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Hospitals use iPads to improve patient experience
Deciding whether to provide iPads to your medical staff may be only half of your decision-making when it comes to the uber-popular devices. New efforts ongoing at hospitals around the U.S. are
Android now tops in the smartphone market
Trying to decide which mobile platforms to support at your hospital? Put Android at the top of your list. iPhones and iPads may be getting all the media attention when it comes to healthcare, but
Can apps, mobile health replace physicians?
When Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla wrote an eye-opening commentary in January positing that computers, and particularly mobile health devices, could replace certain physician functions , it
Apple bans identity-leaking apps
Leaks be gone! Apple is banning apps that automatically obtain user identification numbers to track device location. Company officials appear to be responding to user complaints--and certainly many
Deloitte: Healthcare to take lead in mobile development
Consumer-facing apps and products may be at the head of the mobile pack right now, but if a new Deloitte survey is any indication, healthcare apps will outpace them with the advent of 4G broadband
New burn app continues Johns Hopkins' long app-development run
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical School have created an app to help physicians better treat burn victims, both in the hospital and in the field, according to a recent announcement from the
Medical device deployment's dark side
With all of the new iPad fervor this week , it seemed a perfect time to dig into the dark side of these devices, or at least some of the headaches they can cause for hospitals that deploy them. So I
UnitedHealth launches another mobile app for 24/7 nurse access
UnitedHealth has launched a new mobile app, which already is proving popular among its members. As UnitedHealth's third mobile app offering, it provides 24/7 access to nurses and members' own
UCLA researchers detect E. coli with cell-phone plug-in
Engineers at UCLA just developed a device can be attached to a cell phone to detect the presence of Escherichia Coli in food and water. Researchers recently published their findings in the
Louisiana Blues introduces mobile fitness app
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana has introduced a mobile app to help people eat right and exercise more. The app, which is only available on an iPhone, provides a list of 100-calorie snacks,
