Mobile Computing Featured Articles

41. How CIOs Land Starring Roles In Digital Transformation 3/27/2017

    Healthcare organizations are focused on delivering high quality, high value experiences to its stakeholders. With the industry focus on patients at the center of care, there is an increasing need for digitizing the care continuum to ensure patients are getting the best treatment at all times. From launching applications that remind patients to take their medicines, to deploying software bots that automate backend administrative processes, technology is increasingly woven into the delivery and management of care.

42. Digital Health In An Interconnected World 3/24/2017

    The human body is God’s masterpiece. It is unquestionably the most complicated and intricate machine of all — working perfectly when maintained correctly. Really, it’s a machine consisting of several different and interconnected machines. However, if the human body’s health fails, it can overshadow everything in life. Hence, it is important to monitor it at every stage — from a minor ache to major health problem.

43. HIMSS Finds IT-Priority Disconnect Between Providers And Vendors 3/22/2017

    Results reinforce the positive impact of health IT on the economy but finds challenges ahead. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

44. 5 Tips For Tackling HIPAA Compliance Challenges 3/8/2017

    Regulations such as HIPAA are in place to protect sensitive protected health information, but the threat landscape is ever changing. With healthcare organizations the target of 88 percent of all ransomware attacks, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued new HIPAA guidance on ransomware attacks in July last year.

45. Top Wearable Technology To Keep Seniors Safe 3/7/2017

    There's so much wearable technology available right now it’s enough to make your head spin if you don’t know what you’re looking for, even for someone who’s knowledgeable. For many, the various capabilities the newest sports watches have are more than enough — text messaging, answering phone calls, even GPS. By Jagger Esch, president and CEO, Elite Insurance Partners LLC

46. Containers In The Cloud: A Bright Idea For Mobile Healthcare Apps 2/13/2017

    Despite Thomas Edison suffering 10,000 failures before creating an incandescent light bulb design that worked, creating the bulb itself was the easy part. The greater challenge was bringing electricity to homes across America so there was a way to power those light bulbs.

47. Study Finds New Potential For Wearables 2/6/2017

    Detection of diseases and managing care are among the potential uses of health trackers. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

48. ECRI Posts List Of Top 10 Emerging Healthcare Technologies For 2017 1/31/2017

    From liquid biopsies to robotic surgery and innovative diabetes vaccines, ECRI highlights disrupters. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

49. Intelligent Wellness Automation Arrives In 2017 1/24/2017

    Automation may summon dystopian visions of a labor force crowded out by machines that work 24/7, don’t take breaks, or demand a competitive benefits package. But, according to Accenture’s report Intelligent Automation Is Changing Healthcare, 2016, “Intelligent automation really means combining technology with people to get a job done — either in a more effective way or a more productive way.” By Sam Salbi, CEO, FitLyfe

50. Solving Healthcare's Biggest Security Challenge: Low-Tech, High-Success Social Hacking 1/20/2017

    I recently came back to work after having brain surgery to remove part of a non-cancerous tumor that had wrapped itself around my optic nerve. Probably like any CIO who finds himself in the hospital, I spent some of my time there thinking about the technology the medical team used to plan and deliver my care. By Scott Youngs, chief information officer, Key Information Systems