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7 billion Reasons Apple Gets Health

Johnny Evans | Computerworld | February 11, 2014

The personal medical devices gold rush has begun. Apple is investing heavily to deliver solutions for the sector, recruiting expert health technologists to help product development. Why? Read More »

A Layer Above It All: Healtheway’s Value Prop

John Moore | Chilmark Research | October 25, 2012

Now that NwHIN has been spun-out into the public-private entity Healtheway one has to wonder exactly what value they can deliver to market that will sustain them as they attempt to ween themselves from the federal spigot. Healtheway has no lack of challenges ahead but they intend to target one area that presents an interesting opportunity. Question is: Are they too early to market? Read More »

Africa’s First Humanitarian Drone Testing Corridor Launched in Malawi

Press Release | UNICEF | June 29, 2017

The Government of Malawi and UNICEF today launched an air corridor to test potential humanitarian use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones. The corridor is the first in Africa and one of the first globally with a focus on humanitarian and development use. It is centred on Kasungu Aerodrome, in central Malawi, with a 40km radius (80km diameter) and is designed to provide a controlled platform for the private sector, universities and other partners to explore how UAVs can be used to help deliver services that will benefit communities...

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Continua Health Alliance Announces Changes To Board Of Directors

Press Release | Continua Health Alliance | October 25, 2012

Continua Health Alliance today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed two new members, effective August 2012, to serve a one year term. [...] Continua is the international industry organization dedicated to advancing personal connected health by promoting end-to-end, plug-and-play connectivity of personal health devices and establishing industry standards for interoperability. Read More »

Continuing Connectivity Struggles Lead To Declining Satisfaction Scores For HIE Vendors

Press Release | KLAS | November 6, 2012

Across the health information exchange (HIE) market, providers are expressing dissatisfaction with their vendors as connectivity issues persist. This and other key findings were released in a new KLAS report "Health Information Exchange 2012: Muddled in Interfaces." Read More »

Eclipse Backs Open Source For Internet Of Things

Darryl K. Taft | TechWeek Europe | January 23, 2014

The Eclipse Foundation is seeking to create a strong open-source developer community that is focused on the Internet of Things. Read More »

EHR Vendors Brace For The Impact Of Lost Customers, New Black Book Survey Focuses On Replacement Marketplace

Press Release | Black Book Market Research | July 17, 2013

With EHR brand loyalty is at its lowest, usability flaws are driving users to switch vendors despite additional expenses and productivity losses. The defection rate is predicted to hit 20% within twelve months and replacement EHRs now account for 70% of all EHR purchases. Read More »

From Fitbit To The Newsfeed: Curating Patient Records In The Internet Era

Jonathan Bush | LinkedIn | October 29, 2014

...Everyone seems to think that the end game for humanity is a single database that has all care documented in it. Picture that historic perforated printer paper – only digital...

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From iHub To The BRCK: How Ushahidi Became An African Success Story

Lauren Granger | VentureBurn | February 26, 2014

If you’ve spent more than a minute in the African tech scene, you’ve probably heard of Ushahidi — and the Kenyan team behind the non-profit software didn’t stop with its crisis mapping, crowd sourcing service. It went on to create iHub, a space for Nairobi’s geeks and innovators to meet, collaborate and turn their ideas and code into the next wave of exciting startups. [...] Read More »

Happy Holidays From Ushahidi!

Juliana Rotich | Ushahidi | December 21, 2012

First, just in time for the holidays, we have the free Ushahidi iOS app now available for download in the itunes store. Dale Zak put a lot of time and love into the app, releasing the SDK and integrating the fantastic work of The OpenGeoSMS team. Why OpenGeoSMS? So you can collect reports when the internet is not available, for example during a disaster situation or have intermittent connectivity. Read More »

Healtheway Interoperability Initiative Will Push For Standardized Connectivity

Marla Durben Hirsch | FierceEMR | February 24, 2014

Healtheway, the nonprofit public/private collaborative chartered to advance the nationwide implementation of interoperable health information exchange, has unveiled a new initiative to bring the industry together to provide a standardized framework for connectivity. Read More »

Here’s The One Thing Someone Needs To Invent Before The Internet Of Things Can Take Off

Christopher Mims | Quartz | December 17, 2013

As Quartz has already reported, the Internet of Things is already here, and in the not too distant future it will replace the web. Many enabling technologies have arrived which will make the internet of things ubiquitous, and thanks to smartphones, the public is finally ready to accept that it will become impossible to escape from the internet’s all-seeing eye. Read More »

HIMSS 5 Factors for Picking a Healthcare Cloud Provider

Lee Kim | Government Health IT | August 21, 2012

The “cloud” (in computing) is not a new concept. If you use web-based e-mail, then you probably are tapping into the “cloud"...Healthcare providers are also turning to the cloud to remotely host their applications and data. Their reasons for doing this are generally to save money and/or to help ensure data is secure and available. Read More »

HIMSS, Continua Introduce Personal Connected Health Alliance

Tom Sullivan | Government Health IT | February 24, 2014

HIMSS Board Chair and Partners HealthCare deputy CIO Scott MacLean on Monday revealed a new collaboration between the Continua Health Alliance, HIMSS and the mHealth Summit. Read More »

How The “Internet Of Things” Will Replace The Web

Christopher Mims | Quartz | December 15, 2013

We’ve already written about why 2014 is really, finally the year that the “internet of things”—that effort to remotely control every object on earth—becomes visible in our everyday lives. Read More »