More Hospitals Turning to Mobile Payments
Retail and restaurants aren’t the only aggressive adopters of mobile payments technology today. Across the healthcare landscape, from dental practices to emergency rooms, mobile payment options are...
View ArticleNuance Unveils New Cloud-Based Imaging and Report Exchange
mHealthWatch was privy to a sneak peek earlier this week at PowerShare Network, a new cloud-based imaging and report exchange from Nuance. Nuance Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of voice and...
View ArticleInfographic: Is Your Hospital’s Website Taking Care of Patients Too?
In 2014, it isn’t enough for a hospital and its staff to take care of patients. The hospital’s website must be of service too. And if your facility’s website is lacking in bedside manner, it could...
View ArticleCerner, Epic and MEDITECH Expand EMR Footprint
According to an announcement shared with mHealthWatch late last week, Cerner, Epic and MEDITECH were the only EMR solutions that grew their market share in the past year. This reality was brought to...
View ArticlePhysician-Centric Mobile Communication Solutions Coming to Houston
Everything is bigger in Texas, including mHealth technology. On Tuesday, DocbookMD — a HIPAA-secure mobile communication company — announced plans to aggressively push its innovative solutions across...
View ArticleWhen it Comes to Mobile Communications, Healthcare Industry is Behind the Times
Mobile communications technology has dramatically changed for the better how a myriad of industries function and perform. But the healthcare industry’s adoption of mobile tech is lagging that of other...
View ArticleNew York Hospital Opens Innovation Space
Start spreadin’ the news. The future of healthcare technology belongs to the innovators. To find them, look no further than New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP). NYP has just opened what the...
View ArticleMoving the Mobile Needle: Majority of Healthcare Professionals On Mobile...
If you’ve been to a doctor’s office recently, you may have noticed some changes. Sure, the stethoscope and tongue depressors are still there. But now, patients are seeing laptops and mobile phones...
View ArticleFast Wi-Fi Comes to University of Miami Health System
With the rising need for access to health records via mobile devices comes an increased need for Wi-Fi at hospitals and medical facilities everywhere. Still, some of the paramount concerns that medical...
View ArticleNew Report Says EMR Effectiveness Saves Lives
HIMSS Analytics has published the promising findings of a new study that reveals the life-saving consequences of EMR effectiveness. HIMSS Analytics, along with clinical data and analytics support from...
View ArticleThe Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Finds ‘Ingenious’ Patient Encounter...
mHealthWatch has learned that Ingenious Med, provider of a leading patient encounter platform, has signed an agreement with the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio part of the Texas-based CHRISTUS...
View ArticleHospital Cost Reductions Necessary, But More Than Same Old Excel Spreadsheets...
Of all the developments in healthcare — and there are a wagonload these days — cost containment is one of the pressing issues. That’s because, according to data from the Centers for Medicare &...
View ArticleOp-Ed: The Boy Who Cried ICD-10
The following is a guest contributed post from Bonnie Cassidy, senior director of health information management (HIM) innovation for Nuance. I used to tell my daughter the scary story that my dad used...
View ArticleHow Swedish It Is: The TYKS Neonatal ICU Touts New Alert Messaging Solution
In Sweden on Tuesday, the neonatal intensive care unit at Turku University Hospital (TYKS) confirmed that it is deploying the Unite Cardiomax solution, provided by Ascom Miratel. The goal? To promote a...
View ArticleKentico Global Surveys How Effective Healthcare Provider Websites Are
These days, it is expected that every business has a website, and this includes hospitals, healthcare facilities, and private medical practices. To determine how effective healthcare provider websites...
View ArticleNew Research Showcases the Hidden Costs of Hospital Pager Use
A new study sponsored by TigerText (using research conducted by HIMSS Analytics and other industry research), revealed how significantly U.S. hospitals are “overpaying to maintain legacy paging...
View ArticleMaine’s Top Home Health Agency Cuts Readmissions with Cutting Edge Tech
On Tuesday, MHW was briefed on eye-opening new data from HomeHealth Visiting Nurses of Southern Maine (HHVN). The organization, we’re told, achieved over the course of one full year a dramatic 75%...
View ArticleNewYork-Presbyterian Named New York’s Top Hospital By U.S. News & World Report
This morning, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital — one of the largest and most comprehensive academic medical centers in the nation — is ranked New York’s No. 1 hospital for the 17th consecutive year (and...
View ArticleCare Innovations, PRA Health Sciences Announce Strategic Partnership
As part of Care Innovations focus on expanding into adjacent markets, the company has just announced its exclusive global partnership with PRA Health Sciences. PRA is one of the world’s leading global...
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