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Mobile technology needs to be embraced in Meaningful Use push
As hospitals struggle with electronic health record implementation and qualifying for meaningful use (MU) incentives, don't forget mobile connectivity is a key part of the battle. A panel I recently
Why physicians should buy their own mobile devices
Should you buy your medical staff smartphones, tablets, or other mobile devices, or let them use their own devices for work? It's a dilemma most CIOs are facing now, with little long-term experience
Make sure your hospital's mHealth strategy is deliberate
There were more questions than answers for hospital CIOs at the World Congress Leadership Summit on mHealth in Boston last week. It shouldn't be a surprise, given the rapid rise of mobile development
Tablets get major investor attention in DC-to-VC meetings
Tablet-enabled and chronic disease products are getting the most attention from healthIT investors and developers in the "DC-to-VC" initiative, Wil Yu, special assistant for innovation with the
Cleveland Clinic creates incubator for internal app development
Cleveland Clinic is betting that its physicians, IT staff and others have some great ideas for apps and other mobile products. So much so, officials there have created a mobile "governance committee"
Hospitals are not exempt from FDA app regulation, legal experts warn
Hospital CIOs need to be careful about the apps they're creating, FDA experts warn. Brad Thompson, an FDA attorney with EpsteinBeckerGreen in Washington, D.C., was emphatic in comments at the World
Mobile technology brings equal parts risk, reward to medical liability
Mobile technology, and its ability to provide rapid access to medical information, can be good and bad for providers' medical liability risk. That's the upshot of Harvard health law professor
