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What we can learn from the Most Wireless Hospital Awards

Earlier this year,  Hospitals & Health Networks published the 25 Most Wireless hospitals list, along with its prestigious 100 Most Wired hospitals.  We're just starting to learn how these hospitals overcame the obstacles that can come up when moving to mobile point-of-care.

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  • December 17, 2008
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What we’ve heard from the HGM community about managing change

In advance of our upcoming webinar on Jan. 29, we polled the early registrants to see what their questions are regarding the topic: Managing Change: How to Overcome Obstacles and Encourage Mobile Technology Adoption. Proving value, security issues and technology integration are all areas of concern for our community.

Here's a preview of some of the questions that caught our attention, submitted directly from community members who are out in the field dealing with these real-world issues:

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  • January 16, 2009

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre targets improvements in patient care and wait times with mobile point-of-care solutions and other digital technologies.

As a 1,200-bed teaching hospital, tertiary care facility, and regional trauma centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is one of Canada’s premier health institutions. It’s also a leader in using digital information to improve Canadians’ access to high-quality, cost-efficient healthcare services. Building on a foundation of wireless networking and Intel® technologies, Sunnybrook is deploying mobile point-of-care and other solutions that enhance clinical decision making, patient care, provider productivity, and system efficiency.

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  • July 9, 2008
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Device Nirvana: Assessing gadgets

I have heard a lot of folks talk about the “right” device for delivering mobile healthcare information.

I am not sure there is a right device. It really depends on what you are trying to do. What are the workflows that are most problematic? So maybe the right question to start with is: “What significant blockages in workflow are you experiencing now?”

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  • September 16, 2008

Panasonic Helps Customers Acquire Mobile Technology Through Solutions-Based Financing Programs

Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, manufacturer of durable, reliable Panasonic Toughbook® mobile computers, today announced it is introducing flexible financing options to enable customers to purchase and implement the reliable mobile technology they need to drive long-term value for their organizations.http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081217005094&newsLang=en

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  • December 17, 2008
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Upcoming webinar: Making the case for healthcare IT and managing change

One of the major challenges facing mobile point-of-care technologies is the adoption by clinicians and staff.  HealthcareGoesMobile.com is preparing an exclusive webinar with real-world models and tools that you can use in the workplace.

Scheduled for Jan. 29, this complimentary, one-hour webinar shows you how to create a change-management process, one that succinctly outlines the benefits of adopting mobile point-of-care solutions, including:

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  • January 12, 2009

Docs Trained With IT Say Without It They Feel Vulnerable

A new study has found that physicians who receive training in a technology-rich environment but go on to work in a less modern facility feel they can't provide safe, efficient care as they could have with information technology.  http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10478

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  • By Mia Erichson
  • December 9, 2008

2008 - A 'Tipping Point' Year For Health Care IT, Says HHS

Speaking at an opening keynote at Healthcare Summit Monday morning, Dr. Robert M Kolodner, the national coordinator, health information technology, at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), outlined the ways in which the federal government and a nationwide effort of both public- and private-sector health-care interests are working to move the national health-care model from one of prevention to one of prediction, using technology as a means.

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  • By Mia Erichson
  • November 18, 2008

Hospital Chain to Subsidize Technology for Community Physicians in Move to Enhance Quality of Care, Improve Patient Safety

Allscripts announced today that St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) has selected the Allscripts Enterprise Electronic Health Record and Practice Management solution to automate and connect clinical and business functions for 100 physicians affiliated with two of its hospitals. The agreement marks the first phase of an intended EHR-PM offering to physicians affiliated with SJHS's 14 hospitals in California and Texas.

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  • December 18, 2008

St. Joseph's Hospital Reduces Workflow Costs and Improves Patient Safety with Advanced Wireless Mobility Solution from InfoLogix

In late 2007, St. Joseph's recognized that mobile technology was a critical component in their quest to reduce operating costs through automation and enable clinicians to spend more quality time with patients. St. Joseph's selected InfoLogix to help them develop an organizational-wide mobility strategy and wireless infrastructure to take advantage of leading-edge mobility applications.

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  • By Mia Erichson
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  • November 18, 2008