On the move with mHealth: Nurses develop mobile health tools

Courtesy of the GWU Milken Institute
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On the move with mHealth: Nurses develop mobile
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Mobile health technology has broadened nurses’ horizons beyond what anyone could have imagined, giving them the ability to improve care and communication and educate patients in managing their own health. Read more

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