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Henry Ford develops smartphone app for cancer surgery patients
By Jay Greene, Crain's Detroit Business | September 20, 2013
Dr. Steven Kalkanis, director of the Center for Cancer Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, wanted to make life easier on people who are searching for answers after being diagnosed with cancer. A new app can help users learn about treatment options, map appointment locations by GPS, schedule...
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More than 200 available apps co-branded with healthcare organizations
By Joseph Conn | September 19, 2013
There are more than 200 mobile healthcare applications co-branded with healthcare organizations available on the two main online app marketplaces, Google Play and the Apple App Store, a new research report shows.
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Voalte names West COO
By Modern Healthcare | September 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Kenda West, a former health IT executive at Johns Hopkins Medicine, joined clinical communications company Voalte as COO.
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Blue Button in the spotlight at Consumer Health IT Summit
By Joseph Conn | September 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The federally initiated Blue Button movement for patient data sharing was front and center at the Consumer Health IT Summit that kicked off National Health IT Week in Washington on Monday.
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CDW report shows challenges of personal mobile devices in the workplace
By Joseph Conn | September 12, 2013
The potential blessings of smartphones and tablets carry with them the potential curse of health information insecurity, but there is no ducking the challenges of both, according to a multi-industry survey of IT leaders.
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IPad-toting doctors fuel publisher profits as paper fades
By Bloomberg | September 11, 2013
Ohio doctor Mrunal Shah recently shipped four boxes of medical texts to developing countries because he can’t recall the last time he cracked a book rather than tapping for information on his iPad. While that’s good news for Apple, the shift has also been a boon for academic journal...
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HealthStream acquires Baptist Leadership Group
By Rachel Landen | September 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
HealthStream has purchased Baptist Leadership Group, the consulting practice of Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Health Care.
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Online doctor visits given away at fair fill a need
By Star Tribune (Minneapolis) | September 03, 2013
Doctor visits were given away at this year's Minnesota State Fair as freely as backpacks and yardsticks. Not on a stick, mind you, but online. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota handed out about 4,000 vouchers for e-visits with doctors through a website called Online Care Anywhere.
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HHS' 33 apps part of strategy to share government data
By Joseph Conn | August 28, 2013
HHS has more than a mobile strategy. It also has 33 mobile apps to back up its plan, and recently sent out an e-mail to tout them.
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Healthcare IT struggles to keep up with mobile health demands
By CIO | August 27, 2013
Many healthcare industry observers say that mobile health (mHealth), telehealth and other eHealth initiatives are on the verge of changing the care delivery model. While the industry has been seemingly reluctant to use electronic health record software, and reimbursement and regulatory hurdles...
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