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Malware on Smartphones? New Report Advises Precautions 14 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
There are many benefits that can come from bringing a smartphone into the workplace, particularly for health care providers. Indeed, for the growing number of workers in the industry who choose to us...
Dr. Miles Ellenby, OSHU, Key to Oregon Telemedicine Credentialing Changes 14 Aug 2013 | 06:48 pm
Dr. Miles Ellenby, Associate Professor of Pediatric Critical Care Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU), played an integral role in securing changes in Oregon’s state credentialing laws. Many ...
New Report: Mobile Devices Keep Coming to Work 14 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
As more and more health care providers have come to realize in recent years, iPads, iPhones, Androids, and Samsung Galaxy tablets are far more than just hi-tech toys—they can also be very useful tools...
Next Decade’s mHealth Market? Report Makes Predictions 8 Aug 2013 | 10:13 pm
The forecast for the future of mHealth is a decidedly mixed one. Indeed, despite the proliferation of countless new mobile health care apps, there are still impediments, including a lack of regulatio...
Data Breaches: Thieves, Rather than Errors, Usually to Blame 8 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
Over the past few years, health care data breaches seem to have made countless headlines. But are these incidents typically the result of human error, or are other forces at work? As first reported ...
An mHealth Champion for FCC Chairman? Senate to Vote 8 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm
As mHealth and telemedicine have become increasingly popular in the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman has come to play an important role in shaping the technologies’ ...
More Teamwork, Higher Liability Risks? Experts Offer Solutions 1 Aug 2013 | 06:14 pm
In a healthcare setting, much can be said about the benefits of teamwork, from the ability to share ideas about patient care to the power to delegate tasks to others. Now, however, more and more phys...
New Report: Mixed Forecast for the mHealth Future? 1 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
With the introduction of new health care apps practically every day, and a variety of reports predicting rapid expansion in usage, the excitement over mHealth appears to be contagious. But some exper...
Biggest Frustrations to Implement Telehealth? Healthcare CEO Explains 26 Jul 2013 | 07:25 pm
Developing and implementing a telehealth program can be a long and challenging process for any health care organization. But what are the specific difficulties that organizations are encountering as ...
New Report: Remote Monitoring Reduces Healthcare Costs 26 Jul 2013 | 07:16 pm
Rising health care expenditures have long been a concern for the industry, particularly given the disproportionately high price of treating patients with chronic health conditions. But according to a...
