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

AT&T, Calgary Scientific to Deliver Mobile Medical Imaging

DALLAS—Physicians will soon have the ability to access medical images stored remotely—from a CT to an MRI—and diagnose patients in near real-time from virtually anywhere via their mobile device. ...More
November 28, 2011
Posted in News
mHealth Thanksgiving Wrap-Up

Here's a wrap up of mobile healthcare news for Thanksgiving week, including exciting info from HIMSS. ...More
November 23, 2011
Posted in Blog
Verizon Fraud Detection Aimed at Government, Private Health Insurers

NEW YORK―To help governmental agencies and private health insurers better manage fraudulent claims, Verizon has developed a new technology platform that upends an older model of fraud detection. ...More
November 23, 2011
Posted in News
mHealth Becoming More of a Reality with Mobile Devices

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.―While tablets and smartphones are kicking off the next wave of mobile health in medical practices, physicians are not so keen on adopting telemedicine, according to a new study by CompTIA. The group surveyed 350 doctors, dentists and other healthcare ...More
November 23, 2011
Posted in News
Cisco Launches New Version of HealthPresence Technology

As the concept―and practice―of telemedicine takes hold, technology provider Cisco is upping the ante with new products that help doctors connect with patients wherever they may be. ...More
November 18, 2011
Posted in News
Catholic Healthcare West to Implement AirStrip OB in Hospitals Across Calif., Nev., Ariz.

SAN FRANCISCO—Expectant mothers delivering at a Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) hospital can rest easy knowing their obstritician has real-time, remote access to their unborn baby’s critical monitoring data. ...More
November 16, 2011
Posted in News
SAP, Sybase Launch mHealth App

MADRID—SAP, long an on premise enterprise apps player, is making inroads in the mobile applications market. And targeting healthcare as a key vertical market. ...More
November 16, 2011
Posted in News
2011 mHealth Summit: Shaping the Future of Mobile Health

Preparing mHealth for the Future: the mHealth Summit educational session "Global Policy and Regulatory Perspectives" will illuminate current and future policy frameworks Take Your mHealth Strategy to the Next Level: mHealth Summit sessions will help attendees determine the ...More
November 16, 2011
Posted in Digital Issues
Capital One Announces Healthcare Payment Solution as Medical Financial Transactions Go Mobile

As mobile health initiatives—and by extension mobile health payments—take shape, financial organizations are taking note. Earlier this week Capital One Bank announced the launch of its healthcare payment solution for wholesale lockbox clients in the healthcare industry. ...More
November 15, 2011
Posted in News
Carestream Receives FDA Clearance for Mobile Medical Image Viewer

Medical and dental imaging giant Carestream has received the go-ahead from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of its Vue Motion medical image viewer. ...More
November 10, 2011
Posted in News