The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference takes place amid growing pressure on the health care industry and the Obama administration to move forward with interoperability. But HIMSS Vice President for Informatics, Joyce Sensmeier, says the keys for sharing patient data among different IT systems, devices and platforms already exist. She was interviewed […]
According to a new report by Manhattan Research, 75 million U.S. adults used mobile phones for health-related activities in 2012, up from 61 million in 2011. While desktop and laptop usage still dominates, mobile and tablet activity is growing and the rate of increase is on the rise. Details about seniors’ use of new technologies […]
Procura announced Wednesday that Procura Mobile, described as a multi-platform mobile application, is now available on BlackBerry OS7 and Android. Support for Apple iOS is planned for late 2012. Details about this application’s capabilities and uses as a home healthcare mobile app are discussed in this article.
Reports from this year’s “BlackBerry Jam Americas” conference make it clear that Research In Motion CEO and president Thorsten Heins knows his product line has fallen behind the curve. But is his solution, the BlackBerry 10, enough to catch up to the iPhones and Androids that are quickly replacing it? This article indicates the next […]
Unity Health System has been committed to using home care technology for several years. To further reduce paperwork and control mileage reimbursement expenses, home care and hospice divisions of the the western New York provider recently implemented the point-of-care visit manager from CellTrak™ on secure BlackBerry smart phones over the Verizon network. In addition […]
