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'mHealth: Global Opportunities and Challenges,' Groundbreaking Text
Released by Convurgent Publishing
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., April 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Convurgent
Publishing announces the release of mHealth: Global Opportunities and
Challenges, a comprehensive guide to mobile health (mHealth)
strategies for modern healthcare providers, consumers, healthcare
organizations, and government agencies. Authors Colin Konschak MBA,
FACHE, FHIMSS, Dave Levin, M.D., and William H. Morris, M.D. team up
to publish what is the industry's most powerful roadmap for
implementing front-line mHealth strategies to increase patient
engagement, lower operating costs, and promote healthier, more
accountable communities.
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William Bria, M.D., President of The Association of Medical Directors
of Information Systems (AMDIS), says, "The balance between 'high tech'
and 'high touch' continues to be debated in American Medicine by the
medical profession and the American public. While medicine remains one
of the most 'personal' aspects of our lives, it is now clear that we
all want the best information and most efficient access to care when
we need it. The publication 'mHealth: Global Opportunities and
Challenges' provides a practical, insightful introduction to the
mobile health dimension of healthcare informatics. It is this new
component of information technologies that is now enabling not only an
egalitarian access to information and care, but also a more personal,
patient-centered healthcare environment." As part of a first
generation of advisory mHealth books, the authors compiled knowledge,
advice, research, and experiences from industry-leading experts in
health systems across the country.
Delving into numerous facets of mHealth, the book's chapters cover
everything from the basics of information security, HIPAA compliance,
and user-friendliness of mobile applications, to advice on how to use
those applications to reduce operational costs, lower re-admission
rates, and foster better patient engagement. The shifting sands of
healthcare and its increasing reliance on technology demands the
attention and leadership of CIOs and other "C-Suite" executives across
the nation. The tools, examples, and roadmaps throughout mHealth:
Global Opportunities and Challenges provide an arsenal of knowledge,
expert-references, and tools to guide the industry into the new age of
mobile medicine. The book is available via Amazon or at a discount at
www.mhealthbook.info. Contact Sage O'Connor at
sage.oconnor@convurgent.com for bulk pricing information.
About the Authors
Colin Konschak, MBA, FACHE, FHIMSS, is the managing partner and CEO of
the Virginia Beach, Va.-based management consulting firm, Divurgent.
Dave Levin, M.D., is chief medical information officer at the
Cleveland Clinic. He has more than 25 years' experience in medical
operations, information systems, and strategic planning for healthcare
transformation.
William H. Morris, M.D., is associate chief medical information
officer at the Cleveland Clinic and a practicing hospitalist in the
clinic's Medicine Institute.
About Convurgent Publishing
Convurgent Publishing is focused on the publication of textbooks
related to a wide range of healthcare topics. Convurgent authors are
often tenured healthcare leaders with key positions in hospitals,
physician practices and healthcare payer organizations.
www.convurgent.com
Read more news from Convurgent Publishing.
Contact: Sage O'Connor Email Web: www.convurgent.com
757-641-0481
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