mobile health IT

Mobile will be essential to meeting MU Stage 2, improving care coordination

By Neil Versel 04:45 am November 1, 2012

We've heard talk for years about patient engagement, but not a whole lot of real progress. Mobile technologies are about to change that, with a substantial boost from Stage 2 of the "meaningful use" EHR incentive program. To meet Stage 2 requirements, starting in 2014 (or the second year after initially getting to Stage 1), providers must share patient records with affiliated hospitals and...

CHIME focus group shows fine line between security and usability

By Neil Versel 03:28 am November 3, 2011

You know something has caught on in health IT when healthcare CIOs start talking about it. And when vendors are willing to shell out big bucks to hear hospital-based IT administrators share their opinions on it. By that measure, mobile access to hospital networks is very much a mainstream idea now. I come to this conclusion after sitting in on a Compuware focus group with a baker's dozen of CIOs...