mHealth Innovation & Trends

Ringadoc is ready for the spotlight May 16, 2013 |

Eric Wicklund

The San Francisco-based developer of an after-hours answering service for physicians has closed its seed round of funding, and is looking to make its mark in the mHealth landscape. More

Study gives YouTube the edge over other social media channels May 15, 2013 |

Diana Manos

The new report, issued by Ideahaus, indicates healthcare communications professionals are shaping their communications policies despite a lack of guidance from the FDA on the use of social media. More

Post-discharge plans get an mHealth boost May 15, 2013 |

Eric Wicklund

Vree Health's TransitionAdvantage program is being launched in Montana and Connecticut, in an effort to show that the mHealth solution can work in both rural and urban settings. More

Mobility: Key to overcoming barriers to clinical transformation and ACOs May 14, 2013 |

Matt Patterson

Matt Patterson, AirStrip's senior vice president of business transformation, discusses the advantages that mobility offers in transitioning to an accountable care setting. More

Status quo doesn't sit well with the innovation team at Boston Children's Hospital May 14, 2013 |

Erin McCann

At a recent Institute for Health Technology Transformation event in Boston, the hospital's chief innovation officer, Naomi Fried, explained how four new mHealth tools are improving the inpatient experience for patients, families and clinicians. More

DocbookMD, Medweb unveil secure messaging platform for physicians May 13, 2013 |

Eric Wicklund

Unveiled at the ATA conference in Austin, Texas, Docbook Gateway offers clinicians a HIPAA-compliant platform to communicate and share images, x-rays and other reports. More

Reducing risk: Why the lack of a wireless healthcare strategy is not an option May 13, 2013 |

Eric B. Abbott

In this contributed commentary, Eric B. Abbott of ExteNet Systems lays out the four steps to establishing an effective wireless strategy in a healthcare setting. More

Tuckson tells the ATA to keep being disruptive May 10, 2013 |

Eric Wicklund

The former UnitedHealth executive helps close out the 18th Annual International Meeting & Exhibition with a call for meaningful innovation. More

Tele-ICU comes of age May 10, 2013 |

Mike Miliard

Herb Rogove, the CEO of California-based C3O Telemedicine, tells an ATA audience that telemedicine and intensive care are a perfect fit. More

Why not MU for telemedicine? May 10, 2013 |

Bernie Monegain

Ryan Spaulding, director of telemedicine and telehealth at the University of Kansas Medical Center, calls for meaningful use, a national coordinator, standards and quality measures during a presentation at the ATA's annual meeting. More

UPMC doc states his case for ROI in telemedicine May 7, 2013 |

Mike Miliard

In a session at the ATA's 18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show, Andrew Watson examines the value derived from UPMC's programs to show 'how one model can work for telemedicine.' More

ATA keynote: 'Not a technology problem' May 7, 2013 |

Mike Miliard

In a Monday morning keynote at the ATA's 18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show, Oracle's chairman calls for collaboration and silo-busting to realize telemedicine's promise More

A diabetes prevention coalition meets in NYC - will mHealth be on the agenda? May 15, 2013 |

Eric Wicklund

Like any chronic condition, diabetes is a disease that must be managed continuously - not just when you're visiting with your endocrinologist or doctor. A care management plan, therefore, must involve family members, other caregivers, schools and employers. More

Getting at the heart of readmissions May 14, 2013 |

Alan Portela

I will always stay true to my belief that health systems need to take an enterprise-wide approach to mobility. But at the same time, I'm often asked by hospital CEOs and CIOs how they should prioritize mobility when it comes to different care areas. My first answer is to look at your current challenges and strategic initiatives and then ask how mobility can help you to get there. While I always emphasize the benefit of mobility across all departments, cardiology is where I see the potential for mobility to make the most immediate impact - especially when it comes to improving outcomes and reducing readmissions. More

Innovation in telemedicine: An entrepreneur's perspective May 7, 2013 |

Yulun Wang

The need to provide high-quality healthcare to everyone while reducing costs has reached a crisis level, where it's a major focus of the highest government offices. More and more politicians and healthcare leaders are realizing that telemedicine is clearly a cornerstone of the solution. This is tangibly seen by the increasing number of healthcare systems that are adopting telemedicine, by the growth of ATA and by industry investments in telemedicine products and services. More

The year ahead for the ATA and telemedicine May 7, 2013 |

Edward M. Brown

Telemedicine as we know it has been around for almost 50 years. It has moved from humble beginnings as an experimental curiosity delivering rural healthcare to become something on track for mainstream acceptance across the healthcare system. More

Discrimination May 7, 2013 |

Matthew Grob

I've gone through life thinking, "It could never happen to me." But now it has. And it hurts. I've become the subject of discrimination. Mobile device operating system discrimination, that is. More

5 questions about mobile heath (mHealth) and defining what it is. April 26, 2013 |

Jonathan Levoy

With the emergence of mHealth, telehealth has become a sub-category inside the definition of mHealth. More

Remote patient monitoring will lead value-based healthcare April 25, 2013 |

David Lee Scher, MD

Traditional health insurance reimbursement to providers (though "payment" is a more appropriate word) for healthcare services and products is at the root of our healthcare crisis. More

Serendipity and personalization and connected health April 25, 2013 |

Joseph C. Kvedar, MD

In a world where most folks change jobs every couple of years, people are often amazed to hear that I started work in connected health 19 years ago. Implicit in their amazement is a question: "Why did you stick with it so long?" The quickest response is that the work we started back then is not yet finished. A more accurate answer is a bit more complex. More

'Big Med' and telemedicine April 22, 2013 |

Jonathan D. Linkous

There has been increasing attention to the rise of "Big Med" -- a term coined by Atul Gawande in the August 2012 edition of The New Yorker. The term relates to the accelerating trend in mergers, acquisitions and affiliations that are taking place throughout healthcare. Coupled with this is the use of new approaches in the delivery of care that adapts strategies used in retail and other sectors. More

The rise of intelligent systems in healthcare: Part I (providers) April 18, 2013 |

Jonathon Dreyer

Desktop computers have forced physicians to turn their backs on patients as they spin their chairs around to enter the patient's story into the electronic health record. Mobile technology, used to navigate and manage this multifaceted ecosystem, is becoming pervasive and smaller in the physical sense. Patients are hungry for real-time access to personal health information. More

Mobile Shmobile April 18, 2013 |

Matthew Grob

Mobile health is hot. It's innovative. It's impactful. It matters. But it isn't everything. More

Reflections on 3 years of progress in connected health April 11, 2013 |

Joseph C. Kvedar, MD

It has been three years since the cHealth blog entered the blogosphere, and it's been a lot of fun. I recently looked back to see if there are highlights or trends in my posts and/or if my thinking or communication had changed dramatically in three years. Although not dramatic, if you look at these writings over time, you can see a meaningful shift in thinking. With that background in mind, here is an attempt to stitch together a narrative of the last three years worth of posts. More

Video: Leslie Saxon: Better tech for better health April 1, 2013 |

"What's Next" CNN blog

What if tracking your heart rate and blood pressure was as simple as getting your e-mail? More

Video: Eric Topol talks about his new book March 28, 2013 |

The Colbert Report

Cardiologist Eric Topol talks about his book, "The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care." More

VMware launches vCloud at HIMSS13 March 15, 2013 |

Healthcare IT News Staff

(Sponsored Content) Frank Nydam, Healthcare CTO for VMware, talks about the company's vCloud solution for healthcare, and Marketing Manager Tisa Murdock, gives us a closer look. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // Mobile Health Venture Fair — Presented by mHIMSS March 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Looking to Invest with Emerging Mobile Health Companies? Look no further... Hear from 13 emerging Mobile Health companies seeking funding, networking opportunities and Venture Fair Information Guidance. More

Practical Policy and Business Implications of Implementing Mobile Health Solutions Across the Biomedical Domain March 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Practical Policy and Business Implications of Implementing Mobile Health Solutions Across the Biomedical Domain including use case scenario's and best practices for implementation. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // mHealth Alliance: Evidence Matters: Perspectives across the mHealth Landscape... March 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Evidence Matters: Perspectives across the mHealth Landscape on Priorities, Gaps, and Common Goals for Strengthening the Evidence Base needed to support mHealth initiatives. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // mHealth Alliance Strategy Launch March 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

The mHealth Alliance was established in 2009 to promote the enabling environment that allows mHealth to support the achievement of health priorities in low and middle income countries. Please join Executive Director, Patty Mechael, as she unveils the mHealth Alliance’s refreshed strategy for 2012 and beyond. With the help of the mHealth community, the mHealth Alliance has redefined its core set of priorities and reworked its approach to partnerships. The Alliance and its partners will continue to expand upon its role as a broker and an advocate for stakeholders across the mHealth ecosystem and around the world. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // Making Wireless Health Innovation Work for the Whole World: A Friendly Competition... March 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

WLSA believes that the highest purpose for the Wireless Health sector is to expand access to affordable high quality healthcare, globally, thus enhancing “Total Global Health.” This session will showcase some of the most innovative companies in the WLSA community in a “collaborative contest” to demonstrate to a panel of experts and the attendees how their innovation will address global healthcare needs, such as improving access to care, lowering costs, empowering individuals to manage their care, improving quality and ultimately affecting global markets. Panelists will include leaders from the distinguished representatives of the investment, foundation and end user communities. The event will include dynamic and focused presentations by the innovators, expert commentary by the panelists, and voting by the attendees. The winner will be acknowledged by FNIH and by WLSA in its 2012 activities. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // GBC Health - Building Partnerships that Work: Designing for Success and Scale March 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Partnerships have been hailed as a critical tool to move mHealth beyond small pilots into a mainstream, global opportunity. Learning and experience from existing partnerships can help inform and shape future opportunities — and ensure they are set up for success. In this panel from GBCHealth, stakeholders across multiple sectors come together for a lively discussion about the do’s and don’ts of successful partnerships. Panelist include experts from the private sector, funders, multilateral organizations, implementing partners and government — each sharing their unique perspective on the role partnerships can play in advancing mHealth goals and ensuring maximum impact. More

Mobile Health for Reducing Health Disparities. Does it Work and How Will we Know? March 13, 2012 |

Ida Sim, MD, PhD

Seminar given at the Medical Effectiveness Research Center, University of California San Francisco, June 2011. The presentation addresses emerging mHealth trends in relation to the current state of the mHealth industry. More

Creative Disruptions: How to Thrive in the Coming BioRevolution with David Ewing Duncan // HISUM2012 March 13, 2012 |

Rock Health

How to Thrive in the Coming BioRevolution with David Ewing Duncan 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

Getting Right With the Joint Commission March 7, 2013 |

mHIMSS

Acting quickly on critical results has been part of the Joint Commission's annual goals since 2005. So why has this goal been less successfully implemented? Explore caregiver communications within our proposed Hospital Communication Bill of Rights, including critical test results reporting, and look at how to address some of the common challenges with the help of modern-day technology. More

Keeping the Reliability of Fax Services While Adopting the Cloud February 13, 2013 |

mHIMSS

In 2009 healthcare providers began the conversion from paper to electronic health records. This transition not only brought many new capabilities, but the fear that widely adopted technologies would no longer be relevant. The fax machine has been one of the most significant devices in data transference and many healthcare providers still use the fax to order patient prescriptions. Learn how cloud-based faxing marries the familiar with the new and can provide you with a secure solution that reduces costs and keeps you in control of your data management. More

Four Steps to Developing a Successful Smartphone Strategy February 11, 2013 |

mHIMSS

Smartphones have worked their way into hospitals as caregivers increasingly bring personal devices to work. Innovative hospitals are planning how to leverage these devices for maximum impact. A sound mobility strategy includes preparing the infrastructure and planning the workflow changes necessary. Download this white paper and learn how a successful smartphone strategy help you build an effective mobility model, develop an efficient workflow process and deploy devices that clinicians want and enjoy using. More

Crawl, Walk, Run: Three Steps to Improving Clinical Efficiency and Effectiveness February 11, 2013 |

mHIMSS

Hospitals recognize the importance of communication. They realize clinicians must be able to connect easily with each other, their patients, laboratory and radiology staff, and other providers. However, many hospitals equip clinicians with tools like legacy wireless phones, pagers, PDAs and voice badges, creating a communication tool belt and weakening communication. More

Beyond the EHR: Seamlessly Connecting Nurses and Physicians Using an EHR-Extender (EHR-e) January 2, 2013 |

mHIMSS

This white paper focuses on how an EHR-Extender (EHR-e) can help hospitals leverage data trapped in the EHR and other clinical systems to establish better care team communication. The result of contextual critical alerts and texts are improved communication and enhanced workflows which makes patients, healthcare staff, administration, and regulators happy. More

Unified Communications and Surveillance in the Clinical Setting October 1, 2012 |

mHIMSS

For the modern healthcare delivery model to operate efficiently there is an undeniable mandate for seamless, comprehensive and real-time communications across the continuum of care. In this paper we will look at the link and need for collaboration and clinical information amongst various stakeholders from acute care hospitals, primary care physicians, long-term and sub-acute care providers, and to patient’s family care providers to ensure they receive the right care at the right time. More

Coordinating Care Across The Healthcare Continuum: The Value and Importance of a Connected Healthcare Platform September 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Healthcare delivery in the US is undergoing massive changes and while much of the discussion has centered around how best to reach National goals on quality, safety and clinical efficiency, one thing is clear. The vast amount of data elements from multiple and disparate clinical sources is compounded when patients receive care from multiple providers and the ability to provide comprehensive and real-time patient clinical information to every healthcare provider is an essential requirement to reduce costs and provide better care process. More

The 5 Rights of Clinical Decision Support: Mobile Platforms Succeed Where EM/HRs Fail September 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Since the first electronic medical record(EM/HR) was proposed nearly 5 decades ago, the importance of integrating pertinent clinical data focused upon relevant patient information has become increasingly important. Recognizing that when this first EM/HR was developed desktop PCs were not available, the internet was not even being considered and mobile real-time data access was science fiction, the advances we see being placed on data and the importance of structuring this into meaningful information are becoming the driving force behind healthcare informatics. More

Wireless Technology in Healthcare Transformation: Supporting Meaningful Use, Value-Based Care, and the Mobile Patient and Provider August 29, 2012 |

mHIMSS

As healthcare organizations develop strategies to comply with federal mandates and succeed in the new environment, wireless is one of the emerging technologies that can enable organizations to meet their clinical and business objectives, especially in this era of having to do more with a finite set of resources. This paper, featuring results from a Healthcare IT News online survey from June and July 2012, discusses current usage of wireless data technology in healthcare and identifies areas of demand and the potential benefits of wireless solutions and strategies. More

Integrating Healthcare: The Role and Value of Mobile Operators in eHealth July 11, 2012 |

Kai-Lik Foh

GSMA

The aims of this paper are to: 1) Provide a landscape of the eHealth market 2) Outline the opportunities for mobile operators within the broader eHealth industry 3) Analyse key lessons from existing mobile operator eHealth initiatives Propose a market evaluation framework for mobile operators to assess the opportunities and challenges in entering the eHealth market, based on their capabilities and local market conditions – illustrating its usage with the GSMA’s engagement with the QTel Group. More

Five Ways Instant Communications Among Doctors Benefit Your Entire Hospital June 1, 2012 |

Amcom Software

This whitepaper looks at the five ways doctors and their hospitals can benefit from the ability to achieve instant communications routed per physicians’ preferences. With the improved ability for doctors to coordinate care through well-routed communication requests, patient care gets a boost, staff satisfaction goes up, and the healthcare system can achieve overall greater efficiency. More

The iEverything Enterprise: Understanding and Addressing IT's Dilemma in a World Dominated by Wireless Smart Device April 2, 2012 |

Aerohive Networks

Virtualization, cloud computing, and wireless technology are fundamentally changing enterprise computing, providing revolutionary gains in productivity and cost savings. Powerful enterprise applications can now be delivered to almost any device, anywhere, at any time. More

mHIMSS Case Study: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia February 26, 2013 |

mHIMSS

The key findings are focused on current and future projects which integrate mobile and wireless devices into the care delivery setting.The framework provided is based on the mHIMSS Roadmap which highlights six key areas of focus. More

International Case study by Continua: A guide to emergency response with mHealth March 22, 2013 |

mHIMSS

This case study, compiled by Continua Health Alliance, highlights to role of mobile device in the delivery of healthcare during disasters. 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

June 4th @ 1PM ET -- Standalone Universal Viewing Platform: A practical and affordable approach to image enabling the EMR May 15, 2013 |

mHIMSS

Accessing a patient’s complete longitudinal medical record is frequently a cumbersome process that frustrates physicians and diminishes quality of care. The inclusion of the patient’s medical images in that record is complicated by an absence of interfaces to the various data repositories and the lack of a single multi-modality viewing application. The recent explosion of Electronic Medical Record system deployments suggests that most healthcare organizations are preparing themselves to meet Meaningful Use mandates, but a sound strategy for image-enabling the EMR remains elusive. Join us to review the many issues associated with image-enabling the EMR and see how an advanced image viewing technology can meet the numerous technical challenges as well as satisfy the physician’s performance expectations. More

Next Generation Messaging and Collaboration Strategies for Smartphones and Tablets April 4, 2013 |

mHIMSS

Physicians and nurses are increasingly using mobile devices to communicate and collaborate with their team members, the need for a secure, integrated and enterprise-wide platform that handles all form of communications – text messages, calls, alerts & tasks is crucial for patient care coordination. More

How LifeBridge Health Embraces Mobility to Improve Patient Care March 20, 2013 |

mHIMSS

Learn how Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health keeps up with increasingly mobile staff by notifying team members of time-critical situations on their preferred mobile devices. YoLanda Jones Spears, Telecommunications Systems Administrator, will share how the organization integrated a secure smartphone texting solution for encrypted, traceable messaging. You’ll hear how this large trauma center blended mobile devices into existing hospital systems and communication processes for improved patient care and satisfaction. More

Mobile Solutions for the Modern Hospital February 6, 2013 |

mHIMSS

With the widespread adoption of mobile technologies, many stakeholders in healthcare wonder where exactly there are opportunities to use this platform to improve healthcare. More

Leveraging Mobile Technology to Reduce Hospital Readmissions February 6, 2013 |

mHIMSS

During this webinar, we will review a recently published HIMSS Media white paper discussing how prominent hospitals and health systems are using remote monitoring devices and applications in their programs as a way to connect patients and clinicians and to impact care outside of the organization. We’ll also review results from the 2nd Annual HIMSS Mobile Technology Survey and talk about the benefits of mobile technology on patient care, barriers to mobile technology use and clinicians’ concerns about the use of mobile technology. More

Froedtert Hospital Tackles Smartphones for Critical Communications - Lessons Learned as They Roll Out a Mobility Strategy August 12, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Today’s smartphones are truly changing the way physicians and nurses communicate. The exciting news is that hospital staff are becoming very clever with how to use them in new ways to make meaningful improvements in patient care. With emerging capabilities far beyond phone calls, email, and even access to medical apps, smartphones have kicked off not only a communications revolution, but a productivity one as well. In fact, clinicians are passionate about these devices and often request that all communications, including code calls and any other messages, be sent to their smartphones. More

Text Messaging in Healthcare – A Clinical Perspective June 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Engaging targeted audiences with text messaging has become a cost effective tool in health and wellness management. Utilizing encryption technology in support of HIPAA compliance allows PHI to be shared for maximizing the value of information to improve self-care behavior. More

Advances, Best Practices and Benefits of Wireless Technologies in Healthcare June 9, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Healthcare delivery is an inherently exception-based process. This presentation will explore the benefits and advantages of Wi-Fi based wireless medical technology. As an increasing number of medical devices are wirelessly enabled and deployed enterprise wide, the demands to support and manage these medical devices is evolving. The balance of the presentation will explore key operational areas where evolving best practice impacts Biomed and IT departments. More

Text Messaging in Healthcare: Friend or Foe? May 16, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Healthcare Communication catches up to the 21st century with a HIPAA compliant secure text messaging solution. Please join us during this webinar as we examine the risks, benefits, and solutions to text-messaging in healthcare and learn how a Santa Monica, CA company is revolutionizing the “text-message” and bringing healthcare communication into the 21st century. More

George Washington University Course: Innovations in Telemedicine and mHealth April 2, 2013 |

mHIMSS

Advances in wireless broadband networks, almost ubiquitous mobile phone penetration, and data compression technologies are providing new avenues for radical change in the way doctors practice medicine and patients access care. 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

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HIMSS Analytics Database: Hospitals Reporting about Mobile Usage

mHIMSS

Source: HIMSS Analytics Database October 2011 documenting current industry trends related to mobile technology in the healthcare setting. More

Definitions of mHealth

mHIMSS

A collection of mHealth definitions from key healthcare organizations. More

How is Proactive Health Impacting Healthcare Delivery? September 7, 2012 |

Sapna Dalal

Thomas Martin, MBA

Medical information is becoming portable, participatory and personalized. This increased availability of information allows patients to become more involved and more proactive in their own healthcare process. More

What’s Next Work Group Report: Emerging Tech Trends 2012 August 1, 2012 |

mHIMSS

mHealth technology adoption moves at lightning speed. Stay ahead of the curve with this analysis of future technologies entering the mHealth space soon! More

Innovation: A Snapshot of mHealth’s Moving Target July 23, 2012 |

mHIMSS

From smartphones and tablets to apps, body sensors and telemedicine, these compact, portable tools promise foundational shifts in healthcare quality and delivery that will dramatically impact stakeholders at every level—from patients to C-suite executives—and deliver on the elusive promise of quality care, coordination and cost-savings. More

Glossary of Terms February 6, 2012 |

mHIMSS

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2011 Mobile Technology Survey Results December 2, 2011 |

mHIMSS

These are the results from the 2011 mobile survey. The results are available only to members of HIMSS. More

Innovations & Trends