Mobile Medical Devices

Patient care and medical operations are changing by the integration of mobile and wireless technologies and medical devices. Sensors, remote monitoring and the use of everyday consumer items such as smart phones and tablets to collect, display and analyze clinical data are transforming traditional care models. The medical devices section of the website will highlight the latest news and information related to new types of medical devices, their capabilities and their introduction and use in healthcare IT.

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ONC wants more resources to conduct PHI privacy campaign February 22, 2012 | Diana Manos The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is seeking more information on the risk associated with accessing personal health information through mobile devices.  More
 
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
BoxTone, Verizon, Motorola launch platform for Android-based devices February 20, 2012 | Eric Wicklund The new platform aims to enable healthcare providers to push their services out into the field – whether it be a homecare agency, a remote clinic or the battlefield – through Android-based smartphones and tablets.  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
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
Qualcomm announces investment in AirStrip Technologies February 9, 2012 | Eric Wicklund The telecommunications giant, which launched its Qualcomm Life subsidiary at last year's mHealth Summit, is throwing its support behind AirStrip, which creates the technology platform to link physicians via mobile devices to patient data collected in EMRs, at the bedside and through home-based monitoring devices.  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
Book review: A common sense approach to enabling mHealth February 22, 2012 | Ritch Blasi As mHealth continues to be over-hyped by those in the healthcare and mobile communications industries, “mHealth From Smartphones to Smart Systems” might be the antidote needed to inject some reality into all the hype.  More
Five events signaling the arrival of mHealth February 20, 2012 | David Lee Scher, MD There have been many predictions of when mHealth technologies will break through in a big way. I will mention what I consider a few important recent events which are indicative of mHealth technology’s ‘arrival’ in the mainstream healthcare arena.  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
Five reasons why digital health technologies need FDA oversight February 15, 2012 | David Lee Scher, MD A draft proposal of the FDA guidelines for regulating mobile medical applications was released in July, 2011. In response, the mHealth Regulatory Coalition sent detailed comments on the proposal.  More
Identifying the challenges and opportunities in mobility February 15, 2012 | Rob Shaughnessy Over the last six months I've had the pleasure of talking to many professionals leading mobile initiatives – from global telecommunications companies concerned with the impact mobile computing is having on their infrastructures to small companies looking to leverage the hundreds of thousands of mobile applications available from the many public and private app stores. From the largest to the smallest, there are very common themes in the challenges being faced.  More
How do we love our mobile devices? Let me count the ways. February 14, 2012 | Edna Boone, MA, CPHIMS How do I love thee? Let me count the ways … 5.6 billion cell phones worldwide  More
The perils of mobile health February 10, 2012 | Matthew Grob, CPHIMS, FHIMSS I promised readers a follow-up to my last entry, “Look Ma, No Wires” but I thought that with the upcoming HIMSS annual conference and the number of people in one place who will be relying on mobile devices while away from the office, it was a good opportunity to make people aware of the perils of using these devices.  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
Bring your own device (BYOD) to work - should we even go there? February 3, 2012 | Farida Bambot Technology-savvy consumers are clamoring for the convenience of the “coolest” mobility devices in the workplace.  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
Five reasons why patients with implantable defibrillators deserve their data January 26, 2012 | David Lee Scher, MD The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was signed into law on Feb. 17, 2009.  More
Accessing Medical Records on Mobile Devices December 15, 2011 | mHIMSS The emergence of a new class of Android (TM) mobile devices creates an opportunity for doctors and medical professionals to access patient data wherever they are.  More
Cutting Through the Hype: Evaluating Tablet PCs for Point-of-Care Productivity November 29, 2011 | mHIMSS Tablet PCs are more popular than ever. They're mobile, powerful and proven to help clinicians enhance productivity and efficiency. However, with more tablet PCs available than ever before, how do you choose the right tablet PC for your workflow?  More
Mobile medical apps guidance: what's good for the US is good for the EU November 18, 2011 | mHIMSS As published in the October 2011 issue of Scrip Regulatory Affairs and on www.scripregulatoryaffairs.com on 14 October 2011.  More
National Broadband Plan: Ch. 10 on Healthcare November 17, 2011 | mHIMSS Broadband is not a panacea. However, there is a developing set of broadband-enabled solutions that can play an important role in the transformation required to address these issues. These solutions, usually grouped under the name health information technology (IT), offer the potential to improve health care outcomes while simultaneously controlling costs and extending the reach of the limited pool of health care professionals.  More
A Call for Clarity: Open Questions on the Scope of FDA Regulation of mHealth November 17, 2011 | mHIMSS The mHealth Regulatory Coalition (referred to subsequently as the Coalition) is comprised of industry representatives that manufacture and distribute the fundamental hardware and software used in mHealth* systems, healthcare providers who use mHealth technologies to improve healthcare delivery, and non‐profit organizations that advocate on behalf of patients and providers for the use of mHealth in the United States.  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
Mobile Clinical Assistants: Putting the cart before the horse July 1, 2011 | mHIMSS Given the potential for improved quality of care, cost savings, and patient safety benefits, optimizing mobility for healthcare applications is too important to ignore. In this paper, VDC Research examines the key questions surrounding the adoption of the Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) in healthcare environments.  More
Advances in Wireless Technologies for Healthcare: Do’s and Don’ts of Medical Device Integration February 16, 2012 | mHIMSS Medical devices can no longer be seen as standalone components and have been targeted in Meaningful Use Phase 3 as a potential integration point. Creating connected devices, especially wireless ones, is a major requirement for most manufacturers but are not easy to architect because many medical devices are still based on traditional proprietary communication technologies and integration is notoriously difficult. Join device connectivity expert and software architect Shahid Shah to learn some practical "do's and dont's" of medical device to health IT software connectivity.  More
Risks Associated with Medical Devices and Mobile Medical Devices January 17, 2012 | mHIMSS This webinar discusses the current threats and risks associated with mobile devices, and in addition will review the ECRI Institute’s Top 10 Hazards in Healthcare for 2012 as well as the Manufacturers Disclosure Statement for Medical Device Security (MDS2).  More
Securely Manage Mobile Medical Devices January 16, 2012 | mHIMSS This Webinar will focus on today’s best practices for full lifecycle mobile management: • Rapidly creating, deploying and managing mobile medical apps • Empowering healthcare IT to proactively secure all mobile devices with continuous monitoring of policy compliance and proactive auto-remediation of violations with full audit trail • Simplifying remote support and ensuring best end user experience with highest quality mobile service levels  More
Disruptive Technology Leadership: From EHRs to iPads December 9, 2011 | mHIMSS A review for IT executives of the adoption of disruptive technologies, measuring the impacts of such adoption, and an experience-based methodology of managing the process.  More
Ubiquitous Wireless Enables All-Private Room Critical Care Hospital November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS This webinar will focus on VCUHS' (Virginia Commonwealth University Health System) new 275-bed all private room critical care hospital and how a unified wireless infrastructure provides caregivers a virtual link for everything from remote communication of bedside alarms to physician access to the EHR.  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
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
Definitions of mHealth January 5, 2012 | mHIMSS A collection of mHealth definitions from key healthcare organizations.  More
A New Prescription for Chronic Disease: Remote Monitoring Devices February 20, 2012 | mHIMSS This original HIMSS Analytics research seeks to understand the consumer perspective with regards to home health monitoring use. The report includes information on consumer readiness, barriers and benefits of home monitoring adoption.  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
Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices:Summary of a Workshop on Current Knowledge and Research Gaps November 22, 2011 | mHIMSS This book presents a summary of the Workshop on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps, held April 13 and 14, 2010, in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the National Research Council's Committee on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Needs. The workshop was structured to gather inputs and insights from social science researchers, technologists, emergency management professionals, and other experts knowledgeable about how the public responds to alerts and warnings, focusing specifically on how the public responds to mobile alerting.  More
Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff - Mobile Medical Applications November 22, 2011 | mHIMSS You should submit comments and suggestions regarding this draft document within 90 days of publication in the Federal Register of the notice announcing the availability of the draft guidance.  More
Manufacturer Disclosure Statement for Medical Device Security; Joint HIMSS/NEMA standard form November 22, 2011 | mHIMSS Consists of the MDS2 form and instructions for completing it. Assists professionals responsible for security-risk assessment in the management of medical device security issues. The information on the MDS2 form is not intended, and may be inappropriate for, other purposes.  More
HIMSS Vantage Point Survey: Mobile Medical Applications November 21, 2011 | mHIMSS On July 19, the FDA released a set of proposed guidelines on the regulation of certain mobile medical applications. Under the draft regulations, only a small number of the apps available on the market would be covered by the draft guidelines. At present, the FDA is seeking to regulate only apps that meet certain criteria.  More
Position Statement on Transforming Nursing Practice through Technology & Informatics November 17, 2011 | mHIMSS The landmark Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,”i emphasizes the importance of recognizing the vital role of nurses in transforming healthcare in our country and presents recommendations for how to promote that role in the future.  More
FDA Regulation of mobile health November 17, 2011 | mHIMSS It can come as a bit of a shock to people in the consumer electronics, IT and telecommunications industries that FDA might regulate certain equipment like cell phones that companies are planning to put at the center of connected health services.  More