This post is sponsored by Sprint. In this age of healthcare reform and ever-present cost pressures, clinicians are busier than ever. It’s easy to see the value in tools that allow doctors to increase their efficiency and focus more of their attention on taking care of patients. That’s why Sprint has compiled an ebook to […]
This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the last article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. From lab results to medication orders, there’s a tremendous amount of data that clinical providers need to sift through to find relevant information, said James Webb, vice president of strategic accounts for Mobile Heartbeat, […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the eleventh article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. Siri, Apple’s personal assistant application, popularized the concept of voice recognition software on smartphones. Voice recognition refers to the capability of a smartphone to understand — and perform — your speech commands. This means […]
This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the tenth article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. Just about every healthcare provider is familiar with alarm fatigue.1 Between nurse calls, pumps and monitors, clinicians on a typical hospital unit with 30 beds are inundated with a tremendous number of alarms.1 Because […]
This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the ninth article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. Communication, or the lack thereof, is the No. 1 contributor of clinical errors, according to the nonprofit Joint Commission, which accredits and certifies more than 20,500 healthcare organizations and programs in the U.S.1 What’s […]
This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the eighth article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. Buying a smartphone just to make calls and send text messages is like purchasing a laptop just to use the word processor.1 So says Jamie Brasseal, vice president of sales and marketing for Mobile […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the seventh article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. Charging racks – where users can charge their mobile devices – and shared computers have a place in the healthcare setting.1 But there are very few available today that have all the key components […]
This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the sixth article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. Though it’s common for a doctor to use an iPad Mini to send a prescription to the pharmacy or whip out an Android smartphone to look up the latest medical research, have you ever […]
This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the fifth article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. The iPhone is only seven years old, but it’s tough to remember life w ithout it. In the years since the iPhone’s 2007 release, the smartphone has become ubiquitous. Today, 58 percent of Americans […]
This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the fourth article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. A surgeon can perform a complex, minimally invasive medical procedure with state-of-the-art robotic technology. But when she needs to communicate with her colleagues, the doctor is stuck with antiquated phone systems and outdated email […]
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This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the third article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. Scouring WedMD might be a great way to self-diagnose all manner of ills. But the health news and advice website – and the general proliferation of medical information online – could also be one […]
This post is sponsored by Sprint and is the second article in a 12-part series on mobilizing healthcare for improved communication. In healthcare, care transitions occur during provider shift changes, when patients are transferred to different hospital departments and at patient discharge.1 During these care transitions, all of the patient’s pertinent medical information has to move […]
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EjIdEVmpYjI A mobile health accelerator run at Sprint headquarters in Kansas and managed by TechStars assembled its second class of startups. Most of the problems the class members are bent on solving are consumer-focused tasks such as a thermometer to improve fertility, a smart water bottle to keep users hydrated and an air purifiers. Triomi’s […]
As Sprint gears up for the second class of its mobile health accelerator program in Kansas City, it’s added a clutch of hospital and health system partners, according to a company statement. Although it had healthcare partners for its inaugural class last year, the idea is that more formalized relationships will make it easier for […]
If you think that payers are the ones who will answer all the sticky questions about implementation and reimbursement for telemedicine, you are doomed to disappointment. That was the consensus among several industry leaders at an Industry Council Executive Session yesterday at the ATA’s annual conference in Baltimore. Dr. Joe Peterson, the CEO of Specialists […]