A few stories that caught our attention this week include the reasons why mobile app developers should stick to one platform, the impact of electronic health records (EHR) in the NBA, the latest innovation from Apple, how utilizing QR Codes can sell more beer 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!
Mobile App Developers Speak: 'Stick to One Platform' - CIO
By Shane O'Neill
Shall it be iOS, Android or Windows 8? It's a tough choice these days for developers. Here are some words of advice from two in-demand developers. Key tip: Don't be a platform jumper.
NBA Implements League Wide EHR Platform from Cerner - EMR Daily News
By Steve Campbell
The new platform will allow trainers and doctors to integrate care-related information, such as medications, notes, labs, specialist visits, X-rays, and MRIs, directly into the athlete’s medical record and associated athlete personal health record.
Small Company Figures Out QR Codes, and Sells Beer - The New York Times
By Melinda F. Emerson
Hoping to generate buzz about the brand and promote its mission of supporting the troops, 50 Back Brewing introduced its Buy a Soldier a Beer program. The program encourages smartphone users to scan the two-dimensional, black-and-white code that it places on all of their promotional materials — flyers, coasters, packaging, stickers, posters, point-of-sale displays — to reach their landing page. There, visitors are given three options: post a message on the 50 Back Facebook page, post a message on Twitter, or buy a soldier a beer.
Apple Working On Auto-Zooming Content, iPhone Vibration Noise Suppression - TechCrunch
By Darrell Etherington
Apple has a couple new patent applications this morning, spotted by AppleInsider and detailing two very useful features for mobile devices. The first is a method for detecting and adjusting noise resulting from an iPhone vibrating in silent mode, and the second is a design for auto-zooming of content based on the proximity of a user’s face to a screen to present content at the best size for reading depending on how close they are and what they’re looking at.
Florida CIO Takes Election to the Cloud - CIO
By Thor Olavsrud
On election night, as the rest of us again wondered what was going wrong in Florida, the CIO of Florida's Department of State had a different perspective: He was bearing witness to the successful culmination of 17 months of hard work.
Stage 3 Meaningful Use Regs Add Pressure to Get Imaging Studies Into EHRs - ImagingBiz
By Lena Kauffman
In a draft version of the stage 3 meaningful use criteria, the goal of having at least 10 percent of imaging studies be accessible through certified electronic health record (EHR) systems gets some teeth. In addition, the draft suggests doubling the requirement for computerized provider order entry (CPOE) use from 30% of radiology orders to 60% of such orders, and pushes for greater use of clinical decision support (CDS) in EHRs to curb inappropriate testing.
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