Molly Merrill
The iPad has made its debut at a hospital in Israel where doctors have been given the technology to use on- and off-site.Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak (MYMC) equipped its physicians with the latest iPad version 4.2, customized for use in Hebrew. The technology allows clinicians instant touch-screen access to patient records and medical information via secure password-protected Internet. MYMC's IT team has programmed the Apple iPad to interact with the Microsoft Chameleon program used by the hospital.
A program that uses smartphones to transmit ECGs from the ambulance to the cath lab at the University Hospital in Newark, N.J., is showing improvement in patient outcomes.The program, called STAT-MI, is made possible through a $100,000 grant made by the Verizon Foundation to the Foundation of University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ),
Six technologies have been named by analysts as having the potential to improve workflow and communication for nurse, while boosting patient care. The six technologies were highlighted in the article, "Beyond E-Health Records: Technologies That Enhance Care Delivery," written by Fran Turisco, research principal, and Jared Rhoads, senior research analyst, for Emerging Practices in CSC's Healthcare Group.
Two recent data breaches involving personal health information on portable storage devices highlight the need for healthcare organizations to make the New Year's resolution to tighten up security.
Physicians, nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists are using social media tools to network with professional colleagues, track down job leads and apply for new positions, according to a new survey.
A survey of nearly 950 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) members indicates that iPad deployments are accelerating, in large part due to the mobile device's compelling point-of-care applications and uses.
Social media tools may prove an effective way to boost participation in online health programs, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School. Caroline Richardson, MD, associate professor of family medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School, and her colleagues found that adding an interactive online community to an Internet-based walking program significantly decreased the number of participants who dropped out.
Surgeons at Georgetown University are exploring the benefits of using an iPad in the operating room, according to an article published in the Journal Surgical Radiology. One surgeon says the technology's most obvious advantage in the OR is providing a "convenient way to easily access previous patient imaging."
The Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled Healthy People 2020, new 10-year goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention. Officials also launched "myHealthyPeople," a new challenge intended to spur technology innovation in application developers.For the past 30 years, Healthy People has been committed to improving the quality of the nation's health by producing a framework for public health prevention priorities and actions.
"The future physician of America" is a tech savvy one - one who reaches for an iPhone to choose clinical references, and who expects to use an EHR when he or she begins practicing, according to a recent survey of medical students.The fifth annual Future Physicians of America survey, sponsored by Epocrates, polled more than 700 medical students who use the company's software, seeking their opinions on a range of topics impacting the medical profession. Approximately 80 percent of survey respondents will be practicing physicians in less than two years.