EHR Intelligence March 13, 2018
Five must-watch initiatives indicate a growing emphasis on patient-focused health IT innovation.
Now that providers have near universally adopted EHR systems across the country, what is the next frontier for healthcare technology? Based on some recently launched tools, health IT researchers and vendors are focused on health-data monitoring, health data access, and clinical decision-making as the industry catches up with consumerism. As such, these five initiatives serve as must-watch health IT developments, starting with Apple’s iPhone patient health information access.
APPLE MHEALTH INTEGRATION
2017 saw 85.5 million US iPhone users and likely many more since the release of the iPhone 8 and X. Thanks to the recent operating system update this year, iPhone users can now access their EHR patient...