply to remind them to take their meds is a great example of Read more...
Study: Text messaging improves medication adherence for teens
Well, it was inevitable. If any demographic group would embrace text messaging for healthcare, it would have to be teenagers, right? Even for the most serious of ailments. A new study in Pediatrics Read more...
RFID tracks infant pneumonia in Pakistan
We've written frequently about the increasing use of mobile technology to provide basic health services in developing countries, but often we're talking about nothing more advanced than text Read more...
| Press ReleasesMayo Clinic Study Finds That Multiple Surgeries and Anesthesia Exposure before Age 2 Can Be Linked to Learning DisabilitieROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Every year millions of babies and toddlers receive general anesthesia for procedures ranging from hernia repair to ear surgery. Now, researchers at Mayo Clinic in Read more >> Wasatch Pediatrics Selects Phreesia and Greenway PrimeSUITE to Streamline its Workflow and Increase Cash FlowPhreesia adds a new integration with Greenway Medical Technologies to its patient check-in solution to optimize operations at medical practicesNEW YORK and DRAPER, Utah, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Read more >> Top-Ranked Hospital Uses Wyse Cloud Client Computing Solutions in Its Private Cloud to Optimize Healthcare ServicesNext-Generation Wyse Xenith™ Zero Clients Speed Care, Lower Energy Cost, Virtually Eliminate Tech Support Issues, and Saving Millions SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wyse Technology, the global Read more >> |
