While many companies offer free, "lite" versions of their software to small organizations in hopes of landing sales from larger institutions, DoctorBase, maker of secure, mobile patient-provider communications, is taking the opposite approach. The San Francisco-based vendor this week released a free enterprise edition of its Panda communications system for hospitals – albeit smaller ones – and...
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...
