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Ford Motor Co. is taking multi-tasking to a new level, with its entry into the healthcare space. Imagine a smart car that helps monitor blood sugar, blood pressure and stress, and provides allergy alerts.
March 5, 2013
News
Sure, the exhibit hall is still filled with gadgets, robots, games and the occasional popcorn machine and bar. But at least as far as mHealth is concerned, the news is being made in integrations and partnerships.
March 5, 2013
News
Thinking of diving into the mHealth ecosystem? You'll need a really good grasp of acronyms. And a healthy dose of patience.
March 4, 2013
News
The mHealth Alliance and TechChange announced Friday that registration has opened for their flagship online course, "Mobile Phones for Public Health," which will run from June 3-28, 2013.
March 1, 2013
News
Eighty percent of U.S. doctors who responded to a recent survey indicated they believed virtual assistants would, within five years, drastically change how they interact and use electronic health records and other healthcare apps, making them more efficient and freeing up time to spend on patients.
March 1, 2013
News
A raft of technologies including broadband, cloud computing, cheaper storage and mobile devices, among others, is driving the transformation. At the same time, market expectations regarding standards of care are changing, as are younger providers' relationship with health-specific IT.
March 1, 2013
News
Office of Emergency Management of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ann Arbor, Mich., has awarded a contract to Troop Health Initiatives for the JEMS Technology Disaster Relief Telehealth System.
February 27, 2013
News
Practice Fusion, a free, Web-based electronic medical record (EMR) platform, announced Wednesday its acquisition of 100Plus, a personalized health prediction startup that uses data analytics and game mechanics to show how small changes in behavior can lead to better health.
February 27, 2013
News
Analysts pronounced health IT company's pending acquisition of PureWellness a healthy step for Cerner -- one that gives it a $420 million opportunity out of the gate, serves as a driver of new bookings and differentiates the company in the marketplace.
February 26, 2013
News
San Diego-based Humetrix has expanded the ways patients and physicians can exchange health records via its iBlueButton app using not only iPhones and iPads but also Android devices with secure Quick Response code to transfer the patient's Blue Button record between systems.
February 26, 2013
News
The sixth Global Information Security Workforce Study, conducted by (ISC)2 shows that a shortage of information security professionals is having an adverse impact on healthcare and other industries, even as vulnerabilities such as mobile devices and social media are on the rise.
February 25, 2013
News
PatientsLikeMe has been awarded a $1.9 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to create what the organizations tout as the "world's first open-participation research platform for the development of patient-centered health outcome measures."
February 25, 2013
News
When will our employees learn not to identify patients on Facebook or any other social media site?
January 5, 2012
Blog
It is almost becoming the norm to say that it has been another tumultuous year in the healthcare IT market. If 2011, was a bit bumpy, believe we will see craters in the road to HIT enlightenment in 2012.
December 28, 2011
Blog
When I attended the Healthcare IT Leadership Summit a few months ago here in Atlanta, I had the pleasure of seeing old friends, meeting new ones, and learning about up and coming technologies - from veteran healthcare IT folks and fresh-faced students, too. One company in particular caught the crowd’s eyes late in the day.
December 23, 2011
Blog
In this week's edition, I continue my conversation with Sean Duffy, CEO and co-founder of Omada Health, a start-up out of San Francisco focused on prediabetes prevention via online tools.
December 16, 2011
Blog
As I've mentioned before in posts, my background includes service as a hospital risk manager. So, I'm an advocate of techniques to minimize risk. However, I've learned of one that really goes a bit too far and actually takes us a few steps back away from the goal of transparency in healthcare.
December 15, 2011
Blog
The idea of disruptive innovations really resonates with me and provides a powerful framework for understanding how innovations are adopted (or not) by various businesses.
December 14, 2011
Blog
3600 people and I went to the mHealth Summit earlier this week in Washington, DC and, having spent the better part of 48 hours listening, I am still not sure what to make of this emerging healthcare sector.
December 8, 2011
Blog
Today's healthcare landscape is changing dramatically, and one of the driving forces behind that change is the mobile health industry. mHIMSS.org aims to provide the definitive guide to that expanding universe.
November 30, 2011
Blog
This past week I had the pleasure of traveling, along with MedTech Media Editorial Director Rich Pizzi, to Amelia Island, Fla. for the inaugural HIMSS Leaders & Innovators conference.
November 22, 2011
Blog
I had the pleasure of speaking this last week at the Future Forward meeting in Wellesley. This is one of a series of meetings that brings together the Boston innovation and entrepreneurial community to hear about trends and opportunities.
November 22, 2011
Blog
I recently got a pleasant healthcare surprise while listening to one of my favorite radio stations here in Atlanta.
November 21, 2011
Blog
I was interviewed for an article on AIS Health that came out last week. The title of this article -- on health care social media and regulatory and legal issues that health care providers may face in using these tools -- struck me as being tinged with hysteria.
November 17, 2011
Blog
WhiteGlove House Call Health, Inc., has announced the availability of its iPhone application. The application, called WhiteGlove Mobile can be downloaded from iTunes for no charge.
July 22, 2010
Press Release
Mobile computing encompasses solutions for mobile devices that allow physicians to manage clinical, financial and administrative information at the point of care. Smartphones, cart computers, iPads and other tablets, ruggedized mobile clinical assistants (MCAs) and laptops are examples of mobile devices commonly used in a clinical setting.
