Bridging EHRs, Clinicians and Patients
Healthcare's fixation on electronic health records (EHRs) and Meaningful Use has resulted in the creation of large, expensive data repositories for hospitals. Although organizations' billing accuracy has improved, EHRs have greatly increased hospitals' costs without delivering the expected care-quality return-on-investment (ROI). Read more
EHRs: Utility vs. futility
When President George W. Bush proposed a plan for most Americans to have access to electronic health records (EHRs) by 2015, he was attempting to initiate his own brand of healthcare industry reform, a policy measure of his immediate predecessor Bill Clinton. Read more
Liberate and Activate EHR Data with Mobile Tools for Clinicians and Patients
In the post-EHR era we are entering, healthcare organizations must take advantage of mobile trends among clinicians and patients. Read more
Ruggedized iPhone bolsters care coordination
Communication. It’s hard. That holds as true for doctors, nurses and patients in healthcare settings as anywhere else. Among the innovators working to modernize how care teams collaborate in and out of the hospital, PatientSafe solutions will be showing updates to its PatientTouch Clinical Communications software stack at HIMSS15 in Chicago. Read more
Prepare for Post-EHR Era with Actionable Data Delivered in Clinical Context
The billions of dollars spent over the last four years on electronic health records (EHRs) have helped many healthcare organizations achieve Meaningful Use, but many would argue they have not improved operational efficiency, clinical quality or safety to the levels leaders expected. Read more
Update Clinical Communication Strategy, Not Just the BYOD Policy
Step into most healthcare facilities and you will notice that while community physicians are openly using their smartphones, employed clinicians… Read more
Invest in Your Data
Healthcare quality and financial performance have never been more closely linked. And new clinical mobility data solutions provide an unprecedented means to further strengthen that linkage. Read more
Smartphone-Based Mobility for Nurses
Is a lack of wireless adoption by hospitals putting nurses and patients at risk? In the fast-paced, complex healthcare… Read more
Joe Condurso of PatientSafe Solutions at mHealth Summit 2014
Joe Condurso, President and CEO of PatientSafe Solutions, discusses the company’s innovative point-of-care mobile solution, PatientTouch with Tom Sullivan, Executive… Read more
American Nurse Today
“Evolution or Revolution? Smartphone Use in Nursing Practice” Dr. Parker writes that smartphones can aid nurses’ clinical practice, but they… Read more