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VA giving iPads to caregivers
The Dept. of Veterans' Affairs is testing whether giving iPads to caregivers can improve the care delivered to veterans, according to NextGov.com. Under the pilot program, Clinic-in-Hand, the VA
Nurses want drug data via their smartphones
It's not just doctors demanding smartphones app and access anymore. A new survey by healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins finds that most nurses want smartphone access to the drug
Social media, mHealth strategies should include seniors
The mHealth community, despite its obvious love of at-home monitoring for those with chronic conditions, is missing a major opportunity to create apps for seniors, according to Eric Dishman, who
BYOD approach makes inroads at Kaiser Permanente
The bring-your-own-device trend continues to snowball. After a recent report from Aruba Networks found that 85 percent of hospitals are supporting mobile BYOD, healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente
drchrono moves to next level with $2.8M investment
iPad electronic health record vendor drchrono has officially made it past "startup" status. The company just netted another $2.8 million in funding from Internet investor Yuri Milner, more than four
Researchers build iPad app around autism skills
University of Edinburgh researchers have combined gaming with autism research in a new app, FindMe, that they say could help autistic children as young as 18 months. Touchscreens, tablets and other
Physician practices eye tablets in 2012
Physician practices plan to invest big in tablets in 2012. A new survey from market research company NPD Group says 75 percent of small- to medium-sized health care practices polled are looking to
Axial wins ONC challenge with 'elegant' care coordination app
A product pegged as an up-and-comer last September just popped back up on the radar, winning the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' "Ensuring Safe Transitions from Hospital to Home"
Disease diagnosis, courtesy of your smartphone's touchscreen
Mobile devices may be the newest tools for diagnosing disease, but not in the way you might think. The newest way for smartphones and tablets to detect disease won't be through apps loaded onto the
Hospital's successful iPad rollout focuses on in-house and patient apps
The mushrooming iPad implementation at Ottawa Hospital has captured the attention of the entire healthcare industry, and with good reason: The now 3,000-device rollout is in full swing, and CIO Dale
