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Powerful platform for mobile health apps now available as open source software
Researchers at CFRI, BC Children’s Hospital and UBC have released a platform for new and novel mobile health applications as open source software. Read More »
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Prediction: Health Wearables To Save 1.3 Million Lives By 2020
Smart wearable devices may help save 1.3 million lives by 2020, according to a prediction made by Switzerland-based firm Soreon Research. According to the analyst group: “Smart wearables, a set of sensors attached to the body with a direct link to smart devices, are the most industry-disrupting innovation as well as a major opportunity to transform the healthcare system.”...
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Quest Opens Direct Access To Lab Results
Quest Diagnostics capitalizes on regulatory change and gives patients access to their own lab results on the web and mobile devices, boosting its own EHR software in the process.
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Quest Opens Direct Access To Lab Results
Quest Diagnostics capitalizes on regulatory change and gives patients access to their own lab results on the web and mobile devices, boosting its own EHR software in the process.
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Redesigning Healthcare: Guest Post by Kirt Hine
Today’s guest post is written by Kirt Hine, who was a research intern at PatientsLikeMe in June and July. On his last day, Kirt gave a presentation to the entire company about his experience at the 2012 Healthcare Experience Design Conference, held in Boston last March. It made such an impression that we asked him to share his takeaways on the blog. Read More »
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Report: Clinical Mobile Health Devices Expected To Surpass Consumer Devices
Clinical mobile health devices will soar past consumer-focused counterparts after a slow start due to regulatory approval barriers and slower integration into physicians’ workflows, , according to Lux Research.
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Samsung Moves To Upstage Apple With New Biometric Data Platform
Samsung is building a “data bank” of people’s biometric information that app developers and researchers can plug into to create clever, health-related services — ideally for Samsung devices...
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Savvy New Players Expected To Shake Up Healthcare
Innovative companies drawing from ideas that transformed the retail, technology and telecommunications sectors are poised to siphon off tens of billions of dollars from traditional healthcare's $2.8 trillion in revenue, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers's Health Research Institute.
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Startup Emocha's App To Help Baltimore Patients Manage Tuberculosis
Baltimore health IT startup Emocha Mobile Health Inc. is partnering with Baltimore City to test out its medication adherence application with tuberculosis patients...
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Systematic Review Shows Text Messaging May Help Prevent Disease in Developing Countries
There has been an unprecedented growth in the number of mobile phones being used in the developing world over the past decade. As a result, millions of people are now connected in ways they have never been before. This brings new opportunities for disease prevention efforts, through means such as short message service (SMS), also known as texting. Read More »
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Telehealth Groups Ask Burwell For Relief
A group of telemedicine and mHealth associations have reminded the new HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell that $36 billion in healthcare costs could be saved with remote monitoring -- providing better care, reduced hospitalizations and readmissions, complication avoidance and improved satisfaction among chronically ill patients...
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The Evolving Landscape Of Medical Apps In Healthcare
Mitchell Posada, VP of Marketing at Pathfinder Software discusses the evolving landscape of medical apps in healthcare...
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The Real Power Of Telehealth: Building Large Networks
...The vision is to “get access locally when needed, regionally if more important, and globally to access world experts,” Darkins, who leads the VA’s national telehealth programs, said here at the Government Health IT Conference and Exhibition on Tuesday...
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The VA Is A Telehealth Leader
“Telehealth isn’t about seeing a provider by video: it’s about decision making,” Dr. Adam Darkins, leader of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Telehealth Programs, told the audience in his keynote address at the Government Health IT Conference in Washington, DC, on June 17, 2014...
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Three Ways To Improve U.S. Healthcare, As Demonstrated In India
Listening to caregivers from other countries, it's easy to feel exasperated about U.S healthcare. American hospitals are filled with good people trying to do good work, but at every turn the system of misplaced incentives gets in the way of good patient care...
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