Eric Wicklund
A number of heavy hitters in the healthcare field are joining forces with the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights to launch an initiative aimed at providing medical reference and decision support technology to underserved regions around the world.
Telehealth programs are typically targeted at a specific segment of the population - those with chronic conditions, or located in a remote area of the country. Numera wants to expand that presence.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based health and wellness technology company, fresh off new contracts to provide services in the UK and through American Well's Online Care platform, is now introducing a social platform designed to reach anyone who uses a smartphone or Facebook.
A well-known developer of mobile applications for nurses and clinicians in the hospital setting has launched a platform designed to help administrators manage mobile devices throughout the building or campus.Voalté, based in Sarasota, Fla., is teaming up with AirWatch, an Atlanta-based developer of smartphone security and mobile device management solutions, to launch Voalté Connect, giving administrators a platform to deploy, use and scale MDM solutions for enterprise-wide deployments.
Mobile phones are making their presence felt in healthcare, where physicians are using them to access health records and health facilities.Two separate announcements this week highlight new methods for authentication. Imprivata and PhoneFactor have announced a reseller partnership that will merge the former's OneSign authentication and access management platform with the latter's phone-based multi-factor authentication service. Meanwhile, HID Global is adding iCLASS digital authentication to Blackberry smartphones using Near Field Communications (NFC) capabilities.
More than 150 primary care physicians in Pennsylvania will soon have access to their patients' health plan-based information through their smartphones, enabling them to keep track of prescriptions and receive important clinical alerts at the point of care.
Personal health records may not be catching on as quickly as their advocates would hope, but one segment of the population clearly benefits from having them - those with chronic or serious illnesses or diseases.With that in mind, MedeFile International of Boca Raton, Fla., has signed an agreement with ConnectCare3 to offer the company's Internet-enabled PHR to ConnectCare3's patients and employees.
Hospital administrators sets their sights on regulating smartphone, tablet use CAMBRIDGE, MA - The proliferation of mobile devices in healthcare has given administrators a vexing problem with no easy answer: Should a health system dictate what smartphones and tablets its employees use or allow them to use their own personal devices
FDA draft document offers guidelines - and raises questionsThe questions and comments are pouring in over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's draft guidance on mobile medical apps, making it obvious that the government's first attempt to clarify its regulatory authority over this fast-growing field won't be the last.
When discussing mobile applications in healthcare, the image that most often comes to mind is that of a doctor calling up a patient's most recent x-ray or diagnoses on a smartphone, perhaps while at home or at a ball game.Those at the back end of the healthcare spectrum - in the business office, or down in the supply rooms - would like to point out that they can benefit from mobile technology as well.See also: Supply chain IT reaps benefits of EMR innovation.
Numera, a Seattle-based developer of health coaching solutions, is taking its telehealth talents across the pond.The company will be lending its NumeraNET solution to Appello, a collaborative telehealth project based in Camberley, Surrey, UK, that aims to improve care management and outcomes for those living at home with long-term health conditions.