Posted on 12 March 2012. Tags: Android, health and wellness, Highmark, iOS, mHealth, mobile health, mobile health programs, mobile healthcare, mobile Web, mobile Web app, mobile websites, sms, SMS health, SMS health and wellness, SMS health programs, SMS wellness
Highmark, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association based in Pittsburgh, announced recently that it’s launched new mobile websites for its members along with new motivational health and wellness SMS programs.
Its new mobile-optimized websites allow members to access Highmark’s provider directory, claims history and provides quick access to the most used functions of Highmark’s full websites. Highmark’s health and wellness SMS program, called “Encouraging Words of Wisdom,” recently began for individuals enrolled in Highmark’s Personal Nutrition Coaching program, where individuals meet with a registered dietitian for up to seven sessions in a calendar year and can supplement their coaching by signing up for SMS alerts to receive motivational text messages every other day to stay on track with their wellness goal.
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Posted on 09 March 2012. Tags: Android, Android app, android applications, iOS, iOS app, iOS applications, mHealth applications, mHealth apps, mobile alerts, mobile app, mobile engagement, mobile technology, pill reminder functionality, pill reminders, walgreens, walgreens mobile app
Walgreens today announced that it’s added two new features to its iOS and Android-based mobile applications, including a new Pill Reminder feature and the ability to “Transfer by Scan.”
The latter enables users on iPhone and Android devices to transfer a prescription from another pharmacy to Walgreens by taking a picture of their prescription bottle and providing their name, date of birth and phone number, then sending to Walgreens with one click. The new Pill Reminder feature allows iPhone mobile app users to track medication schedules and receive alerts through nine different reminder options, which can be set up by scanning a prescription barcode and selecting alert preferences. Users also can add multiple prescriptions, vitamins and other supplements to a single reminder notification.
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Posted on 27 February 2012. Tags: Android, Android app, Google Android, health apps, health insurance provider, health insurer, health plan provider, health plant, Health4Me, healthcare, healthcare app, iOS, iOS app, ipad app, iphone app, mHealth app, mobile health app, mobile healthcare app, UnitedHealth, UnitedHealthcare
Health plan provider UnitedHealthcare has debuted a new mobile app for iOS devices called “Health4Me,” which provides 24/7 access to a registered nurse, a physician/hospital locator, and access to personal health benefits information among other features.
In addition, the new app features “Easy Connect” functionality that allows members to request a callback from a UnitedHealthcare service representative with a touch of a screen. Launched now for iOS devices, the new app will be out soon for Android as well.
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Posted on 24 February 2012. Tags: Android, Android OS, BoxTone, DROID RAZR, DROID RAZR MAXX, DROID XYBOARD, Enterprise Mobility Management, Google, Google Android, health security, healthcare data, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, healthcare security, HIMSS, HIMSS 2012, HIMSS12, iOS, IPad, iPhone, Mobile Devices, Motorola, secure mobile devices, verizon
It was announced during this week’s HIMSS conference that Verizon, Motorola and BoxTone are teaming up to develop secure solutions for Android-based devices and applications with the aim of making the platform suitable for health IT implementation.
The jointly created offering leverages BoxTone’s automated “Enterprise Mobility Management” (EMM) software platform on select Motorola devices,such as the DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR MAXX smartphones, as well as DROID XYBOARD 10.1 and 8.2 tablets, all of which leveraging Verizon’s 4G LTE network. As such, healthcare organizations can now “reliably deploy Android-based mobile devices and apps that are designed to help them meet strict compliance requirements, including privacy measures outlined in the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).”
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Posted on 22 February 2012. Tags: Android, BlackBerry, CONi, DICOM, DICOM format, GlobalMed, HIMSS, HIMSS 2012, HIMSS12, iOS, IPad, iPhone, laptops, medical imaging, mobile access to health information, Mobile Devices, mobile medical imaging, smartphones, SOAP Report, tablets
GlobalMed, a company providing real-time healthcare delivery systems, has introduced a new enterprise-wide cloud-based solution that delivers visible and invisible light medical images to any Web-connected computer, tablet or smartphone.
Showcased during the HIMSS conference, the new solution — dubbed CONi — allows a physician to enter a SOAP Report that can be saved for later modification or “Finished” and placed into the patient’s medical record. Once finished, the doctor’s notes cannot be altered or deleted. In addition, patients and their guests can be given passcode access to their medical images with a limited amount of information. The images are never resident on computers or mobile devices for security and patient confidentiality.
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Posted on 22 February 2012. Tags: Android, Android devices, Android Tablets, Aruba Networks, BlackBerry, Blackberry devices, EHR access, EHRs, electronic health records, health IT, healthcare IT, HIMSS, HIMSS 2012, HIMSS Conference, HIMSS12, iOS, iOS tablets, iPads, iPhone, iPhones, iPod Touches, IT professionals, mHealth, Mobile Devices, mobile EHR, mobile health, mobile healthcare, mobile network infrastructure, mobile phones, RIM, tablets, virtualization
Yesterday during the HIMSS healthcare IT conference in Las Vegas, mobile network infrastructure provider Aruba Networks released results of a recent survey showing that 85% of hospitals are currently providing access to personal mobile devices.
In addition, the results show that 83% of healthcare IT professionals allow iPads on their enterprise networks and 65% support iPhones and iPod Touch devices. Interestingly, 52% of hospitals currently support Blackberry devices as well, which is interesting considering RIMs quick decline in the enterprise space over the last year. The healthcare industry seems to be one last shining spot for RIM’s fledgling enterprise business. Lastly, Android is gaining major momentum as well, with 46 percent of the IT professionals surveyed allowing enterprise use of the Google OS on personal phones and tablets.
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Posted on 13 February 2012. Tags: Android, Digital Pen, HIMSS, HIMSS 2012, HIMSS Conference, IDS, Integrated Document Solutions, iOS, IPad, iPhone, mHealth, mHealth apps, mobile applications, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices, Mobile DICOM image viewer, mobile health, mobile health apps, mobile healthcare, mobile healthcare apps, Mobile Voice2Dox, Physician Verbal Orders, smartphones, tablets, Windows Mobile
Integrated Document Solutions (IDS) has announced that it will debut five new apps during next week’s HIMSS conference in Las Vegas.
According to a company press release, all five apps focus on “unifying worklists and improving accessibility.” The apps allow providers to wirelessly authenticate verbal orders, dictate patient encounters, remotely sign reports, and document appropriate billing levels among other things. The apps work across Android, iOS, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile devices.
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