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Security of Mobile Computing Devices in the Healthcare Environment January 05, 2012 | mHIMSS The focus and goal of this paper is to provide an information resource about mobile computing device security to healthcare information technology leaders. This is not meant to be a blueprint for how an organization should deploy mobile computing devices; instead it provides the necessary groundwork for the organization to take the steps to formally define policies, procedures and processes.  More
2011 mHIMSS Mobile Technology Survey December 05, 2011 | mHIMSS This study provides information on a multitude of aspects related to mobile and wireless technology in health care organizations including general use of mobile technology, access to patient data, means for securing information, and the benefits and barriers to use.  More
Exploring Mobile Health Consumer Trends January 17, 2012 | Rosemary Nelson, MSN, MA, RN-BC, CPHIMS Mobile technology is all around us, and is impacting all facets of one’s life in day-to-day living activities, business and healthcare. Mobile health (mHealth), a term used for the practice of medicine and public health, supported by mobile devices, has emerged in recent years primarily based on the rapid rise of mobile phone penetration.  More
Toward an mHealth Ecosystem: Extending Access, Remote Connectivity and Engagement January 09, 2012 | mHIMSS According to the CDC and NIH, over 50 percent of the factors related to personal health can be traced to lifestyle choices, while only 10 percent is related to the medical care system. This finding illustrates a stark truth: the US healthcare system in its current incarnation, a system of facility based, episodic care, is insufficient to the task of improving population health.  More
Ten Predictions for 2012 on Smartphones in Hospitals January 03, 2012 | Amcom With emerging capabilities far beyond phone calls, email, and even access to medical apps, smartphones have kicked off a communications revolution. Given this changing environment, we assembled a roundtable of industry and technology experts to compile this list of what 2012 will mean for smartphone use in hospitals.  More
mHealth for Development, The Opportunity of Mobile Technology for Healthcare in the Developing World January 03, 2012 | mHIMSS   More
Trends in Mobile Medicine: Smartphone Apps for Physicians December 28, 2011 | mHIMSS For physicians, the point-of-care has shifted from a clinical setting to anywhere the physician accesses data. Yet some hospitals are slower to embrace the technology citing cost and security concerns when integrated with patient electronic health records (EHRs). This is changing.  More
Enabling Collaborative Healthcare Delivery: Care Coordination Strategies with 21st Century Technology December 15, 2011 | mHIMSS This paper, based on a roundtable session featuring John Mattison of Kaiser Permanente, identifies the building blocks of care coordination and the innovative technologies being deployed to support continuity of care by visionary health systems and the healthcare IT vendor community.  More
Where Information and Care Meet: Secure Mobile Healthcare Solutions that Drive Care Coordination December 15, 2011 | mHIMSS This paper, based on a roundtable session featuring Liz Johnson of Tenet Healthcare Corp., examines how leading hospitals and health systems in the country are implementing mobile point of care, sharing best practices and lessons learned, to deliver real-time, high-quality care anywhere.  More
The Healthcare IT Innovation Imperative: Harnessing the Power of Technology for 21st Century Care Models December 15, 2011 | mHIMSS This paper, based on a roundtable session moderated by Eric Dishman, highlights how the private and public sectors in the U.S. and Europe are unleashing the power of data in innovative ways to improve the quality of care while making the system more efficient and cost-effective.  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
SHSMD's Emerging Media Handbook December 08, 2011 | mHIMSS In 2010 the Emerging Media Task Force conducted an online survey of SHSMD members, exploring the tools and trends the membership was seeing on the ground and on the horizon and wishing to know more about. We asked members how they were coping with a changing landscape their departments weren’t always configured to handle. Open-ended questions were paired with rankings of dozens of tools and trends, from augmented reality to recruitment. The 100+ responses were candid, informative, and extremely insightful as a snapshot in time.  More
The World of Health and Medical Apps December 08, 2011 | mHIMSS The 5,820 apps analyzed herein are all health, medical or fitness related – we discarded the ones not in English and we tossed out the miscategorized--there were almost 700 such apps. The health related apps have been, in some cases, pulled from across an appstore’s various categories so long as they were relevant specifically to patients or healthcare professionals.  More
A Privacy Framework for Mobile Health and Home-Care Systems December 07, 2011 | mHIMSS In this paper, we consider the challenge of preserving patient privacy in the context of mobile healthcare and home-care systems, that is, the use of mobile computing and communications technologies in the delivery of healthcare or the provision of at-home medical care and assisted living.  More
Healthcare Informatics Organizations Participating in Standards Activities December 07, 2011 | mHIMSS The following pages cover healthcare informatics technology standards developers, advocates, regulatory organizations and vocabulary organizations. These pages are meant as a comprehensive but not exhaustive list, as the healthcare informatics arena is always generating or revising standards and regulations. This is a revision of the 2005 document on SDOs, advocates and vocabularies. During the revision process, some items were removed as not applicable or due to closure.  More
Mobile Applications in Healthcare December 01, 2011 | mHIMSS Mobile solutions for healthcare industry are to not only focus on operational efficiency but prioritize critical information access and health & wellness management. Mobile in healthcare is to bring efficiency not with sheer focus on lower costs but to provide improved services at the point of care.  More
U.S. Healthcare and Mobile Technology December 01, 2011 | mHIMSS Mobile technology has not only mobilized people and data, but it has also simplified business. In general, mobile solutions are preferred for large field sales and large working staffs to enhance productivity on the road and allow for better cost returns. Mobile solutions for the healthcare industry not only focus on operational efficiency, but also prioritize critical information access and health and wellness management. Mobility in healthcare will bring efficiency not only with sheer focus on lower costs but to provide improved services at the point of care.  More
Policy and regulation for Innovation in Mobile Health December 01, 2011 | mHIMSS To support innovation and serve a mass consumer market, mobile health needs the sort of globally harmonised standards and interoperable approaches that have allowed the telecommunication industry to thrive.  More
Unique Challenges of Health Care Networks and the Value of Wireless November 29, 2011 | mHIMSS Medical applications are among the most demanding users of network capacity, real-time performance, mission-critical reliability, and data security. Hospitals and medical centers are accelerating the pace of accessing and storing patient records via EMRs. Considering that data centers storing these records are often not connected to the main hospital, or medical office building, all this adds up to an explosion of information straining existing network infrastructure.  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