How government agencies leverage mHealth, growing consumer expectations

At the Department of Veterans Affairs, technology director William Cerniuk said in his role he is responsible for the latest push to give healthcare providers iPads across the VA. In the last six months, he said, the VA has delivered 12,000 iPads to clinicians across the agency. The agency also is developing a series of 100 applications to be used on the iPads, which boast remote desktop capabilities.
"These apps will allow our clinicians to not only access the patient record in very efficient ways, but do it anywhere at any time," he said. Read More

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  • transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
  • institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
  • vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.

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