FEATURED ARTICLES: MOBILE COMPUTING

• You’re Reopening! Here’s What Your Patients Need To Know

  All over the country, businesses are cautiously opening back up. This includes healthcare. While some healthcare organizations never fully closed, all were impacted by the shelter-in-place orders that have happened across the country. And as we return to our “new normal,” there are a few things that you need to help patients understand. I was recently chatting with a friend of mine who helps run a fairly large healthcare organization. 

• Finding The Balance Between Patient Outreach And Patient Care With Technology

  3/2/2020

  Patient engagement is crucial to all healthcare organizations. It might seem at first glance that the larger an organization is, the more hands there would be to connect with patients. Unfortunately, the opposite is often true. The resources of health systems and hospitals are stretched to the limit with the basics, leaving little time for the “extras.”

• Making Medical Workers Mobile (And The Patients It Serves)

  12/17/2019

  The healthcare industry has undergone immense change over the last decade. From the introduction of healthcare analytics to the widespread implementation of electronic medical records (EMR)/electronic health records (EHR) across the U.S. to even the replacement of legacy phone systems with unified communications technology, the systems that make up today’s healthcare organizations function and look quite differently than 10 or 20 years ago. The common thread among all of this change is technology and the widespread adoption of the “anywhere, anytime” mindset for communication.

• Mobile Technologies Play A Key Role In Reducing Physician And Administrative Burdens

  11/5/2019

  In most ambulatory practices, care is delivered in a tightly-timed environment, with the performance of each team member dependent on a workflow that must move efficiently. With new mandates and evolving technology, the physician’s role is now more complex than ever.

• How Mobile Devices Contribute To OR Delays And Cancellations
• Software Quality And Device Recalls
• FinTechs Made Personal Wealth Management Easier: Can MedTechs Do The Same For Personal Health?
• Inside NSW Health: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi Performance Issues With Critical Duress Tags
• Mobile Messaging In Healthcare: 5 Myths Debunked
• Patients To Healthcare Providers: Text Us

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

• The Problem With Consumerism In Healthcare

  Many industry leaders championed a free market approach to healthcare during the 12^th Annual World Health Care Congress last week. Here are a few key reasons why I don’t think this model is “the fix” our industry so desperately needs.

• Is Technology To Blame For Physician Burnout?
• The ONC’s Olive Branch
• HIMSS15 Provides Both Clarity & Confusion
• The Great HealthKit Betrayal
• Will Apple Revolutionize Healthcare?
• Stirring The Health IT Pot

MOBILE COMPUTING PRODUCTS

• Vocera Smartbadge

  The Vocera Smartbadge is a wearable communication device that enables clinician agility and accelerates patient care. Small, lightweight, and purpose-built for healthcare, the Smartbadge redefines healthcare communications by bringing together voice calling, secure messaging, and alerts and alarms in a lightweight wearable.

• Motion CL920 By Xplore Rugged Tablet Platform

  Reduce downtime and increase productivity overnight. Our sleek new CL920 Rugged Platform is a giant leap forward in our CL-Series with faster processing power, enhanced connectivity, increased durability and superior image capture software. With support for both Windows ® 7 and Windows ® 8.1 applications, the CL920 is ready to stand by your side now and in the future.

• MC40HC Touch Computer For Healthcare

  Your healthcare staff wants the latest in mobile technology, and a device that is as easy to use as their own smartphone. Your healthcare organization requires an enterprise-class feature set, from data capture and security to manageability and dependably robust wireless connections. Get it all with the MC40-HC, including Android, the most popular mobile operating system in the world; world-class enterprise data capture capabilities; and Extensions (Mx), which adds enterprise-required features that are missing from standard Android. The MC40-HC empowers your healthcare staff to deliver the best possible patient care.

• PatientReach Mobile

  Streamline care management, collections, and patient engagement with the new mobile app from Solutionreach.

• UltraLite 100 Tablet Computing Series Mobile Carts

  The UltraLite 100 Series is a light, durable and affordable non-powered mobile medical cart, designed specifically for tablet computers. Each cart is manufactured out of light weight, aircraft-quality aluminum, with a non-porous, anti-microbial powder coat surface for optimal infection control. The compact base fits any environment.

• PatientReach Tablet

  PatientReach Tablet is the revolutionary tool that transforms the check-in process. Simply hand patients the tablet when they arrive and PatientReach will prompt them to check themselves in and review and update personal information–but it doesn’t stop there.