iPatientCare Updates miGlass - the First Wearable EHR App for the Google Glass, Adds Innovative Functionalities and Addresses Emerging Demands of Health Care Providers
Woodbridge, NJ, July 08, 2014-- iPatientCare, Inc., a pioneer in mHealth and cloud based ambulatory EHR, Integrated Practice Management and Patient Portal Solutions, announced updated version of its native miGlass the first Wearable EHR App for Google Glass, addresses emerging demands of health care providers.
The new Glassware technology extends the functionality available on the iPad, Android and web to Google Glass, giving physicians access to patient records at the point of care without having to look away from their patients. iPatientCare, a pioneer in mHealth and cloud based ambulatory EHR is the first company to launch Google Glass Patient Centric wearable EHR App at HiMSS 2014. iPatientCare has been consistently recognized as a leader in healthcare technology. iPatientCare Product Suite have emerged as one of the most robust and user-friendly solutions in the ambulatory care market.
“Medication Adherence and other health behaviors are often the hardest thing for healthcare providers to influence. Being commited to improved outcomes via constant innovation iPatientCare enhances the miGlass App for Google Glass to engage patients in a real-time conversation about their medications which results in positive behavioral change and significantly improved medication adherence and level of patient engagement,” said Shripal Shah, Senior Technology, iPatientCare. "We are definitely ahead of the curve, but since we started asking a group of pilot customers including reputed health systems and ambulatory practices to sign up for our beta program the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and excited about using Google Glass in their practices,” he further added.
“We constantly work to explore how doctors can achieve better access to the right information at the right time so they can focus on providing better care to the patients. Physicians are looking for ways to spending quality time with patients rather than spending it on bureaucratic tasks such as entering data into a computer. The ease of use on both ends, namely, the Glass and the EHR, makes the difference,” said Kedar Mehta, CTO, iPatientCare.
About iPatientCare
iPatientCare, Inc. is a privately held medical informatics company based at Woodbridge, New Jersey. The company’s unified product suite that include Electronic Health/Medical Record and integrated Practice Management/Billing System, Patient Portal/PHR, Health Information Exchange (HIE), and mobile point-of-care solutions for both ambulatory and acute/sub acute market segments. iPatientCare has been recognized as a preferred/MU partner by numerous Regional Extension Centers (REC), hospitals/health systems, and academies, and additionally, has been designated as a Test EHR by the CMS.
iPatientCare EHR 2014 (2.0) has received 2014 Edition Ambulatory Complete EHR certification by ICSA Labs, an Office of the National Coordinator-Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB), in accordance with the applicable eligible professional certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Full certification details can be found at ONC Certified Health IT Product List.
The ONC 2014 Edition criteria support both Stage 1 and 2 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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