Opus Healthcare goes mobile

Opus Healthcare Solutions of Austin, Texas, has released OpusMobility, software designed to offer physicians mobile access to patient lab results and diagnostic reports.

Opus reported that the software can be accessed on smart phones, PDAs running over a Wi-Fi or a mobile phone network. OpusMobility will be marketed as part of its OpusClinicalSuite, a series of web-based clinical applications, according to Opus.

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