Eric Wicklund is the Editor of mHIMSS. He covers all clinical and nonclinical mobile healthcare news. The man once hailed by GQ Magazine as one of the 12 “rock stars of science” doesn’t predict a rosy future for hospitals or medical clinics. But he does expect the individual consumer to be much more aware and proactive about healthcare. In a Tuesday morning 2013 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition keynote replete with [...]
“We need a jailbreak.” Those are hardly the words one expects to hear from a cardiologist, especially one whose passion for modernizing medical treatment has given him a worldwide reputation. But that’s a direct quote from Eric J. Topol, MD, who will be the keynote speaker on Tuesday, March 5 at the HIMSS13 Annual Conference & Exhibition. Dr. Topol pitches his desire for “escape” early on in his latest book, [...]
In the first of a three-part webcast series, Geoff Hancock, director of health care, cybersecurity, cloud and mobility at Verizon-Terremark Federal, explains the importance of device security in the health care industry, which is quickly moving toward greater mobile health adoption. Providers must develop a digital governance strategy and ensure they are creating high-value data that moves through the system in a relevant and secure way. Security and mHealth “are [...]
ROCHESTER, NY – Carestream Health has acquired Los Angeles-based Genesis Digital Imaging, which develops imaging software and distributes diagnostic imaging systems. Carestream officials say Genesis’ experience serving the “value tier” market and specialty medical practices will help the imaging and IT firm expand its customer base in those areas. “Genesis has an outstanding reputation in serving dealers and exceeding customer expectations,” said Diana L. Nole, president of Carestream’s Digital Medical [...]
ASHEVILLE, NC – Reavis Eubanks, MD, defies the odds when it comes to giving up his paper charts and adopting an electronic medical record system. First, solo doctors, by many accounts, have a tough time making the transition; there’s no IT personnel on staff to guide them and to troubleshoot, and then there’s the issue of cost. On top of that, Eubanks is 66 – lumped among the physicians often portrayed [...]
Switch is four years ahead of schedule By CAROL REITER President Barack Obama has decreed that all medical files be electronic by the year 2013. Mercy Medical Center Merced is ahead of the game by about four years. By next week, the local hospital will have all its medical records on computers. Loretta Stuart-Edgerton, director of the health information department, said that with the old handwritten charts, data were input [...]
HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives By Jill Coley The federal government has put aside nearly $20 billion to convince doctors to ditch their manila files for electronic medical records. But look at any physician’s walls of patient records, and the enormousness of that task becomes apparent. In the Lowcountry, opinions are mixed. Most agree the move would reduce unnecessary testing, administrative overhead and medical errors. Yet with [...]
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