Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 25, 2024

Healthcare Has Embraced Mobile Devices According to Pew Research , as of 2023, 97% of Americans own a cellphone and 90% own a smartphone – up from just 35% in 2011. In the 2015 HIMSS Mobile Technology Survey , 90% of respondents were already using mobile devices within their organizations to engage patients in their healthcare.

Healthcare IT 106

Healthcare IT Patient Experience EMR EHR 106

Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In the first strategic partnership for Healthcare NExT, Microsoft worked with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to develop digital services intended to reduce drudgery for physicians and improve patients’ experiences. Google started a health-records initiative in 2008, but shut it down by 2011, citing poor adoption.

Life Science 60

Life Science Primary Care Interoperability EHR 60

mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

40 In one survey, more than half of users of activity trackers stopped using their device, and a third did so in the first 6 months. 41 Strategies to improve engagement include discussion between patient and provider of goals for tracking and clear plans for attaining them.

Mobile Health 48

Mobile Health mHealth EHR FHIR 48