Tag: mobile technology

April 4, 2017

Growing demands for wireless connectivity, ranging from Internet of Thing devices to patient expectations for Wi-Fi access, prodded Toronto-based Scarborough and Rouge Hospital to upgrade its networks. In December, the organization—recently formed through a merger—decided to expand wireless capabilities dramatically, […]

January 13, 2017

Application programming interfaces give access to data created by others, enabling a computer programmer or someone working on a computer to call up another program and get it to do a particular task, explains Brian Murphy, an industry analyst at […]

January 5, 2017

Northwell Health in New York State is expanding telehealth services across its enterprise of 21 hospitals and 550 outpatient facilities that include physician practices, imaging centers, laboratories, surgical centers, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare and medical/air ambulance services. The organization […]

December 22, 2016

Making patient bills more understandable for patients has become a wider strategy for MetroHealth, a Cleveland-based delivery system. It’s involved more than redesigning paper bills. In fact, the organization has examined and changed how it communicates with patients before an […]

November 29, 2016

If community hospitals are a general barometer of health in the surrounding area, the emergency room is the canary in the coal mine. Viral outbreaks, increases in violence, loss of health insurance from local layoffs—all are social ills that make […]

November 29, 2016

The Mayo Clinic is using emergency video telemedicine to effectively assist community hospitals less familiar with advanced newborn resuscitation interventions during high-risk, complex deliveries. Mayo’s Division of Neonatal Medicine has successfully offered newborn telemedicine consultations to six of its health […]

November 21, 2016

A large majority of healthcare organizations have a fully implemented mobile strategy, according to a new survey from open-source software vendor Red Hat. The online survey of 200 IT decision makers from healthcare organizations in the U.S., France, Germany and […]

August 25, 2016

Apple’s recent acquisition of health startup Gliimpse is the latest in a long series of strategic moves by the Cupertino, Calif.-based company to capture mindshare and market share in a healthcare industry increasingly reliant on data. News of the tech […]

March 3, 2016

Is cellphone use detrimental to mental health? A new study from the University of Illinois finds that addiction to, and not simply use of, mobile technology is linked to anxiety and depression in college-age students. The study was published in […]