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Much of the discussion around mobile technology and wireless networks revolves around soft cost benefits such as improved patient care and reducing inefficiencies. But what about hard costs and measureable, financial return on investment (ROI)?

At this year’s HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, one educational session that promised an inside look at a $1 million ROI on mobile point-of-care looked appealing because it promised to share how to put a hard cost dollar figure around implementing technology.

The buzz coming out of HIMSS10 in Atlanta centered much around the long awaited meaning of "meaningful use" as it relates to the forthcoming flood of stimulus dollars. As InformationWeek Healthcare reports, the uncertain requirements are already spiking IT spending among healthcare providers. But the current climate also makes it a good time to be conducting research in the mobile health IT space.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to attend HIMSS before, it’s a massive event with an abundance of interesting educational sessions, breakfast presentations, and vendors all discussing healthcare technology. While sitting in some of today’s sessions, a number of messages about mHealth jumped out at me and explained how consumers are the driving forces behind mobile health and at-home connections with physicians.