Mobile Healthcare Today

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6 Questions

As an ongoing feature for our audience, Mobile Healthcare Today presents a series of short-form Q&As with vendors, developers and other influential figures in the mobile healthcare sector, called 6 Questions. ...read more

Healthcare CIOs, Brace For A Rough Year

Increased Risks, Regulatory Expectations and Reputational Fallout ...read more

Meaningful Use Funds Adding Up

WASHINGTON—As the year winds to a close, several healthcare organizations announced funding from the federal government for obtaining ‘meaningful use’ standardization of EHRs (electronic health records). ...read more

IDC Forecasts the Future of Health IT

Recent research examining the future of mobile healthcare technology offers some interesting theories. ...read more

ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

New Research: Massive Mobile Health Uptick Forecasted

Recent research reports from IDC, Juniper Research and Espicom point to tremendous growth in the coming years for mobile point-of-care spending, mHealth application downloads and telemonitoring. ...More
December 13, 2011
Posted in News
HIMSS: Mobile Use Popular in Healthcare, Governance Issues Loom

Nearly all of the 164 respondents in a new survey—mostly CIOs and IT directors―said that doctors in their organizations are using mobile devices to access information at work, as are other professionals in the organization. But not even half have a policy in place to ...More
December 8, 2011
Posted in News
Accenture, AT&T Partner in Accenture Medical Imaging Solution

Accenture and AT&T have launched a new medical imaging service that will help radiologists and other healthcare professionals share, review and store medical images – X-rays, CT or MRI scans – through AT&T’s cloud. ...More
December 6, 2011
Posted in News
New Consumer Apps Connecting Elderly, Teens to Communities, Resources

Two new social platforms have been introduced at the mHealth Summit here that address two distinct populations: Teens and Seniors. ...More
December 6, 2011
Posted in News
Qualcomm Launches New mHealth Subsidiary

WASHINGTON—Qualcomm is officially in the mobile health business. In a big way. The telecommunications giant announced today at the mHealth Summit, which it is co-sponsoring, a whole slew of new initiatives designed to not only help patients and caregivers connect wirelessly ...More
December 5, 2011
Posted in News
mHealth Summit Opens to Largest Attendance Ever

WASHINGTON—With all the changes in healthcare currently—from the emergence of mobile medical apps and remote diagnoses to regulatory policy and U.S. federal healthcare reform being argued in court, it’s no surprise that the mHealth Summit here this week is overflowing with ...More
December 5, 2011
Posted in News
Next Frontier in mHealth applications: Gaming?

A new report suggests adding gaming elements – and a dash of amusement – to mHealth apps can improve engagement and outcomes for both physicians and patients. ...More
December 1, 2011
Posted in Articles
Image Gallery: Why SMS is Unacceptable for Critical Hospital Communications

View our Executive Summary of our featured whitepaper on SMS for Critical Hospital Communications. ...More
November 30, 2011
Posted in Galleries
Sports, mHealth Apps Market to Reach $400 Mill. in 2016

The mHealth and sports mobile application market will explode over the next four years, owing in large part to the ability of mobile handsets to easily connect to wearable devices—and deliver actionable data. ...More
November 29, 2011
Posted in News
Healthcare and Information Technology in the 21st Century

The evolving healthcare landscape has created the opportunity for information technology to increase its presence while providing innovative solutions. This Solution Center provides in-depth analysis, reports and whitepapers with IT experts to help organizations understand ...More
November 28, 2011
Posted in Solution Centers