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Bill Russell, who leads IT initiatives for the California-based 14-hospital St. Joseph Health system, says mHealth should be used more to make sure patients are following doctors' orders at home.
The free offering to the company's 800+ hospital clients is an effort to improve real-time care coordination and push clinicians away from non-HIPAA-compliant SMS.
More than half of the nation's top hospitals are already using or planning to test Apple's entry into the mHealth marketplace.
With more seniors looking to stay in their homes -- and more of them suffering from memory impairment -- healthcare providers and caregivers are turning to mHealth and telehealth tools to ensure their safety and give them a sense of independence.