Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“The Mayo Clinic offered up its first free mobile app for patients this week, according to a report over at MedCity News. While Mayo has more than a dozen apps in Apple’s AppStore for both the iPhone and the iPad, MedCity points out that none of those were free patient-facing apps — until now.
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The Hamilton Spectator
“Doctors and other authorized health professionals can now use iPads and other mobile devices to access their patients’ health information at 28 hospitals across the Hamilton region and other parts of southern Ontario.
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“The Office of the National Coordinator has announced a new innovation challenge – this one aimed at improving access to medical records for people with disabilities.
Health information technology and electronic health records hold great promise in improving the health outcomes and coordination of care for people with disabilities, ONC officials wrote in a recent background paper.
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David Lee Scher, The Digital Health Corner
“There is a groundswell of discussion concerning patients demanding to have direct access to data derived from their implantable defibrillators and pacemakers. I have discussed in other articles why patients deserve their data and the benefits derived thereof.
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Kaiser Permanente
“Kaiser Permanente already has the largest electronic medical record system in the world. Today, the health care organization announced that 9 million Kaiser Permanente patients now can easily access their own medical information anywhere in the world on mobile devices through a mobile-optimized website.
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Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“Kaiser Permanente announced today that its nearly 9 million patients can now securely access their electronic medical records (EMRs) from a new, free mobile app on their Android devices or from other mobile devices via a mobile-optimized site.
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Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“Northern California-based not-for-profit healthcare provider Sutter Health is now offering an iPhone application to its patients that enables then to access their medical records. The application, MyChart for iPhone, was developed by Epic Systems.
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