A few stories that caught our attention this week include a new HIMSS survey that demonstrates the widespread use of mobile devices to support patient care, best practices for using 2D barcodes in advertising, an article about the demand for cloud-based services through 2014 and more.
In our Follow Friday series, we feature a few industry news finds to share with you. We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!
HIMSS Analytics Survey Demonstrates Widespread Use of Mobile Devices to Support Patient Care Activities - EMR Daily News
Use of mobile devices by physicians to view patient information or access non-protected health information is widespread, and the percent of clinicians using apps to actively engage in direct patient care has grown in the past year in several key areas, including:
- Collection of data at the bedside (45 percent compared to 30 percent);
- Use of bar code reader on mobile devices (38 percent compared to 23 percent);
- Monitoring data from medical devices (34 percent compared to 27 percent); and
- Capture visual representation of patient data (27 percent compared to 13 percent).
Best Practices for Using 2D Barcodes in Advertising - The Barcode News
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