New York-Presbyterian Hospital has big plans for PatientTouch, a platform from San Diego-based PatientSafe Solutions, to help mobilize its electronic health record, improve communication among clinicians, coordinate care and close the loop in medication ordering and administration.
It is a huge undertaking for sure, given that NYP actually includes four hospitals in Manhattan and one in suburban...
According to a recent survey conducted by Wolters Kluwer Health's Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), 71 percent of nurses are already using smartphones for their job. The survey included responses from 3,900 nurses and nursing students. About 66 percent of those nursing students surveyed said they use their smartphones for nursing school.
Overall, 85 percent of the nurses and nursing...
Matthew Browning
Need evidence that mobile communications are changing healthcare for the better? Ask Matthew Browning, a registered nurse from New Haven, Conn.
Browning was a nursing supervisor for 12 years. “My standard line is, I spent three of those years on the phone,” he says. There had to be a better way to schedule nursing shifts and fill last-minute vacancies.
While earning a master’s...
