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Hotel Reservation Alert for HIMSS13!
It has come to our attention that several unaffiliated wholesale hotel/travel groups have been soliciting HIMSS participants and offering hotel accommodations for 2013 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans. Unofficial companies may be offering discounted or wholesale hotel pricing.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 5, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only New Orleans Source Type: news
Walgreens introduces API for mobile prescription refills
Pharmacy chain Walgreens, which already has one of the most popular mobile health apps out there, has released an application programming interface (API) so software developers can build the company’s prescription scanning and refilling technology into their own apps. The functionality already is in drug information app PocketPharmacist and newly launched personal health record Healthspek, [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - February 5, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized digital health apps Healthspek mobile health developers PocketPharmacist prescription iPhone apps Walgreens Android app Walgreens API Walgreens iPhone app Walgreens Refill by Scan Source Type: news
Want to Easily Violate HIPAA? Put Patient Data on a Laptop
Blog | February 05, 2013 | HIPAA, Health IT, Law & MalpracticeBy Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSSAre you craving national attention? Just put patient data on a laptop, as that seems to be the early trend in 2013 to becoming a HIPAA headline.
Source: Physicians Practice - February 5, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: keithmartin Source Type: news
UK government weighs digital tools for mental health
A report from the London School of Economics and Political Science recently found that only about a quarter of people with depression or anxiety-related mental health problems in the UK receive treatment. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) sees potential in turning to mobile and digital health tools to solve that access problem and to [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - February 5, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Beating the Blues Big White Wall Bosch Bosch Health Buddy Living Life to the Full Mental Health Network Moodscope MyHealthLocker National Health Service NHS PatientsLikeMe Source Type: news
Jawbone acquires Massive Health to improve UP
San Francisco-based Jawbone, a company best known for fashion-minded Bluetooth headsets and iPod speakers, has acquired mobile health startup Massive Health and design firm Visere for an undisclosed sum to help it refine and improve its own wearable health device, UP. GigaOM Founder Om Malik first broke the news of the acquisition.
“Massive Health was a company born [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized digital health mergers healthcare apps Jawbone UP Massive Health medical apps mobile health acquisition Penguine The Eatery Source Type: news
Healthcare IT merger and acquisitions hits $ 7 billion in 2012
M&A deals in healthcare IT sector have been picking up in the last three years, the report said.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 4, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
DoD’s new Android app connects to wearable devices for biofeedback
The National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2), an agency of the Department of Defense, has been introducing online and mobile health tools for people in the military, veterans, and their families since 2008. Their newest offering, BioZen, is an effort to get ahead of the trend of personal sensors and provide a free mobile [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized biofeedback brain wave monitoring BrainAthlete Department of Defense DOD National Center Telehealth Technology NeuroSky PTSD Shimmer Research T2 wearable wireless sensors Zephyr Technology Source Type: news
5 ways to succeed at BYOD
To say that mobile devices are firmly ensconced in the medical landscape is an understatement at best. Still, the conversation rages on about the proper place for smartphones, tablets and laptops. One element to this discussion is the role of BYOD. This sounds like something that should be on a party invitation, but it stands for "Bring Your Own Device," and it is a practice common in many industries where employees use their personal mobile devices in the workplace.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Benjamin Harris Tags: Online Only Brent Lang Industry News mobile devices smartphone Smartphones Vocera Mobile/Wireless Source Type: news
Clancy to leave AHRQ
After 10 years at the helm of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), high-profile leader Carolyn Clancy, MD, will step down as director.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Agency for Healthcare Research AHRQ Carolyn Clancy Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news
More and more states introducing bills to break barriers to telehealth
Already this year, some 13 states, plus the District of Columbia, have introduced legislation that would further expand the usage and reimbursement of telemedicine services.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Amanda McGill Arizona Baltimore Catherine Pugh Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Georgia Industry News LINCOLN Maryland Mississippi Nebraska New Mexico Pennsylvania South Carolina telemedicine Tenness Source Type: news
New Lippincott iPad app gives nurses offline access to nursing procedures
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) has announced the launch of an iPad app for Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills, the Web-based procedures reference product used by hospitals.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only cell phones east coast Industry News iPad Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Mobile/Wireless Source Type: news
Workplace Mental Health: It Pays To Be Proactive
By Ryan Galloway
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 4, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: BMO Harris Contributor Source Type: news
EHRs boost federal health center work
Health IT adoption at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) has yielded significant quality of care improvements, a new study has found, even as the health centers are still coming up to speed with meaningful use.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Anthony Brino Tags: Online Only Alabama Columbia University Commonwealth Fund Illinois Jemima Frimpong Meaningful Use Southern Illinois Southern Illinois University University of Alabama Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
Docs avoid drug errors with mobile apps
Consumers aren't the only ones using mobile apps to improve their health. Their doctors are using them, too.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only Anne Meneghetti California Epocrates online reference tools San Mateo ePrescribing Mobile/Wireless Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Black Swans, EHRs, and Your Medical Practice
Blog | February 04, 2013 | EHR, Health IT, Healthcare Careers, OperationsBy Daniel Essin, MA, MDHealthcare reform and the regulatory push for EHRs involve elaborate plans predicated on the future being a repetition of the past — but your future will not repeat the past.
Source: Physicians Practice - February 4, 2013 Category: Practice Management Authors: keithmartin Source Type: news
Getting the most from physician online ads
Technically Speaking - A practical look at information technology issues and usage
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - February 4, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Global healthcare IT M&A value touches Rs 7 billion in 2012
"M&A activity in the healthcare IT sector was robust with 163 transactions totalling approximately Rs 7 billion in 2012," the report noted.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 4, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
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Digital games gain traction [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Overview Source Type: news
McKesson and Safecor Health Packaging Partnership Delivers Cost Reductions and Efficiency Gains to Alternate Site Pharmacies
Proven Approach a Timely Solution for Short-Cycle Dispensing Mandate
Source: McKesson News - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
LHP Hospital Group Utilizes McKesson Paragon® to Support Hospitals in Need
Low-cost, contemporary HIS technology helps fuel growth, modernize care in communities
Source: McKesson News - February 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Bullying declines for LGB youth over time
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It does get better for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth, according to a new study of the name calling, threats and violence faced by teens in England.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
U of M researchers say access to electronic health records a critical tool
“A national shortage of critical care physicians and beds means difficult decisions for healthcare professionals, including how to determine which of the sickest patients most need access to the intensive care unit.
University of Michigan researchers say patients’ electronic health records could help a physician determine ICU admission by calculating which patients had the highest risk [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - February 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Critical Care Intensive care unit Source Type: news
Advances in health information technology may lead to more efficient use of critical care resources
“A national shortage of critical care physicians and beds means difficult decisions for healthcare professionals: how to determine which of the sickest patients are most in need of access to the intensive care unit.
What if patients’ electronic health records could help a physician determine ICU admission by reliably calculating which patient had the highest risk [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - February 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Critical Care Efficiency Health Information Technology Intensive care unit Source Type: news
Informaticists offer EHR safety recommendations
“As EHRs and other forms of health IT work their way into the nation’s healthcare system, an increasing number of stakeholders are offering their opinion concerning how the health IT transition should proceed.
The latest group is the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), which recently issued recommendations concerning the usability of electronic health record systems.”
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Jeff Rowe, [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - February 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Effectiveness Patient Safety Usability Source Type: news
How digital health tools help kids form better habits
The Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS is working on a new texting initiative, based on the successful public health texting initiative Text4Baby, called TXT4Tots. The department is soliciting via the Federal Registry for ways to distribute their library of text messages designed to promote wellness, nutrition and exercise for parents of children under [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized activity tracker Apps for Healthy Kids Ayogo Fitbit Ultra GeoPalz Ibitz kids digital health kids' activity trackers mobile health gaming Sqord TXT4Tots Withings Withings Smart Kids Scale Zamzee Source Type: news
10 Steps to Improve Safety, Quality Through Enhanced EHR Usability
“An American Medical Informatics Association Task Force on Usability made 10 recommendations to improve safety and quality by enhancing the usability of electronic health records in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
The task force, which included representatives from academia, clinical settings and industry, aimed to increase safety and quality through improved usability of [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Quality Safety Usability Source Type: news
Electronic health records could help identify which patients most need ICU resources
“A national shortage of critical care physicians and beds means difficult decisions for healthcare professionals: how to determine which of the sickest patients are most in need of access to the intensive care unit.
What if patients’ electronic health records could help a physician determine ICU admission by reliably calculating which patient had the highest risk [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Critical Care Intensive care unit Source Type: news
Use of Health IT for Higher-Value Critical Care
The patient had not yet coded but was spiraling downward, prompting a request for a bed in the intensive care unit (ICU). But the ICU had no available beds. Hours passed before the decision was made that another patient could safely be “bumped” out of the unit to accommodate our patient. After the transfer, in [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: Bibliography Journal Article Science Critical Care Health Information Technology Hospitals Intensive care unit Meaningful Use Source Type: news
HIT Policy Committee seeks members for new accountable care workgroup
The HIT Policy Committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is seeking members for a new workgroup focused on accountable care.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Health Information Technology Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news
MD Anderson plastic surgeons pilot MDconnectME app for patient updates
MDconnectME, the Philadelphia-based maker of a mobile and Web app that lets surgical teams send quick updates to designated family members about surgery progress, has launched a pilot program with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Surgeons in the Department of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery will be using the MDconnectME system to update the families [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized MD Anderson MDConnectME Mount Sinai Medical Center patient engagement patient-physician communications plastic surgeons Source Type: news
MD Anderson goes big on analytics
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will roll out new technology to enable personalized treatment aimed at improving outcomes.
The center announced Jan. 31 that it would deploy Oracle Health Sciences applications and Oracle technology as the foundation for an organization-wide analytics initiative.
The platform will also support the center’s Moon Shots Program, an initiative whose aim is to dramatically accelerate the pace of converting scientific discoveries into clinical advances that reduce cancer deaths.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only John Frenzel Oracle Texas The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Business Intelligence Data Warehousing Enterprise Content Management Source Type: news
Researchers call for EHR triaging in ICU
A central part of American hospitals, the intensive care unit (ICU) could benefit greatly from evolving health information technologies, offering clinical decision support, quality analysis and a new foundation for a critical care system changing with an aging patient population. Yet ICU triaging — prioritizing of the most severe conditions — has been underutilized and under-encouraged by the federal government, a team of medical researchers argue in a New England Journal of Medicine commentary.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Anthony Brino Tags: Online Only ANN ARBOR Lena Chen Michigan New England Timothy Hofer United States University of Michigan Electronic Health Records Source Type: news
Uncover hidden gems in your data
Healthcare executives interested in learning strategies for formulating a clinical and business intelligence strategic plan should attend the C&BI Symposium, a daylong event being held on March 3 at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.
Attendees will learn why converging clinical and operational data is critical to their businesses and will gain practical knowledge of how to roll out a successful program, according to Mary Griskewicz, senior director, healthcare information systems at HIMSS.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only business intelligence Mary Griskewicz Source Type: news
Get hands-on at pre-conference workshops
There will be plenty to see at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, but pre-conference workshops E through H on Sunday, March 3, offer conference attendees a unique opportunity, said David Collins, senior director, mHIMSS. At each workshop, which will take place in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, attendees will get to learn from, and interact with, the top experts in their fields.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only Source Type: news
HIMSS Travel Services
Air Travel Information
Did you know HIMSS offers travel services?
The benefits to using these include:
• Discounts of up to 9% from participating airlines, available only through HIMSS
• Post-ticketing fare monitoring and reduction if possible with a lower fare
• On-site travel desk at conference for assistance, return flight check-in and boarding passes
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only Source Type: news
States using health IT to boost Medicaid sign-ups
A 50-state survey, however, reported continued gaps in coverage of parents and childless adults despite state efforts to improve enrollment.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - February 1, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Florida practice catches HHS attention
ChenMed, a family owned prmary care practice, has developed a delivery model focused on care for seniors with complicated healthcare issues, including heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and cancer. More than 70 percent of its patients have five or more chronic conditions, according to Bryan Sivak, chief technology officer of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Bryan Sivak Christopher Chen Department of Health and Human Services Florida southern Florida Data Warehousing Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Enhancing patient safety and quality of care by improving the usability of electronic health record systems: recommendations from AMIA
In response to mounting evidence that use of electronic medical record systems may cause unintended consequences, and even patient harm, the AMIA Board of Directors convened a Task Force on Usability to examine evidence from the literature and make recommendations. This task force was composed of representatives from both academic settings and vendors of electronic [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - February 1, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: Bibliography Journal Article Science Patient Safety Usability Source Type: news
Healthcare Experts Confront EHR-Related Medical Errors
“Though questions about the efficacy of electronic health records (EHRs) seem to have increased recently, usability and safety of health IT systems have been on the minds of medical informaticists for a while.
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), which convened an EHR usability task force in late 2011, this week released a position paper on [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Medical Errors Usability Source Type: news
Sponsored Content: Speech recognition key deliverable of UAE health IT program
Clinicians praise the time savings and productivity boost from voice systems being installed as part of the Emirates’ ’Wareed’ project
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Source: Healthcare IT News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only Al Qassimi Dubai International Mohamed Nabeel AlDoy Somaya Abdullatif Al Zaraooni Speech Recognition surgery United Arab Emirates Mobile/Wireless Source Type: news
Who influences HIT policy?
The Sunlight Foundation has announced the launch of a new influence-tracking website that uncovers trends in the federal rulemaking process.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Congress Industry News Meaningful Use Sunlight Foundation Sunlight Labs Source Type: news
Weill Cornell, New York Presbyterian launch Institute for Precision Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital have collaborated on the new Institute for Precision Medicine, a translational medicine research hub that will use leading edge technology to create targeted treatments based patients' genetic profiles.
Officials say the institute's genomic research discoveries will help develop personalized medical therapies that will be tested in innovative clinical trials, and will develop a comprehensive biobank to improve research and patient care.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Cornell Industry News Mark Rubin Medical College New York New York Presbyterian Hospital NewYork The Institute Weill Cornell Medical College Hospitals & IDNs Electronic Health Records Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Electronic health records could help identify which patients most need ICU resources
Advances in health information technology may lead to more efficient use of limited and expensive critical care resources, authors suggest in a new article.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 31, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news
Researchers use Twitter to track flu outbreak
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using Twitter to track what has been a particularly severe flu season across the U.S.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Webinar: Mobile and digital health trends in 2013
This afternoon at 2PM ET (11AM PT) MobiHealthNews will be hosting its first online event of the year: 2013 Mobile and Digital Health Trends. As always, these are big events, and we currently have well over 1,000 registrants signed up for the session, which will include two presentations focused on trends set to dominate the [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized digital health events digital health trends Kony Solutions Mobile Health Events mobile health trends Source Type: news
Ringadoc scoops up $1.2 million to take on physicians’ after-hours practice management
This week San Francisco-based Ringadoc announced an additional $450,000 in funding, which combined with its $750,000 from last year brings its total seed round funding to $1.2 million. The round was led by Founders Fund’s FF Angel and includes contributions from Practice Fusion CEO Ryan Howard but the additional funding comes from angel investor Sharon [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized FF Angel Founders Fund investors on demand physician visits One Medical Group physician practice management Practice Fusion Ringadoc Telethrive venture capital Source Type: news
Mostashari spotlights ROI in HIE
The business value for providers and patients is what will drive health information exchange forward, even though most discussions typically center on the technology involved. And different uses for exchange will require different technologies.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Farzad Mostashari John Blair John Blair III Karen Van Wagner Medicare New Jersey Sandy Selzer Texas Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
Interview: E-patient organization’s first executive director
The Society for Participatory Medicine, which has been advocating for greater patient engagement in healthcare since 2009, has hired Barbara L. Kornblau, former dean of the School of Health Professions and Studies at the University of Michigan’s Flint campus, as its first executive director.
Kornblau will be tasked with spreading the word about patient engagement to [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized consumer health e-Patients EHR epatients HIMSS meaningful use patient-centered Robert Wood Johnson Society Participatory Medicine Source Type: news
McKesson Reports Fiscal 2013 Third-Quarter Results
McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) today reported that revenues for the third quarter ended December 31, 2012 were $31.2 billion, up 1% compared to $30.8 billion a year ago.
Source: McKesson News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
BlackBerry gears up for comeback, will doctors follow?
Research in Motion (RIM) finally renamed itself “BlackBerry” after its signature product, even as it launched its much-awaited iPhone/Android competitor: the BlackBerry 10 operating system, touchscreen BlackBerry Z10 and keyboard-equipped BlackBerry Q10. The launch has been described as a Hail Mary pass for the struggling company, a last chance for a comeback that the company [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized BlackBerry 10 BlackBerry medical apps BlackBerry Z10 healthcare smartphone adoption medical smartphone adoption physician smartphone adoption Research In Motion RIM Source Type: news
