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This hospital actually got physicians to embrace a mobile messaging app

There have been numerous efforts, or at least discussions, to get hospital physicians and staff to better communicate via text messages and away from widely used but somewhat antiquated pagers. But so far, it’s largely been problematic because people would use their own devices, potentially opening themselves and their hospitals up to HIPAA violations. So […]

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SAP mobile EMR was exposed to hacks

German software giant SAP recently fixed two potentially dangerous flaws in a mobile medical app that could have allowed malicious hackers to upload fake patient data, Computer World reports, a development that underscores the serious security issues at hand for healthcare, no matter the scale of the organization. SAP was able to fix the issues […]

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UnitedHealthcare piloting fitness app that pays for healthy behavior

As part of an effort to make health insurance a more tangible and consumer-oriented tool, UnitedHealthcare is in the process of developing a new app that offers financial incentives for users who practice healthful behavior. The Minneapolis-based insurer is currently piloting the iPhone app, Reward Me, in Arizona and Illinois, offering users a litany of […]

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Epic to open its EHR system to customers for app development

Epic Systems is in the midst of launching an app store that will allow third-party companies to develop products in tandem with its EHR system, which is the most commonly used across hospitals and physician practices. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the app store was announced Tuesday at the Wisconsin Innovation Network by Mark […]

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Salesforce survey: Millennials want telehealth and mobile apps

Just ahead of the closing enrollment period for Obamacare, tech behemoth Salesforce released a report titled “The State of the Connected Patient 2015,” detailing the potentially huge shift in how patients interact with their providers, particularly younger patients, and how technology might help improve connectivity. “While traditional communication channels remain popular among patients, the next generation […]