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SEATTLE – The proliferation of mobile medical devices means providers, payers and even patients are collecting more data than ever before. But do they know what to do with it? That was the focus of a panel discussion at last week's Institute for Health ...
See all stories on this topic »FAA Reconsiders Airplane Mobile Device Ban
InformationWeek
The near ubiquity of mobile devices appears to have forced the hand of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, to reconsider the long-standing policy of requiring consumer electronics to be turned off during flights. "With so many ...
See all stories on this topic »Reuters Health News Summary
Chicago Tribune
4:02 p.m. CDT, August 28, 2012. Following is a summary of current health news briefs. AstraZeneca grabs Roche pharma ... NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small study adds to mounting evidence that MRI scans may be safe for people with pacemakers ...
See all stories on this topic »State Health Department disputes paper's salmonella account
Evansville Courier & Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Department of Health officials say a Southwestern Indiana newspaper's report that a department staff members blamed consumers for the salmonella outbreak was inaccurate. "Consumers are not to blame for the salmonella ...
See all stories on this topic »Study mobiles' health risks
Deccan Chronicle
The government's concern over high radiation levels from mobile base stations and its plans to bring them down soon emanates from the principle that it's always better to be safe than sorry when dealing with public health issues. There is no reason yet ...
See all stories on this topic »Wolters Kluwer to Boost China Workforce for Health, Legal Growth
Bloomberg
Mobile Applications. In the past six months, the company has created applications that can be accessed by tablet computers and smartphones for 52 of its 300 medical journals, and the rest will be available on mobile devices by 2013, she said. Those ...
See all stories on this topic »Some in Canada longing for ONC-esque policies, researcher says
Government Health IT (blog)
Best Practices to Deploy ECM Technologies: Ensure Decisions are Made Based on all the Information, not a Portion of it · Security Best Practices for Mobility in Healthcare: Ensuring the Security of Healthcare Networks as Mobile Devices Proliferate ...
See all stories on this topic »Legionnaires' disease: Questions and answers
Chicago Tribune
This week, Chicago public health officials announced that two people had died of Legionnaires' disease, and six others are reported to have been sickened. The connection appears to be their presence at downtown's JW Marriott Hotel between mid-July and ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile app helps providers track Meaningful Use compliance
FierceEMR
Claiming to be the only vendor-neutral Meaningful Use compliance tool available, the tracker integrates and mobilizes data from electronic health records, medical devices and other sources, enabling clinicians to track their compliance with Meaningful ...
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