May 11, 2012 | Mike Miliard
Happtique, a mobile health app store aimed at healthcare professionals, will launch a trial of mRx, which it touts as the first program to enable physicians to prescribe mHealth apps to patients.

May 8, 2012 | Michelle McNickle
A recent report by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation suggests the value of big data is something to take seriously. As more organizations create plans leverage their big data, Nuance's Joe Petro sees some remarkable developments on the horizon.

May 8, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
The convenient way one uses to input and access information on the iPhone or iPad -- capacitive touch technology -- has now been incorporated into a system for monitoring hand hygiene compliance to help curb healthcare-associated infections, or HAIs.

May 7, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Chesapeake Regional Medical Center has rolled out a five-foot, automated disinfection robot named Tru-D (Total Room Ultraviolet Disinfection), part of a $2 million CDC grant awarded to Duke University for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections.

May 2, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Health 2.0 will unveil 10 of what it bills as "the hottest new companies in healthcare technology" at the Launch! session during Health 2.0 Spring Fling Matchpoint in Boston, May 14-15.

May 7, 2012 | White Papers
As employees bring their mobile devices to the workplace, while it may increase productivity and reduce cost, it also causes security weaknesses. IBM has authored a white paper, "Securing Mobile Devices in the Business Environment." Download this paper to learn more about mobile security device threats and how to establish a mobile security strategy.

April 26, 2012 | Upcoming Webinars
Innovative healthcare providers are using telemedicine to move care beyond the hospital and increase inter-professional collaboration and education, in order to provide quality patient care closer to home. Join Dr. Ed Brown, CEO of the Ontario Telemedicine Network, to learn how one the world’s largest telemedicine networks has moved beyond simply facilitating telemedicine activity between providers and patients to a more strategic and comprehensive role as a catalyst for systemic change in the delivery of healthcare and education.

April 24, 2012 | Upcoming Webinars
Hear from leaders at Parkview Health System and Avaya on how you can leverage mobile devices to improve communications and patient care, while increasing nurse productivity. Leverage the learnings from Parkview as they launched new tools to have the technology find the expert versus having the staff search for the right resources. Consider how mobile technology can allow clinicians to communicate from where ever they are and to share EHR clinical information quickly, easily and securely.

March 29, 2012 | White Papers
The United States is undergoing a major transformation of its healthcare delivery system, driven by federal health IT investments and healthcare reforms. This content piece features information from a joint presentation at the HIMSS12 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas in February, where Eric Dishman, General Manager of Health Strategy and Solutions at Intel Corporation, and Jason Hwang, MD, executive director of healthcare at the Innosight Institute, presented on the power of “disruptive innovation” to meet the challenges of transforming the U.S. health sector. Download this paper to read examples of how disruption health IT innovation is driving new care models across the globe.

March 19, 2012 | White Papers
Software AG, a leading provider of Business Process Excellence (BPE) solutions, is helping build the “hospital of the future” for Nemours, an internationally-recognized children’s health system. The full-service Nemours Children’s Hospital (NCH) in Orlando will feature state-of-the-art systems for its clinical, facilities, maintenance and other supporting functions, all working together and unified via Software AG technology to create a “smart building” that ensures a comforting, customized experience for young patients and their families.

May 2, 2012 | Christina Thielst
The Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board released a second report on outcome investigations involving social media that were submitted by regional offices and it underscores two main points.

April 26, 2012 | Eric Wicklund
On Thursday, April 26, mHIMSS will tackle the issues head-on in a daylong virtual forum. “The Future of Mobile Technologies and mHealth: Staying Securely Connected” will run from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET and include several education sessions and an interactive exhibit hall.

April 19, 2012 | Christina Thielst
Earlier this year I was invited by the eHealth Initiative to participate in a focus group for PwC Health Research Institute's newly released report entitled, “Social media likes healthcare: From marketing to social business.”

April 9, 2012 | Katie Matlack
For doctors trying to reach their patients online, using Google+ can provide surprising marketing benefits that help them be more “findable” on the web.

March 27, 2012 | Shahid Shah
Like many of you, I made the annual pilgrimage to the HIMSS Conference last month but I didn’t write much publicly about it. Here’s what I learned while I was in Vegas and my takeaways for the rest of the year.

January 23, 2012 | Industry News Release
mscripts, the leading provider of mobile applications for pharmacies, today announced at the Health Innovation Summit that it is adding new family-friendly shopping capabilities to its Mobile Pharmacy Application Platform. New features include proxy prescription management (allowing one person to manage prescriptions for multiple family members), integrated shopping lists, and upgrades to the mscripts Coupon Module.

January 11, 2012 | Industry News Release
WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq: WBMD), the leading source of health information announced today its new WebMD Baby App for iPhone and iPod touch, a free mobile application for parents of infants and toddlers. WebMD Baby gives new parents quick and reliable access to pediatrician-approved baby health and wellness information anywhere, anytime. WebMD Baby content was created exclusively for the app and is personalized for a baby’s specific age, helping to ensure new parents are one step ahead of their baby’s growth and development.

January 4, 2012 | Industry News Release
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced the 2012 Mobile Clinician Voice Challenge. As part of this month-long event running through February 3rd, Nuance is calling all healthcare developers to voice-enable mobile or web-based healthcare apps. Looking to identify the most innovative uses of voice recognition for the mobile clinician, Nuance is offering more than $25,000 worth of prizes to developers who demonstrate how voice-driven interactions with a mobile healthcare application can enhance clinicians’ experience, improve mobile workflow and lead to better patient care.

December 15, 2011 | Industry News Release
Single Touch Systems Inc. (OTCBB: SITO), the technology based mobile media solutions provider that enables businesses, advertisers and brands to easily connect with customers through its patented technologies, today announced an agreement with NextGen Management LLC that will allow doctors in NextGen’s network to deliver wellness-focused mobile communications and branded content to their patients.

December 7, 2011 | Industry News Release
Nuance Healthcare’s cloud-based, medical speech recognition technology is increasingly being used to power the mobile clinical environment. Today, healthcare provider organizations and independent software vendors including LifeDox, Massachusetts General Hospital, MedMaster, PhoenixOrtho, University of Miami and others are speech-enabling mobile healthcare applications to enhance clinicians’ mobile experience and to simplify their mobile interactions.