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'Smart pajamas' monitor infants wirelessly
Canadian cable and Internet provider Rogers Communications just hooked up with U.S.-based Exmovere to step into the mHealth market.The two companies will soon be selling Exmovere's "Exmobaby" pajamas, which have embedded sensors to measure infants' temperature and movements, in Canadian retail outlets.
Rise in physician tablet use means less than meets the eye
Sixty-two percent of physicians--nearly double the number a year ago--now use computer tablets, according to FierceMobileHealthcare reports. That report makes it appear as if iPads and other tablets...
Tablet use continues to increase among docs
Physician use of tablets has grown more than 75 percent in the past year, according to new findings from Manhattan Research published last week. The research company studied the mobile habits of more than 3,000 physicians in the first quarter of 2012, and compared those findings to the same period of 2011.
Nurses want drug data via their smartphones
It's not just doctors demanding smartphones app and access anymore. A new survey by healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins finds that most nurses want smartphone access to the drug
Verizon, Nantworks team to funnel cancer info to docs' smartphones
Verizon and health conglomerate Nantworks want to get "big data" down to individual end-users, specifically doctors. So they've teamed up to create a series of wireless health projects, including a
Speech recognition's potential in mHealth continues to grow
Last fall , I noted how reliable speech recognition would be key to turning smartphones and tablets from basic record viewers into true tools for physician workflow. Without good keyboard options,
Report: Mobile keeps upping data-breach risk
Mobile technology continues to put patient records at risk, according to the latest findings from HIMSS and research firm Kroll Advisory Solutions. More patient information is on highly mobile--and
Hospitals use iPads to improve patient experience
Deciding whether to provide iPads to your medical staff may be only half of your decision-making when it comes to the uber-popular devices. New efforts ongoing at hospitals around the U.S. are
Mobile-based communications system improves hospital care
Replacing phone- and pager-based communication systems with smartphone- and tablet-based systems reduced length of stay and adverse event calls at a large UK teaching hospital, according to a new
Med schools prep students to avoid device distractions
No doubt computers, smartphones and tablets have helped physicians improve access to information and, in turn, care delivery. For patients meeting with technology-armed docs, however, there can be a
