mobile health (mHealth)

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Government Agencies Face Big Hurdles In mHealth App Innovation

Judy Motti | FierceMobile Healthcare | December 31, 2014

Governmental agencies face a wide spectrum of challenges in creating mHealth apps, ranging from a changing development culture to potential litigious issues, revealed a new report published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research...

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HIT Venture Capital Hits $1B For First Time

Mike Miliard | Government Health IT | July 17, 2014

Venture capital funding for health information technology surpassed $1 billion for the first time in Q2 2014 – far surpassed, in fact, with $1.8 billion raised in 161 deals, more than doubling the $861 million raised in the previous quarter...

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How mHealth Can Benefit Homeless Veterans

Judy Mottl | Fierce Mobile Healthcare | September 26, 2014

Homeless veterans would benefit from mHealth tools, including text, email and Internet services access, and support organizations focused on helping ex-military personnel with healthcare should tap such technologies to boost care and treatment, according to a new study...

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How Mobile Became Mighty In Healthcare

Chris Duffey and Katie Erbs | The Guardian | June 9, 2014

Ten powerful trends emerging in mobile health for patients, professionals and providers...

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How Mobile EHR Apps Can Revolutionize Health Care

Leo Sun | The Motley Fool | August 29, 2013

According to a recent survey from Black Book Rankings, demand for mobile EHR, or electronic health record, solutions is extremely high Read More »

How To Ensure New IT Systems In Healthcare Are A Success

Sarah Johnson | The Guardian | October 15, 2014

Sponsored Q&A: Expert views from our live discussion on implementing IT systems...

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In Groundbreaking Move For Health Trackers, Apple Teams With Mayo Clinic

Zina Moukheiber | Forbes.com | June 2, 2014

In a move that propels mobile health apps and fitness trackers from a mostly amateurish realm into the formal health care setting, Apple AAPL  announced that it is working with Mayo Clinic to integrate medical information via its platform HealthKit, a part of its new operating system iOS 8 for iPhones and iPads. Apple will consolidate heart rate, blood pressure, weight, and other data from disparate apps and devices, including Nike....

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In-Depth: How Patient Generated Health Data Is Evolving Into One Of Healthcare’s Biggest Trends

Staff Writer | MobiHealthNews | May 30, 2014

What patient generated data used to be and why it is increasingly important Read More »

Interconnected Health 2012 Program Highlights

Press Release | Health Level Seven (HL7) International, HIMSS, OMG | March 15, 2012

“Interconnected Health 2012: Enabling Health through High-Impact IT;” presented by OMG®, Health Level Seven® International (HL7), and HIMSS, features a full program of top-notch presenters and topics of interest to the healthcare IT community. The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago, Ill., on April 2-4, 2012. Read More »

Let’s Get Together: OpenMRS Event Announcements

Michael Downey | OpenMRS | October 20, 2014

...As the OpenMRS project enters its second decade, the newly-formed nonprofit OpenMRS Inc. is working hard to scale these meetings into even more opportunities for the people in our community to connect and learn from each other...

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Leveraging Information Technology To Bridge The Health Workforce Gap

Robert Bollinger,a Larry Chang,a Reza Jafari,b Thomas O’Callaghan,c Peter Ngatia,d Dykki Settle,e Jane McKenzie-White,a Kunal Patel,c Amir Dossalf & Najeeb Al Shorbajig | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | November 11, 2013

According to some estimates, the world needs more than 4 million additional physicians, nurses, pharmacists, labo- ratory technicians, midwives, commu- nity health workers (CHWs) and other front-line health workers.1 However, there is also a shortage of faculty that can provide high-quality training and mentorship for current training pro- grammes2 and continuing education opportunities for health workers.

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mHealth Summit Chief Talks About This Year's Highlights

Diana Manos | mHealthNews | December 1, 2014

Provider engagement and integration of mobile health technologies will continue to increase in 2015, according to Rich Scarfo, director of the annual mHealth Summit and vice president of the Personal Connected Health Alliance...

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mHealth Takes On Ebola In Nigeria

Erin McCann | Healthcare IT News | October 23, 2014

In what's being hailed as a "spectacular success story," the World Health Organization has declared Nigeria free of the Ebola virus transmission, with public health agencies and government officials citing a mobile health initiative as largely responsible for the triumph...

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mHealth, Data Analytics See $4.7 Billion In 2014 VC Funding

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | January 16, 2015

The past year saw a $4.7 billion investment in healthcare IT companies, according to a report from Mercom Capital Group, as venture capital firms seek to promote lucrative technologies in the practice-facing and consumer-facing markets.  Data analytics, population health management, and clinical decision support products were among the most likely to grab investor attention in 2014, while mHealth, telehealth, and wearable technologies saw $2.3 billion in major deals...

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mHealth, Health IT Investment Break Records In Q1 Of 2014

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | April 8, 2014

Investment in mobile health and other health IT technologies has been off the charts during the first quarter of 2014, says a new report by Rock Health, continuing the meteoric rise of mobile health technologies funded by more traditional venture capitalists and newfangled crowd-funding campaigns.  Technology companies have already scooped up more than $700 million since January of 2014, representing an 87% year-over-year growth versus the same quarter last year.

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