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Infographic: 8 Innovative Technologies Transforming Digital Health

Jasmine Pennic | HIT Consultant | July 2, 2013

Infographic visualization created by MeMD highlights 8 new innovative technology transforming digital health to reduce costs and improve consumer healthcare. Read More »

InterchangeSM By Kaiser Permanente Unleashes The Power Of Digital Health Through Open API

Press Release | Kaiser Permanente | June 3, 2013

Kaiser Permanente announced today the launch of its first application programming interface program, InterchangeSM by Kaiser Permanente. Read More »

Italian Man Makes Worldwide Plea For Best Brain Cancer Treatment

Staff Writer | CTV News | November 18, 2012

Salvatore Iaconesi is looking for a cure for his brain cancer and he’s asking the world to help. Read More »

Kaiser Permanente Launches Open Health API With Facility Info, Self-Tracking Data Coming Soon

Jonah Comstock | MobiHealthNews | June 3, 2013

Integrated health system Kaiser Permanente is launching an open API, called Interchange, that will enable developers to use publicly available information from Kaiser Permanente in their own apps... Read More »

Kaiser Permanente Releases Open API For Health App Developers

Brian T. Horowitz | eWeek | June 6, 2013

Kaiser Permanente's open API Interchange provides the code for developers to create health apps that help consumers to manage their lifestyle. Read More »

Kaiser Permanente, Qualcomm Life, WellTok And More Support Open mHealth To Catalyze An Open Mobile Health Ecosystem

Press Release | Open mHealth | May 30, 2013

With 6 billion phones in people’s pockets worldwide, and over 20,000 health apps now in the marketplace, tracking everything from fitness to stress to sleep is becoming a part of modern life. But without an easy way to integrate these applications or their data, we have yet to unlock the full potential of mobile health (mHealth). Read More »

Kaiser Talks Up Monkey Game, Talks Down EMR Integration

Jonah Comstock | MobiHealthNews | July 9, 2013

When Kaiser Permanente debuted its Interchange platform API initiative last month, the company made it clear that they would not be feeding patient health information into third party apps or devices via APIs. While the health system has done notable research into incorporating things like exercise data into its EMR, it isn’t interested in integrating just any data stream. Read More »

Logging On For Life

Beverly Merz | The Atlantic | January 15, 2014

Digital access to medical records empowers patients through better communication, smarter decisions, and continuous health tracking online. Read More »

Medstartr To Launch After Kickstarter Rejects (Some) Health Projects

Brian Dolan | MobiHealthNews | July 10, 2012

This week health and medical-focused crowdfunding platform Medstartr plans to officially launch on Wednesday. As the name suggests, the website is following in the footsteps of the leading crowdfunding website, Kickstarter, which has helped launched at least two health-related startups that we have covered in MobiHealthNews... Read More »

mHealth May Hold The Key To Stage 3 Adoption

Chuck Parker | mHIMSS | January 22, 2013

At least two health phenomena are common to all humanity: the experience of health (or illness) and the continual need for health vigilance. In spite of these constants, healthcare has historically been “delivered” in a series of isolated events rather than integrated into daily life and shared between patients and doctors. Read More »

mHIMSS Charts New mHealth Roadmap

Eric Wicklund | mHealth News | December 2, 2013

With the mHIMSS Roadmap celebrating its first anniversary, members of the mHIMSS chapter will be looking back and forwards at the HIMSS Media mHealth Summit. Read More »

MindReader, Matched Flicker, and 8 More Cool Startups at the Healthcare Innovation Summit

Veronica Combs | MedCity News | July 15, 2013

In addition to all the smart, insightful speakers talking about innovation in healthcare and all the entrepreneurs in the startup showcase at CONVERGE last week, there were more than 50 other startups at the event. Here are a few of the most promising ideas and growing companies we heard about in Philadelphia. Read More »

MIT Sets Sights On Open-Source mHealth During Innovation Event

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | February 5, 2013

The MIT Media Lab’s eleven-day Health and Wellness Hackathon is not your average gadget exhibition.  Bringing together eighty participants from around the world, the annual event, which was held in January, is designed to inspire new ways to fix an age old problem: how to use technology to prevent illnesses before they start. Read More »

Mobile Devices Linked To Better Health

Staff Writer | Bioscience Technology | February 19, 2013

More than 6 billion people worldwide (including almost 400 million in the United States) now carry mobile phones, which could be used to enhance mental and physical health, a Cornell researcher proposed. Read More »

Mobile Health: Expanding Care For Veterans Beyond The Medical Center

Neil Evans | VAntage Point | July 23, 2013

Health care in the 21st century. What does this mean to you? When you think of your health care now, do you often feel rushed through visits with your primary care provider? Do you have to plan ahead to travel to the medical center for your appointments? [...]  These are common concerns I often hear from my patients. Read More »