Mobile devices are common amoungst physicians but innovative healthcare applications which utilize gesture-based computing, unified communication etc are needed before these devices become useful in physician’s workflow. Docs use iPads, but don’t see them as game-changers | Healthcare IT News.
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General articles related to healthcare IT
5 ways to make your EMR more user-friendly | Healthcare IT News
Some general principals in making EMR systems more user friendly: 5 ways to make your EMR more user-friendly | Healthcare IT News.
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5 dos and don’ts of EHR interface design | Healthcare IT News
Some good advice on EMR interface design: 5 dos and don’ts of EHR interface design | Healthcare IT News.
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Do’s and Don’ts of mobile/mHealth strategy for hospitals and HCPs
The author of the following article suggests mHealth strategy should focus on HTML5 browser-based apps instead of native apps, do you agree? Do’s and Don’ts of mobile/mHealth strategy for hospitals and HCPs.
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Do’s and Don’ts of hospital health IT
The following are some tips and tricks in implementing hospital health IT systems from an expert. Do you agree with these items? I agree with the author in that EMR systems should be platform independence and using standards like HTML5 and CSS3 for mobile platforms is a good bet at the moment: Do’s and Don’ts… Continue reading Do’s and Don’ts of hospital health IT
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Tablets entering into new places in enterprise
Tablets like iPad are finding their way into new places in enterprise where traditionally there no computer exists, e.g. using a tablet in a hospital to access patient records and drug interaction database. See the following report from Forrester Research How iPads Enter the Workforce
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Apple Security Issues Linger, Raising iPad, iPhone Concerns
Will the current trend of deploying mobile devices to hospital environment create security issues and challenges to hospital IT administrators? The author of the following article is concerned: Apple Security Issues Linger, Raising iPad, iPhone Concerns | Hospital EMR and EHR.
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Medical Devices – The Last Hurdle to Automate EMR?
It makes sense for EMR to collect data generated from medical devices, but why are so few hospitals are actually doing it? This might be partly technical issue and partly because device makers aren’t offering easy connectivity options, as mentioned in the following article: Medical Device Makers Still Working To Connect With EMRs | Hospital… Continue reading Medical Devices – The Last Hurdle to Automate EMR?
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Obstacles To Using Tablets As EMR Front Ends
Enabling EMR systems on tablets might produce a ‘wow’ factor to patients and doctors but at the moment there are still some obstacles that need to be overcome as mentioned in the following article: Obstacles To Using Tablets As EMR Front Ends
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No App For Hospitals?
Although tablets are very common in our day to day lives, for applying them to the hospital still requires a lot of re-design, as mentioned in the following article from Kaiser Health News For Hospitals, There’s No App For That – Kaiser Health News
