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Rauland-Borg Corporation, which specializes in developing nurse call technology, has partnered with Voalté, a developer of point-of-care communications software for smartphone platforms. Their collaboration will enable Rauland-Borg's Responder 5 Nurse Call system to connect directly to caregivers' Voalté-enabled iPhones.

The VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Birmingham, Ala., an acute tertiary care facility, will provide nurse case managers with integrated mobile electronic health records. The technology will make it possible for home-based primary care nurses to schedule case loads as well as access and input patient information. The technology, called HB Mobile, was developed by Juneau, Fla.-based DSS, Inc. The Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 (VISN 7) selected the Birmingham center in August 2009 as the alpha test site for HB Mobile.

A new survey sponsored by the National Alliance for Caregiving and UnitedHealthcare highlights the ways emerging technologies can alleviate the financial and emotional burdens on family members caring for sick or disabled loved ones.The report, The e-Connected Family Caregiver: Bringing Caregiving into the 21st Century, released Saturday, found more than two-thirds of family caregivers who have used some form of technology to help them with caregiving believe Web-based and mobile technologies would be helpful to them.