Mobile Health IT

Although the health system has been repeatedly dinged for lax security practices, most NHS hospitals aren't discouraging use of consumer messaging tools.

Studio H will develop digital tools and enterprise analytics technologies to innovate the healthcare experience for plan members.

It turns out text messages are much better than the phone or e-mail for contacting healthcare workers such as nurses when trying to fill positions.

Collecting data outside clinical practice, deploying analytics, improving the patient experience and educating clinicians could help improve mental healthcare.

With the NHS celebrating its 70th birthday, Dr Sam Shah (Director of Digital Development, NHS England) explores how technology has played a crucial role in getting healthcare in England to where it is today. He then examines what the future holds and how technology has the potential to change healthcare even more dramatically in the coming years.

By enabling hospitals and practices to verify phone numbers, mobile devices could be an ideal vehicle for safely and accurately exchanging electronic health records, report shows.

While a recent review showed Babylon’s GP at Hand smartphone app improved care access, the plans to expand its roll-out were prohibited by officials.

ResApp will partner with Lockheed Martin to join the US government’s "Warfighter Analytics using Smartphones for Health" effort to develop audio-based machine learning algorithms using smartphone microphones.

Retail giant says that buying the aging in place vendor is part of its strategy to offer seniors a wider range of technologies.

Cloud giants are poised to reshape the industry with FHIR and open APIs to unleash the power of consumerism.