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Smartphone app seeks ‘superspreaders’ of flu
By Neil Versel | 12:32 pm | April 26, 2011
Mobile health is more evolution than revolution
By Neil Versel | 10:27 am | April 26, 2011
Survey: Text messaging preferred for health alerts
By Brian Dolan | 07:53 am | April 26, 2011
Social media could 'accelerate clinical discovery'
By Healthcare IT News Staff | 02:37 pm | April 25, 2011
Social media could prove to be a valuable method for gathering real time information on patient treatment to help determine drug effectiveness sooner, according to a new study of patients with ALS.
Mobinil tests remote teledermatology in Egypt
By Brian Dolan | 07:45 am | April 25, 2011
Wayne Memorial Hospital implements nurse call integration
By Healthcare IT News Staff | 03:42 pm | April 22, 2011
Wayne Memorial Hospital has implemented the nurse call integration feature of the HealthAlert for Nurses technology from Fort Wayne, Ind.-based EXTENSION. The 316-bed facility can now automate the delivery of clinical information and nurse call messages.
VA creates app for post traumatic stress disorder
By Brian Dolan | 07:58 am | April 22, 2011
Coffee shop test' may have prevented RI doc's Facebook debacle
By Molly Merrill | 03:30 pm | April 21, 2011
A physician in Rhode Island is being fined $500 after posting patient information on Facebook that "inadvertently violated confidentiality," according to a consent order given by the State of Rhode Island Department of Health Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. The board has found Alexandra Thran, MD, a 48 year-old Emergency Medicine physician, guilty of "unprofessional conduct" by "revealing personal identifiable information to third parties."
FDA health app regulation won't cost $30M
By Brian Dolan | 05:14 am | April 21, 2011
Denver Health, Microsoft, EMC team for diabetes text messaging program
By Brian Dolan | 03:11 am | April 21, 2011