HealthTech May 18, 2022
The integration and increased deployment of mobile technologies are helping healthcare organizations improve quality and access to care.
Ochsner Health recognized the value of mobile communication in medicine early on and has steadily increased its adoption, says Dr. Louis Jeansonne, chief medical information officer. Headquartered in New Orleans with 11 facilities in southern Louisiana and Mississippi, Ochsner now relies on features available on its Epic electronic medical records system to enable prompt, mobile communications for practitioners, says Jeansonne.
“Healthcare has been slower to adopt new communication technologies compared with some other sectors, but we are now moving beyond the pager,” he says.
Ochsner’s mobile communication once consisted mainly of nurses paging doctors for information or an emergency, he adds. The...
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