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Hospital IT systems and applications

• Mobile health devices may reduce lengths of ER visits

  Learn how by securely receiving patient information on their mobile devices, emergency physicians could speed up treatment and diagnosis.  Continue Reading

• Physical therapy mHealth app logs compliance

  A smartphone mHealth app drives patient engagement at home for physical therapy rehab patients, teaches exercises and logs compliance between visits.  Continue Reading

• Social data a new source for disease surveillance

  Healthcare researchers mine unstructured data from nontraditional sources such as social media to detect disease outbreaks and predict pandemics.  Continue Reading

• Next for Direct: Apps to enable health data exchange

  Getting patients involved in Direct(ing) exchange of health data is coming in 2015, when developers finish their applications.  Continue Reading

• Clinical decision support tools still underused by clinicians

  A major challenge facing today's physicians is learning how to complement their wisdom and experience with clinical decision support technology.  Continue Reading

• Provider reveals plans for telemedicine center at 2014 ATA show

  At this year's American Telemedicine Association conference, Intermountain Healthcare shared some of its plans for rolling out telemedicine gear and services.  Continue Reading

• Can you see me now? More providers make telemedicine investments

  Intermountain, Mercy make telemedicine investments as IT infrastructure. Plans encompass videoconferencing across many service lines, not one-offs.  Continue Reading

• Mobile technology aiding quality improvement in healthcare

  How physicians access data has been the center of mobile studies. Our expert says it's time to gauge the quality improvement aspect of mobile tech.  Continue Reading

• Interoperable data in cancer registries key to improving treatment

  Greater interoperability between EHRs will help oncologists spend more time on treatment and less on managing their cancer registries.  Continue Reading

• Studies show rise in oncology social media ahead of 2014 ASCO event

  Oncologists' use of social media is something to monitor when the 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting commences in June.  Continue Reading

• Next wave of physician crowdsourcing in healthcare: Treating patients?

  Crowdsourcing physicians' opinions online may be the future of patient care, but not before liability and reimbursement issues are settled.  Continue Reading

• Reimbursement outlook not slowing health IT implementation

  A healthcare CIO explains the challenges his organization faces while sticking to its health IT implementation plan and keeping under budget.  Continue Reading

• Five common cloud myths preventing healthcare deployment

  Separating fact and fiction when it comes to the cloud isn't a one-step process. Here are a few tips that can help you avoid popular cloud myths.  Continue Reading

• Implementing population health management as health IT budgets shrink

  How does a nonprofit hospital system implement population health management when its IT budget shrinks? Christus Health's George Conklin weighs in.  Continue Reading

• At HIMSS 2014, mHealth trends remain under focus

  A blast of new products and educational presentations at HIMSS 2014 highlighted some impressive trends in the growing mHealth market.  Continue Reading