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Patient data breaches are surging as mobile device use increases among healthcare personnel, underscoring a need for greater privacy protection. According to the Ponemon Institute, data breaches in healthcare rose more than 30 percent this year, with 96 percent of healthcare organizations reporting at least one breach involving patient information over the past two years. [...]
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Texting Doctors May Compromise Patient Privacy
October 24th, 2011 
admin Physicians are increasingly using text messages to communicate with other health care providers, a practice that may violate patient privacy and security regulations. More than 70 percent of physicians text other doctors, an efficient way to send and receive real-time information without stopping to call or e-mail, according to Brad Brooks, president of TigerText, a [...]
Doctors Get Mobile Alerts for Patient Care
August 15th, 2011 admin Aetna Insurance is sending its network’s doctors alerts via mobile devices for patient care, as more medical professionals use smartphones and tablets in their daily practices. Aetna sends free mobile medical alerts and offers e-prescribing services to its Florida network doctors to better help coordinate health care. The insurance carrier has not yet said if [...]
Sprint to Offer Patient Care Using 4G Smartphones
October 21st, 2010 admin Sprint is collaborating with AirStrip Technologies, a mobile software pioneer, to bring useful, cost-effective apps for medical professionals using smartphones over its 4G network. The Overland Park, Kan.-based telecom is working with AirStrip to develop medical apps, such as remote patient-monitoring that delivers real-time data from hospital monitoring systems to mobile devices, which allows healthcare [...]
