Health care iPhone App Helps You Get Info, Fast
iTriage is an app for the iPhone and iPod touch that helps US users find local healthcare information on the road. Developed by two emergency room doctors, it offers a national directory of emergency...
View ArticleCould Apple Help Cure Cancer in Corporate America?
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been invited to participate in a roundtable discussion at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s (NCCN) annual conference on clinical practice guidelines and quality cancer...
View ArticleiPad Ranks As First Choice For Doctors But IT Still Nervous About Privacy Issues
Healthcare was one of the first fields to adopt the iPad after it launched two years ago. As with other fields, the initial use of the iPad in healthcare came from doctors and other professionals...
View ArticleIf You Use The New iPad’s Dictation Feature For Work, You Could Be Breaking...
One of the feature on the new iPad is its dictation capabilities, a feature also available on the iPhone 4S (which also boasts Apple’s Siri virtual assistant feature). There are quite a few ways that...
View ArticleRestrictive Fed Guidelines Could Keep The iPad Out Of Doctor’s Hands
The costs of not complying with HIPAA (the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), which includes self-reporting of data breaches, can be steep. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee...
View ArticleAre iPads And iPhones Too Distracting For Doctors?
Since the day the original iPad was announced more than two years ago, there’s been a constant discussion about its use in healthcare. At face value, the iPad offers a lot of tools to doctors and other...
View ArticleU.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs Cancels Long Term Contract With Microsoft
While many federal agencies have been defecting from RIM’s BlackBerry to iOS devices, the Department of Veterans Affairs seems poised to make a much more dramatic transition. The agency recently...
View ArticleMajority Of Doctors Will Use iPads On The Job By 2013
The iPad’s design and capabilities have always made it intriguing option for doctors and other healthcare providers. Shortly after Apple launched the iPad two years ago, technophile doctors began...
View ArticleNew Program Will Deliver iPads To Family Caregivers Of Injured Veterans
The iPad is already a big hit with the healthcare industry. A new pilot project being run by Veterans Affairs Department could encourage the iPad to be used as a longterm home care solution as well....
View ArticleNew Emergency Program Uses iPhones And QR Codes To Save Lives
Healthcare has been a natural fit for the iPad and, to a slightly smaller extent, the iPhone. iOS devices can provide interaction with electronic records and other patient information as well as offer...
View ArticleThe Difference Between A Mac And PC Could Kill You In Medical Imaging
A team of researchers have discovered that the software used to analyze images of the brain gives significantly different results depending on whether it’s used on a Mac or PC. It means the...
View ArticleGriffin Launches iPad Case Designed Specifically For Doctors
The iPad has been popular with doctors and healthcare providers since it debuted two years ago. In fact, the iPad’s form factor and capabilities are almost tailor-made for many common and emerging uses...
View ArticleWhy Your Doctor Doesn’t Want You Using iPhone And iPad Health Apps
Doctors may be fans of the iPad as a clinical tool, but they’re not certain that Apple’s iPad, the 5000+ health and medical apps in the App Store, or other mobile technologies are safe and effective...
View ArticleHow The iPhone Is Revolutionizing Nursing
When it comes to talking about iOS devices in healthcare, most of think of doctors carrying iPads the way that they used to carry lengthy paper charts or clipboards. We think about doctors looking at...
View ArticleDoctors Rate Four-Year-Old iPhone 3G As A Better Ophthalmology Tool Than A PC
The uses for Apple’s iPhone and iPad in healthcare seem to be growing by leaps and bounds. The latest field of medicine to take note of the power that iOS devices offer doctors and healthcare providers...
View ArticlePanasonic Hopes Its New 3.48 Pound Windows 7 Tablet Will Beat The iPad In...
Seeking to challenge the iPad’s ongoing success in the healthcare field, Panasonic has announced an updated version of Toughbook tablet for doctors offices and hospitals. The update is the latest for...
View ArticleThe iPhone Is The New Doctor’s Housecall
Health related iOS apps are proliferating quickly in the App Store. While the most popular health related apps tend to be focused on diet, exercise, and stress relief, there are some other fast growing...
View ArticleVA And Bon Jovi Launch Mobile App Contest To Help Homeless Vets
Department of Veterans Affairs is no stranger iOS devices or to developing custom apps to help deliver key services to veterans and their families. In fact, the VA’s CIO last year said that the agency...
View ArticleiPads Used To Record Health Data Deliver Significant Improvements In Cancer Care
The iPad has become a fixture in healthcare that simplifies the lives of doctors and nurses. It turns out that the iPad can improve the quality of care patients receive if it is used as a mechanism to...
View ArticleThe iPad Helps Pharmaceutical Reps Influence Prescribing Practices Among Doctors
We talk about the iPad’s role in healthcare pretty regularly. Many physicians and health care practices have found innovative ways to integrate the iPad into daily patient interactions. According to a...
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