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Human-computer interface progress vital to success of EHRs

Steve Jobs' passing last week has triggered myriad reflections on his immense contribution to the modern world. While much emphasis has been placed on Apple's recent trendsetting products--the iPod,

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

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.

Smartphone? Try heartphone

Lost in the kerfuffle of the apparent theft and resale of a next-generation iPhone prototype is the news that Apple has applied for a patent on an "integrated sensor for detecting a user's cardiac

Many think Apple's iPad is just what the doctor ordered

Perhaps you've heard that a Cupertino, Calif.-based company called Apple released a new consumer product called the iPad, or something of the sorts, this past weekend. Apple sold oh, only about

SPOTLIGHT: What would Steve Jobs do?

Hospital Impact's Anthony Cirillo thinks he knows of just the man to lead the healthcare reform effort: Apple CEO Steve Jobs, known for creating products that "cut through complexity," according to a

iPad 'commandments': 'Mobile, capable and handy' device could be a breakthrough

Apple's new iPad hasn't even hit the market yet, but people already are making big plans to use the portable device in healthcare. Mobile physician Dr. Blaine Warkentine and "e-futurist" Doug

Tennessee top spot for transplant candidates

When Apple CEO Steve Jobs needed a liver transplant, he registered with transplant units in locations around the country. He hit the jackpot in Tennessee, which had a 229-person waiting list for a

iPhone has become more than a passing fancy in healthcare

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Steve Jobs and his colleagues at Apple should be blushing--and not just all the way to the bank--over the iPhone. Even now, nearly two years after