In Growing Trend, Hospitals Offering Tablets And Apps For Patients, Family Members To Track Care

The apps provide medical information, such as medications and dosage, procedures, daily care schedules, test results and educational videos; photos of the patient’s physicians and nurses; and an expected date of discharge. The systems can also root out medical errors. In other health technology news: Alexa and the health care field, apps' impact on pharmacies, and prescription practices with telemedicine.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2UIW0bB