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Caspio releases chart, dashboard apps

New Products | Thursday, September 02 2010
Caspio has made available new chart applications to create visual web-based charts and dashboards for any database and assist users' understanding of large data sets.
 

iSalus Healthcare releases EMR iPhone app

New Products | Wednesday, August 25 2010
iSalus Healthcare, a web-based EMR and practice management software company, has released an iPhone mobile application that allows doctors to access patient records and office information.
 

HTH gets global with iPhone app

New Products | Thursday, August 19 2010
HTH Worldwide, a global health and safety services company, has developed six new mPassport destination-specific iPhone applications for finding quality healthcare services in major cities in East and Southeast Asia.
 

Report: Smartphones will keep ringing up sales in healthcare

Industry News | Wednesday, August 18 2010
Healthcare may be a niche market for smartphones, but it has significant growth potential, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. The New York-based firm cites high rates of physician use of smartphones and PDAs and available applications among many factors making healthcare ideal for smartphone sales.
 

Adverse drug event? There's an app for that

New Products | Thursday, August 12 2010
The Center for Biomedical Informatics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has developed a new application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch to help doctors and nurses record and grade adverse events in clinical trials.
 

Entrada extends eDictate to mobile Apple products

New Products | Friday, August 06 2010
Entrada has released eDictate, a mobile application for clinics, hospitals and surgery centers that extends automated clinical documentation processes to iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices.
 

Pilot study correlates improved glucose levels in teen diabetics with text messaging

Industry News | Monday, August 02 2010
Jennifer Dyer, MD, MPH, an endocrinologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has developed an iPhone application that sends customized text message reminders to adolescent diabetes patients about their treatment activities. Dyer developed the app after completing a pilot study and concluding that weekly, customized text messages to remind adolescent diabetes patients about their personal treatment activities resulted in an increase in overall treatment adherence and improved blood glucose levels.
 

FDA green lights AirStrip smartphone patient monitoring tool

Regulatory News | Wednesday, July 28 2010
AirStrip Technologies has received FDA clearance to market the AirStrip remote patient monitoring (RPM) tool, including AirStrip RPM Critical Care and AirStrip RPM Cardiology.
 

Spyglass: Physician smartphone usage on the rise, along with concerns

Industry News | Tuesday, July 27 2010
Ninety-four percent of physicians are using smartphones to communicate, manage personal and business workflows and access medical information, according to a report from Spyglass Consulting Group. This represents a significant increase from Spyglass’ findings in a similar study published in November 2006 in which 59 percent of physicians reported using smartphones.
 

Emdat iPhone app assist transcription services

New Products | Sunday, July 25 2010
Emdat has introduced a new iPhone application to assist healthcare professionals in managing their patient notes.
 

HealthPartners licenses MobiSecure mobile platform

Partnerships & Alliances | Monday, July 19 2010
HealthPartners, a U.S. consumer-governed, nonprofit healthcare organization, has licensed Diversinet’s MobiSecure Health platform to facilitate mobile communications with its 1.3 million subscribers.
 

RemoteScan releases iPad app

New Products | Tuesday, July 13 2010
RemoteScan has released iRemoteScan for the iPad and iPhone so individuals can remotely operate scanners connected to PCs and workstations.
 

Feature: Planning for healthcare's future with iPads

Web Exclusives | Sunday, June 13 2010
Written by Jeff Byers
Although it was just released in April, Apple's iPad has been on the minds and in the hands of numerous healthcare professionals seeking a balance between the convenience of their smartphones and the screen areas of laptops. While Apple has reportedly sold two million iPads globally as of the end of last month, early healthcare provider adopters have found the device, its uses and environment are already in flux.
 

Virtual Radiologic launches updated cloud-based technology

New Products | Monday, May 03 2010
Virtual Radiologic will release its third generation of vRad Enterprise Connect, a radiology workflow software platform, in the summer.
 

IDS releases two radiology-related smartphone apps

New Products | Wednesday, April 07 2010
Integrated Document Solutions (IDS) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has launched two smartphone applications designed to allow medical staff and administrators to perform critical and time-sensitive tasks using IPhone, Blackberry, Android and Windows Mobile devices.
 

TeraRecon updates Aquarius iNtuition with iPad support

New Products | Monday, April 05 2010
TeraRecon, a developer of advanced visualization and decision support technologies, has released version 4.4.5 of its Aquarius iNtuition advanced visualization server-based software suite, including support for the newly-released iPad.
 

JACR: Pros & cons of iPhone rad dose, cancer risk tracking app

Industry News | Monday, April 05 2010
A recent article published in the April edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology discussed a Radiation Passport, an iPhone and iPod Touch application that tracks radiation dose and estimates associated cancer risks.
 

MGH to test Merge's mobile technologies

Contracts & Installations | Monday, March 08 2010
Merge Healthcare and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have initiated a partnership to create a testing environment for the company’s new mobile healthcare technologies.
 

ECR: TeraRecon updates Aquarius iNtuition

Conference News | Monday, March 08 2010
TeraRecon, a provider of advanced visualization and decision support technologies, released updates to its Aquarius iNtuition at the 22nd European Congress of Radiology (ECR), March 4-8 in Vienna.
 

HIMSS: 3M introduces platform for physician mobile devices

Conference News | Sunday, March 07 2010
3M Health Information Systems is looking to give "physicians back their mobility" in 2010, David Owen, product line marketing manager, told CMIO at HIMSS10 in Atlanta last week, where the company introduced its Mobile Dictation platform for smartphones, designed for healthcare providers.
 
Web Exclusives

Feature: U.S. needs national strategy to curb imaging overutilization

Medical imaging overutilization--a growing concern in the U.S.--exposes patients to unnecessary radiation, while also adding to rising healthcare costs, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Radiology. In an interview, William R. Hendee, PhD, lead author, reviewed various methods by which medical imaging could be curtailed.

Radiology: Prelim study shows CE breast CT outperforms CT, mammo

Dedicated contrast-enhanced (CE) breast CT delivered significantly improved conspicuity of malignant breast lesions, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), compared with unenhanced breast CT and mammography, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

Radiology: Rad role may evolve as image-guided biopsies trend up

CT, ultrasound and MRI have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward image-guided percutaneous techniques, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology. The trend toward less-invasive approaches translates into enhanced safety and efficiency and could lead to more interaction between patients and radiologists.

CMS Webinar: Incentive payments to offset EHR adoption, not reimburse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR incentive payments are not considered reimbursement for money expended on EHR technology, but are intended to offset the cost associated with adoption and ongoing meaningful use, according to CMS during an Aug. 12 webinar.

CMS webinar: Eligible professionals can expect EHR incentives in 2011

Funding incentives for EHR use is the main goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) meaningful use initiative, and there are incentive programs for both hospitals and eligible professionals, according to Elizabeth Holland, health insurance specialist at the Department of Health and Human Services, who spoke during a CMS-sponsored webinar Aug. 8.

Webinar: Stage 1 of meaningful use is for quality reporting acclimation

Stage 1 requirements for meaningful use incentives aim to strike a balance between the overall goal of EHR use and widespread adoption, while avoiding added work, said Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer at Elsevier Health Services, during a HIMSS webinar titled “Meaningful Use: Safety and Quality of Care.”

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