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Overcoming Hurdles to mHealth Adoption

by Rick Krohn, co-editor, mHealth: From Smartphones to Smart Systems In a blog written 16 months ago, I named four hurdles to mHealth adoption, listed below. I suggested these issues would require swift resolution, in the face of mobile’s growing momentum in healthcare. … Continue reading

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Getting I.T. Right

I was hired by HIMSS in the spring of 2007, three years after President Bush signed an Executive Order calling for the creation of the Office of the National Coordinator and electronic health records for all Americans by 2014. It was the first … Continue reading

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HIMSS YouTube: A New Way to Communicate

Hi, I’m Matt Schlossberg, Manager of Publications at HIMSS. My responsibilities at the Society include editing e-newsletters, white papers, books, Government Health IT magazine and Journal of Healthcare Information Management, HIMSS’ quarterly peer-reviewed periodical. One of my newest ventures at HIMSS … Continue reading

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