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

HP, Dell, Announce Tablets Geared Toward Mobile Healthcare

PALO ALTO, Calif., and ROUND ROCK, Texas―Two leading hardware companies, HP and Dell, announced today new mobile tablets geared toward vertical industries, including healthcare. ...More
November 7, 2011
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Pharmaceutical Giant Merck Canada Backs MiHealth’s Mobile Patient Health Record System

Pharmaceutical giant Merck Canada is supporting MiHealth’s mobile patient health record system. ...More
November 4, 2011
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mHealth Anti-Cloning Encryption Method Gets U.S. Patent

Diversinet Corp, an R&D-based mobile communications company, has received a new U.S. Patent for an encryption method that looks to address mHealth data security concerns. ...More
November 4, 2011
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FDA's Draft Guidance on Mobile Medical Apps: Groups Submit Comments to FDA

WASHINGTON—Two groups have submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help the regulatory body better develop mHealth policy guidelines. ...More
November 2, 2011
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Observations from the 8th Annual Connected Health Symposium

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November 2, 2011
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Group of Global CTOs Call For Faster Progress On E-Health Standards

GENEVA—At the 40th annual International Telecommunications Union (ICU) conference held this week in Geneva, a group of 21 CTOs from some of the world’s leading technology and communications companies gathered to discuss e-health initiatives. The outcome: a collective urging ...More
October 28, 2011
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iPhone App Measures Vital Signs

An iPhone app that measures the user’s heart rate has sparked an idea for a Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher who is now turning smart phones, and eventually tablet devices, into sophisticated medical monitors able to capture and transmit vital physiological ...More
October 25, 2011
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Mobile-Health Use Growing; Hospitals Capitalizing on Trend

More than a quarter of U.S. adults have used their mobile phones for health-information tools in the past 12 months, according to Manhattan Research’s latest Cybercitizen Health U.S study. ...More
October 24, 2011
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Updated Tablet PC for More Efficient Hospital Use

Tablet PC provider Motion Computing introduced an upgraded, patent-pending tablet PC that could help hospitals more easily admit, treat and discharge patients. ...More
October 20, 2011
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Researchers Transform iPhone into Medical Imaging Device

Researchers from UC Davis are working to transform iPhones into high-quality medical imaging devices in remote areas. ...More
October 19, 2011
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