A recent eWeek report quotes a Manhattan Research study that finds that doctors’ use of tablets doubled in 2012 compared to 2011. Tablet Use Nearly Doubles Among Doctors Since 2011: Report Not surprising at all! Smart phones...

Regulation of mHealth apps has been getting a lot of attention recently. They rightly observed that smartphones and mHealth apps are key to empowering consumers to take more responsibility for their own health and manage them....

“Mobile is the cornerstone of true meaningful use.” That is according to Kevin Larsen, M.D., chief medical information officer and associate medical director of 420-bed Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minn....

This is the second part in a two-part series on strategic investors in healthcare. Healthcare IT departments have focused much of their attention on the $19 billion portion of the stimulus bill that is providing billions of...

"For Laura Mitchell, who describes herself as a “grassroots guerrilla marketer,” the key to using social media is starting an engaging conversation. In 2005 she co-founded GrandCare Systems–a...

Moderated by HL7 International, this panel will discuss the business value of healthcare IT standards. Speakers will provide the background and supporting data that establish the ability of standardization to reduce direct and indirect costs, while improving healthcare quality and access. The

MyDataCan is an interesting new experiment in how Electronic Health Records could be set up and used in the future! It is an experimental electronic health records repository set up by the the Data Privacy Lab in the Institute...

By Andis Robeznieks Posted: April 21, 2012 - 12:01 am ET The eighth annual Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician ranking of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare is indicative of the transformation the...

Tim Fowler, Commercial Director, Wireless Division at Cambridge Consultants discusses their recent unveiling of Bluetooth®-Low-Energy Enabled iPhone M-Health App

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is getting into the eyewear business with a pair of thin wraparound shades that puts the company's Web services in your face.The experimental augmented reality...

The UK’s Department of Health has requested doctors to encourage their patients to use Smartphone apps to monitor chronic conditions and suggest treatment. The goal? Reduce unnecessary hospital visits and ultimately save...

As hospital iPad use grows, wired and wireless networks must meet additional requirements. Read about the impact on network infrastructure in this tip.

HIT Consultant spoke with Kian Saneii, CEO of Independa, Inc. during this year’s HIMSS12 where he talks about how Independa’s technology enabled independent living solutions is taking healthcare outside of the four walls of hospitals and extending it to the home for continuity of care.