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Protect medical devices from cybercrime
It's disconcerting to think that medical devices, such as MRI machines and insulin pumps, are increasingly the victim of hacking, malware and other cybercrimes . But it's particularly frightening
Doctors: Beware the hidden dangers of touchscreens
Physicians may love mobile devices, but their mobile devices might not love them back. A recent study from InfoWorld found that the ergonomics of mobile device--and particularly touchscreen--usage
Physician practices eye tablets in 2012
Physician practices plan to invest big in tablets in 2012. A new survey from market research company NPD Group says 75 percent of small- to medium-sized health care practices polled are looking to
GE backs native apps with iPad EMR
Does it make more sense to develop or buy native apps for mobile devices like the iPad, or just enable your existing software to run on a mobile platform? Hospital CIOs may be arguing this question
Is social gaming the new health and wellness frontier?
Everyone loves a good game, whether it's the old-fashioned kind using cards or the modern type using computers and the Internet. At least that's what Aetna ( NYSE: AET ) is betting on as it launches
New tool helps hospitals ID patients with smartphones
Creating an app or other mobile technology is only the first step for hospitals hoping to engage their patients on their mobile devices. The second--and just-as-tough--task is to figure out which
Continua, Global Certification Forum partner to test mobile health devices
Is the mobile healthcare industry looking to head the FDA off at the pass? Might be. Two major mobile technology advocacy groups, Global Certification Forum and Continua Health Alliance, partnered
iPad could bridge gap between home PACS, smartphone
With a meeting as large as the one the Radiological Society of North America puts on each year, we had a feeling that there would be a follow-up to last week's story about the iPad's utility as a
Healthcare is No. 3 sector for iPad adoption
Healthcare is one of the top three industries using Apple's hot-selling iPad tablet, behind only the financial and technology sectors, according to data from mobility service provider Good
Many using iPads in healthcare, but few have deployment strategies
"iPad and other kinds of tablets are going to permeate the [healthcare] enterprise," Brian Reed, vice president of products at BoxTone, a Columbia, Md.-based mobile service management firm, said
