Tailored mobile messaging is an effective intervention strategy to reduce tobacco waterpipe smoking in young adults, according to a new study published by researchers with the Center for Tobacco Research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC—James). Researchers report their findings in the […]
Healthcare is in dire need of easy communication tools and smart devices that make information actionable at the point of care. Savvy health systems, such as Geisinger, are already using secure communication to mobilize emergency teams, ensure the right physicians and nurses are aware of the status of critical lab results, help manage transitions of […]
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University improved HIV care by gamifying it with a mobile gaming application. Gaming features—like those used to drive airline loyalty and track daily steps —- helped young men living with HIV achieve viral suppression and doubled their chances for reaching near perfect adherence […]
Faith Regional Health Services, based in Norfolk, Nebraska, needed to replace its legacy wireless network. THE PROBLEM The network was old, and a replacement was due. The healthcare organization did not really use that particular vendor anywhere else any longer. Basically, it was a wireless network that had reached end of life. The access points were […]
(HealthDay)—A mobile robotic system is perceived to be acceptable for use in multiple health tasks, and its use for triage interview is satisfactory for patients, according to a study published online March 4 in JAMA Network Open. Peter R. Chai, M.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues examined the acceptability and feasibility […]
St. James Manor in Crete, Illinois, offers 24-hour skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation, assisted living, memory care and long-term services. St. James follows U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for keeping residents and staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and is committed to recommending vaccinations against the virus for them. THE PROBLEM The manor […]
Lani Muller doesn’t have to visit a doctor’s office to help test an experimental COVID-19 vaccine—she just climbs into a bloodmobile-like van that parks on a busy street near her New York City neighborhood. The U.S. is rightly fixated on the chaotic rollout of the first two authorized vaccines to fight the pandemic. But with […]
I have often shared with people that serving as a chief information officer in this era has provided me with being the beneficiary of all the hard work, effort and persistence of those CIOs that served before me in my organization. I benefited from technology foundations being laid and compounding on the results of each […]
UK charity, the Health Foundation has called for greater transparency around the COVID-19 contact tracing app, which is set to be launched across England and Wales tomorrow. It has raised concerns that the government has not revealed results of recent trials, which took place in the Isle of Wight and the London Borough of Newham. […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week revised its official testing guidelines regarding asymptomatic people, triggering concerns from public health and industry groups. The new guidelines state that those without symptoms may not need a test, even if they have been in close contact with someone with a COVID-19 infection. The […]
