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The Market for mHealth App Services Will Reach $26 Billion by 2017

BERLIN—Smartphone applications have begun to enable the mHealth industry to successfully monetize their services. The market for mHealth services has now entered the commercialization phase and will reach $ 26 billion globally by 2017, the new "Global Mobile Health ...More
March 8, 2013
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Slide Show: New Tools to Protect Patient Data

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a new education initiative and set of online tools provide healthcare providers and organizations practical tips on ways to protect their patients’ protected health information when using mobile devices ...More
January 2, 2013
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Low-Cost Technology Turns Smartphones and Mobile Devices into Medical Monitors

Affordable, Accessible, Real-Time Measurement of Blood Oxygen Levels, Blood Pressure and Temperature Through Mobile Devices ...More
October 19, 2012
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Unsecured Mobile Devices, Sloppy Mistakes Cost Healthcare Industry $6.5 Billion

PORTLAND, Oreg.―A new study conducted by research firm Ponemon Institute—and sponsored by data breach solutions provider ID Experts—found a state of seeming disarray when it comes to protecting patient information. ...More
December 14, 2011
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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
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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
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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
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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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Apple Releases iPhone 4S

Apple is rolling out its latest version of the iPhone – hopefully healthcare is poised to keep up. ...More
October 7, 2011
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Health 2.0: Mobile Healthcare for Humanity

A healthcare and human rights group is on a mission to bring mobile medical resources to underserved regions of the world. ...More
September 28, 2011
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