Mobility

DoctorBase Doubles User Base to 10,000 Doctors in One Year On Its mHealth-As-A-Service Platform May 21, 2013 | Industry Release
DoctorBase, a leading mobile solution provider for medical practices, today announced it has surpassed 10,000 doctors on its mHealth-as-a-service platform (mHaaS), a 104 percent increase over the past year. DoctorBase’s PANDA software provides medical practices with free and low-cost tools that allow clinicians to interact with patients through smartphones.
Survey seeks physician input on mobile apps May 21, 2013 | Frank Irving - Editor
Survey seeks physician input on mobile apps
The University of Delaware is collaborating with HIMSS Analytics and mHIMSS to assess provider attitudes toward mobile applications. Physicians, nurses and IT staff can assist in the effort by completing a brief online survey about the use of apps in the healthcare setting.
CUIs seen as boon to patient engagement May 16, 2013 | Jeff Rowe - Contributing Writer
Conversational user interfaces seen as boon to patient engagement
"People's interaction with technology changes dramatically when you have voices involved," according to Nick van Terheyden, MD, chief medical information officer for Nuance Communications. He says healthcare has three big things to gain from conversational user interfaces, especially on the patient engagement front.
Solo docs behind on attestation May 16, 2013 | Erin McCann - Contributing Writer
Solo practices behind on Stage 1 attestation
According to a Deloitte survey of 1,613 U.S. primary care and specialist physicians, solo practitioners reported a Stage 1 attestation rate of 31 percent, versus 62 percent of mid-size practices and 82 percent of large-sized practices. However, overall, those physicians who have gone full-throttle with health IT adoption have witnessed substantial positive results.
App locks down doc communications May 14, 2013 | Eric Wicklund - Senior Editor
Mobile app locks down physician communications
Two mHealth companies, Medweb and DocbookMD, have unveiled a mobile application designed to enable clinicians to communicate and share labs, images and reports via mobile device with other clinicians.
How Is Your Website Feeling? May 14, 2013 | David S. Brooks - Vice President, Client Services, Doctor.com
David Brooks
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Cigna to offer round-the-clock telehealth May 10, 2013 | Mike Miliard - Managing Editor
Cigna to offer round-the-clock telehealth services in 2014
Cigna announced May 10 that it will enlist the help of MDLIVE, a developer of telehealth technology and services, to offer eligible health plan members 24/7 online video consultations with internal medicine, family practice and pediatric doctors. The payer will begin testing this approach Jan. 1, 2014.
Consumers integral to mHealth success May 09, 2013 | Eric Wicklund - Senior Editor
Consumer appeal integral to mHealth success
Consumers are taking charge of their healthcare and using more and more tools and devices. That, in turn, is compelling physicians to embrace telemedicine as a means of communicating with their patients, pulling in healthcare data and affecting better health outcomes.

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