E-Health Reporter | 2012-07-01

General Chile

Made in Chile: New developments in Healthcare IT exhibited at Expo Hospital 2012

The presence of several domestic companies offering IT solutions for medical care, many of them with new products, demonstrates the strength of the sector in the Chilean market.

TecMédica. A service solutions provider with twelve years’ experience in the market, presented its comprehensive clinical application featuring administrative functions, which makes it possible to manage patients’ health and also facilitates better provision of medical services for them, their family members and the people involved in their care, reducing costs and improving accessibility to services. At the company stand, the technician Dardo Otazua, and Germán Muñoz, the general manager, explained how the 3 prototypes currently under development work: a medication dispenser integrated with the patient’s electronic health record, a pharmacy manager with stock control linked to the area where the medications are stored, and a self-care module for patients which can deliver examination results, manage appointments and provide information about medical prescriptions, also providing access to the electronic health record and certificates emitted by the civil registry or the electoral service.

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HIMSS Book Explores Mobile Health as a Game-Changer

mHealth: From Smartphones to Smart Systems provides a high-level and comprehensive survey of the emergence of mobile technology healthcare.

This book looks beyond the already-popular devices and apps associated with mHealth, exploring the major role this technology could play as healthcare steers inexorably toward an architecture in which key decision making occurs at the point-of-care. In its fullest flowering, mHealth will serve as the catalyst that effectively addresses healthcare's most intractable problems—quality and cost--and will form the centerpiece of healthcare programs aimed at chronic disease management, population health, wellness and prevention. This book covers a variety of topics, including an industry assessment of mHealth solutions, clinical and business applications, privacy and security concerns, stakeholder involvement, infrastructure issues and much more. Also included are 10 case studies that highlight how some organizations have moved forward with their own mHealth initiatives.

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