Ochsner Health recognized the value of mobile communication in medicine early on and has steadily increased its adoption, says Dr. Louis Jeansonne, chief medical information officer. Headquartered in New Orleans with 11 facilities in southern Louisiana and Mississippi, Ochsner now relies on features available on its Epic electronic medical records system to enable prompt, mobile communications for practitioners, says Jeansonne.
“Healthcare has been slower to adopt new c­ommunication technologies compared with some other sectors, but we are now moving beyond the pager,” he says.
Ochsner’s…