Viewing articles in the ‘Mobile Solutions’ topic.
April 22, 2015
WATERLOO, Ont. – BlackBerry, a global leader in mobile communications, announced that CarePartners has chosen CellTrak’s VisitManager solution, running on BlackBerry 10 smartphones and managed by BES12, a multi-OS EMM solution by BlackBerry, to mobilize their home care providers.
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March 30, 2015
With the increasing demand driven by Canada’s aging population, home care organizations have to wring more and more efficiencies out of a mobile and often remote workforce. Despite the obvious opportunity for mobile technology to streamline workflow, until recently, home care has been a largely paper-and-fax-based industry. Read More
March 18, 2015
MONTREAL – Reception for mobile devices will be spotty inside the new MUHC super-hospital when it opens next month and won’t be fully operational for some time, CBC News is reporting. Read More
December 17, 2014
WATERLOO, Ont. and RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – BlackBerry Limited, a global leader in mobile communications, and Mackenzie Health, a regional healthcare provider serving a population of more than half a million people, have announced that Mackenzie Health will use the new BlackBerry Classic within their organization. Read More
July 7, 2014
Many companies have produced mobile solutions that monitor the health of patients with chronic diseases – innovative solutions for tracking diabetes, COPD and heart failure have scored notable successes in the past few years. Read More
July 7, 2014
One of the challenges for physical rehabilitation is efficiently collecting real-time information about patient movements and body position, within and outside the clinic, to determine the most appropriate diagnosis and treatment. While research into computing and mobility technologies can involve esoteric and specialized hardware, we’ve recently developed software using a ubiquitous technology: smartphones. Read More
April 14, 2014
In 2012, Dr. Joshua Landy, a busy intensive care specialist at Scarborough General Hospital in Toronto, was catching up with two friends over dinner. Today, the three are cofounders of Figure 1 Inc., a start-up that recently raised $2 million in seed funding to grow its healthcare photo sharing app. Read More
April 14, 2014
Cornwall Community Hospital, in Cornwall, Ont., has become one of the first hospitals in Canada to implement a brand-new wireless technology that runs as fast as 2.6 gigabits-per-second – as rapidly as a high-speed wired system. Read More
March 19, 2014
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – PatientSafe Solutions, a leader in smart point-of-care mobile solutions for healthcare, has announced a new strategic investment of $3 million from Telus Ventures. PatientSafe’s clinical workflow solution, the PatientTouch system, is a mobile platform allowing caregivers to easily communicate and collaborate with each other from the point-of-care, thereby enhancing efficiency, quality and patient outcomes. Read More
March 5, 2014
TORONTO – With sales of mobile devices now outstripping sales of desktop computers, some observers say we’re now in the post-PC era. Healthcare providers are part of the trend, with physicians, nurses and others opting for smartphones, tablets and scores of apps. In a new White Paper called ‘Mobile Computing in Clinical Settings,’ Canada Health Infoway recently analyzed the economic effect of such devices on healthcare delivery and pointed out several challenges. Read More