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Developers and end users are increasingly dependent on recognizing and incorporating new trends and technology into workflow and daily routines. The Innovations and Trends area of the mHIMSS website is a place for the mHIMSS community to use as a resource concerning what’s happening in the mobile and wireless industry and the innovations that are transforming healthcare.

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mHIMSS tracks at HIMSS12 attract large audiences February 22, 2012 | Eric Wicklund Standing-room-only crowds attend the first mHIMSS-themed sessions Tuesday at the HIMSS12 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas, including a session explaining how a New York-based healthcare system developed a basic mobile platform for its physicians.  More
 
Qualcomm shows off Qualcomm Life, 2net hub at HIMSS12 February 21, 2012 | Eric Wicklund Unveiled at last year's mHealth Summit, the San Diego-based telecommunications company's healthcare division now has partnerships in place with more than 50 mHealth vendors and providers.  More
GetWellNetwork unveils iPad capabilities for IPC solution February 17, 2012 | Eric Wicklund The developer of the popular interactive patient care solution is moving away from the hospital-based computer and laptop and giving patients and caregivers the opportunity to access information and communicate while on the move or outside the hospital room.  More
Philips Healthcare to offer a peek at its Personal Health Book project at HIMSS12 February 17, 2012 | Eric Wicklund Philips is getting ready to beta test its new post-hospital portal for patients, providers and caregivers, and will show off the PHR-like service next week in Las Vegas. The company has also announced a deal with eHealth Global Technologies to help cancer patients gather their records online.  More
ONC launches app challenge to aid people with disabilities February 14, 2012 | Bernie Monegain Federal officials say mobile tools can be used to help those with disabilities gain access to their medical records as well as other health and wellness resources.  More
New Jersey physician puts mobility to the test (and gets home in time for dinner) February 13, 2012 | Eric Wicklund Whether he's at home, in the air or on vacation, Richard L. Corson uses his laptop to keep in touch with his office. His mastery of mobility puts him on the leading edge of today's IT-enabled healthcare landscape.  More
eCollaborative Forum to debut at HIMSS12 February 9, 2012 | Eric Wicklund The day-long forum, organized by the Collaborative Health Consortium, features a packed schedule of speakers and topics focused on developing collaborative platforms to move toward accountable care.  More
Ministry St. Clare, Advanced ICU mark six years of telehealth service February 8, 2012 | Eric Wicklund The Wisconsin hospital was one of the first community hospitals in the nation to launch a tele-ICU program in 2006.  More
Ottawa Hospital's CIO explains his iPad program February 7, 2012 | Dale Potter While hospital executives decide whether to allow physicians to bring in their own mobile devices or set restrictions, Ottawa Hospital CIO Dale Potter explains how he decided to equip his staff with iPads.  More
Mobile healthcare at HIMSS12: Usability, workflow and innovation February 7, 2012 | Jonathon Dreyer With HIMSS12 less than two weeks away, Nuance Healthcare's Jonathon Dreyer takes a look at several mHealth themes that are expected to dominate the discussion in Las Vegas.  More
Boston conference to explore mobile tech's influence on behavior change, healthy lifestyles February 6, 2012 | Eric Wicklund The second annual Healthcare Experience Design Conference, scheduled for March 25-27 in Boston, will bring together a host of healthcare entrepreneurs to discuss how people can be motivated to improve their health and well-being.  More
Spyglass study: Physicians need more out of mobile technology February 1, 2012 | Eric Wicklund A new survey indicates physicians are embracing mobile devices, but don't think they're sophisticated enough yet to improve workflows and change the healthcare landscape.  More
New mHIMSS app debuts at HIMSS12 February 22, 2012 | The mHIMSS Workgroups The mHIMSS team is proud to announce the release of the mHIMSS app, which is available on Android and iOS marketplaces.  More
Pharma looks to mobile strategies to effectively reach prescribers February 17, 2012 | Sanjay Pingle It is well documented that the pharma industry is facing many challenges in 2012. Drug makers are losing exclusive patents on drugs that have matured, causing unexpected losses of revenue in the billions of dollars. As a result, companies are cutting costs and significantly reducing their sales force – which in turn creates the new challenge of reaching practices and hospitals with fewer face-to-face office visits.  More
How do digital health technologies get to older patients? February 8, 2012 | David Lee Scher, MD Much of the digital health technologies on the market today are wellness products used by the relatively younger segment of the population.  More
Does the industry's roadmap steer us toward patient-centered care and HIEs? February 3, 2012 | Andrew R. Watson, MD At the start of a New Year, many people find themselves looking ahead as they decide upon their goals and how to achieve them.  More
Managing the mobile workforce February 2, 2012 | Christina Thielst Mobile Health (mHealth) also involves managing the mobile workforce, but I don't often hear this administrative function being discussed.  More
EHRs and mobile health: Similar paths to success? February 2, 2012 | David Lee Scher, MD The healthcare IT (EHR and interoperability platforms and tools) and mobile health (or mHealth) industries are traveling on similar paths. They are both technologies in evolution that are sorely needed.  More
Look, Ma - no wires! January 26, 2012 | Matthew Grob, CPHIMS, FHIMSS I started thinking about what will happen when my kids look back at videos shot when they were young. What about those images will look old-fashioned to them? And I realized that they would ask me one simple question – “What’s with all the wires?”  More
WeSprout gives parents a PHR platform for their children January 24, 2012 | Eric Wicklund One of the nagging problems with the adoption of personal health records is the reluctance of the average healthcare consumer to take on the task of launching and maintaining that record.  More
Healthcare has room for many more dreams January 16, 2012 | Edna Boone, MA, CPHIMS Having spent more than 25 years in healthcare, I was compelled to reflect on my experience working in various settings, the health needs of the most vulnerable and the message Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shared with us almost 50 years ago.  More
The benefits of mobile devices at the point of care outweigh the risks January 13, 2012 | Sanjay Pingle The New York Times recently shared a post on its Bits blog about multitasking clinicians endangering patients’ lives, which has caused some buzz on the Internet lately.  More
Getting 'Siri-ious' about healthcare January 12, 2012 | Matthew Grob, CPHIMS, FHIMSS With increasing focus on the patient’s role in accountable care, particularly around management of chronic conditions, I decided to see how Siri could help a healthcare consumer in that regard.  More
What will it take for physicians to adopt mHealth? January 10, 2012 | David Lee Scher, MD Medicine as an establishment is known to adopt significant changes slowly, whether it relates to practice itself, new technologies or other practice tools or the emergence and acceptance of new specialties.  More
mHealth Summit 2011 - HIT x.0 Track // What Mobility Innovation Means to Healthcare January 19, 2012 | Foundation for NIH mHealth Summit 2011 - HIT x.0 Track // What Mobility Innovation Means to Healthcare  More
MobiHealthNews: Challenges for mHealth 2012 January 18, 2012 | MobiHealthNews and ListenIn Pictures MobiHealthNews: Challenges for mHealth 2012, was shot on-location at the mHealth Summit this past December. This short video pulls from interviews with dozens of MobiHealthNews readers who shared their thoughts on the biggest challenges facing mHealth in the year ahead.  More
Productivity Future Vision (2011) January 3, 2012 | mHIMSS   More
Providing Wireless Technology for Healthcare Transformation November 29, 2011 | mHIMSS The U.S. healthcare industry is undergoing a game-changing transformation in the way it delivers care. The “meaningful use” requirements under the HITECH Act, the new payment and delivery reform model under the PPACA and the consumer movement are all converging to help create a system that improves the quality of care and clinical outcomes, drives workflow efficiencies, and reduces and manages cost. Forward-thinking healthcare providers, payers and suppliers are taking up the challenge and looking to health IT to enable the new delivery system. Healthcare stakeholders are embracing mobility technology as a viable solution.  More
Medical Home 2.0: The Present, the Future November 17, 2011 | mHIMSS The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a way of organizing primary care so that patients receive care that is coordinated by a primary care physician (PCP), supported by information technologies for self-care management, delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of allied health professionals and adherent to evidence-based practice guidelines. The goal of the PCMH is to deliver continuous, accessible, high-quality, patient-oriented primary care.  More
In The World: Easy on the eyes November 17, 2011 | mHIMSS A simple, low-cost device that affixes to a cell phone could provide quick eye tests throughout the developing world.  More
Inside the Mobile Health Jungle November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS No health care organization has yet conquered the mobile jungle. Adventures have been limited to a few exploratory pilots to test SMS messaging for compliance, some diabetes apps, and creative digital marketing scouting campaigns.  More
EHR Mobility for Big ROI November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS With the transition to electronic health records mandated by the US government, healthcare providers must invest heftily to make the switch; including a mobility solution can turn a big EHR investment into an even bigger return.  More
Innovation in Ambulatory Practice: The Impact of Connected Medical Devices November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS This report reveals a glimpse of the future through the eyes of digital healthcare pioneers. Exemplary case studies from practices across the country describe effective use of digitally connected medical devices specific to heart and lung health.  More
Mobility to Play a Larger Role in Health IT November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS With the rise of EHR adoption and home care demands, wireless and mobile technologies are poised to make a significant impact on the future of healthcare.  More
Maximizing Mobile Worker Productivity November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS At over 30 million strong, mobile workers such as service technicians, salespeople, physicians, construction workers and public safety personnel represent a large and growing segment of US workers. When looking beyond mobile e-mail for the next killer mobile application, these mobile workers present the largest addressable market for solution providers.  More
Lessons Learned: Mobile Device Encryption in the Academic Medical Center November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS The academic medical center is faced with the unique challenge of meeting the multi-faceted needs of both a modern healthcare organization and an academic institution.  More
Substance Over Style: Getting Down to Business with mHealth November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS For the past two years, mHealth has steadily climbed the curve of the hype cycle, with no end in sight. And with good reason—the sheer volume and expanse of the mHealth universe has been growing at an explosive pace.  More
Best Practices Defined for Healthcare Wi-Fi November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS The next generation of wireless communication provides for a holistic and ubiquitous mobile experience and total integration into a single wired/ wireless network capable of delivering mission critical and secure business applications.  More
Healthcare unwired: New business models delivering care anywhere October 3, 2011 | mHIMSS Mobile devices are the most personal technology that consumers own, and they have the potential to enable health and wellness to be delivered through mass personalization. However, business models will need to continue to evolve to become more viable.  More
The Future of Wireless in Healthcare: Powering the Applications for 21st Century Care October 29, 2010 | mHIMSS Read this thought-provoking report, including detailed results from a Healthcare IT News survey, as well as case studies from visionary healthcare organizations.  More
Video Presentations from The 2011 mHealth Summit, December 5 - 7 2011 January 18, 2012 | mHIMSS This webpage hosts all of the video presentations from the The 2011 mHealth Summit, December 5 - 7 2011.  More
mHealth and Mobile access to NLM resources January 16, 2012 | Paul Fontelo, MD, MPH Paul Fontelo, MD, MPH evaluates the role of social media and technology as the medical knowledge base increasing outpaces the rate of physician adoption. Dr. Fontelo explores the use of mobile and wireless technologies to support the achievement of health objectives and activities and the translation of evidence based medicine through mHealth and ICT4d in rural and developing areas.  More
Going Mobile: Mobile As A Disruptive Technology November 21, 2011 | mHIMSS Most people alive today would be hard pressed to remember the world before television. In the near future, the same may be true for a healthcare system before mobile technology. Mobile is quickly becoming an integral part in how doctors and patients interact. Because of the growing impact of mobile health technology, better known as mHealth, it may very well be the next disruptive technology in healthcare.  More
HIT Trends November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS August 2011 Slide presentation from Circle Square Technology outlining HIT trends.  More
Ambulatory Mobility and the Mobile Clinical Assistant Platform November 15, 2011 | mHIMSS A presentation from Panasonic about Ambulatory Mobility and Mobile Clinical Assistant Platforms  More
HIMSS Analytics Database: Hospitals Reporting about Mobile Usage January 5, 2012 | mHIMSS Source: HIMSS Analytics Database October 2011 documenting current industry trends related to mobile technology in the healthcare setting.  More
Definitions of mHealth January 5, 2012 | mHIMSS A collection of mHealth definitions from key healthcare organizations.  More
Glossary of Terms February 6, 2012 | mHIMSS   More
mHealth: FROM SMART PHONES TO SMART SYSTEMS January 31, 2012 | mHIMSS Click on the book cover to preview a chapter from the new book mHealth: FROM SMART PHONES TO SMART SYSTEMS  More
Mobile Enterprise: Wireless Solutions from the C-Suite to the Field, (mobileenterprise.edgl.com) November 23, 2011 | mHIMSS Wireless and Mobile whitepaper library  More
WIRELESS HEALTH: STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 2009 REPORT November 17, 2011 | mHIMSS The current wireless home health market is $304 million, according to CTIA, the Wireless Association. Citing Parks Associates research, CTIA stated that the market is expected to grow to $4.4 billion in 2013, with estimated annual growth rates of 96 percent in 2010, 126 percent in 2011, 95 percent in 2012, and 68 percent in 2013.  More