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May 24, 2013

The 27-week study found that interactive voice recognition technology could help identify safety triggers among patients with type 2 diabetes. More

May 24, 2013

New York authorities are warning seniors of a scam that has its roots in mHealth. More

May 21, 2013

The California-based advisory firm advises developers of mobile medical apps and their investors on how they fit under the FDA's still-unclear... More

mHealth is attracting (unwanted) attention
New York authorities are warning seniors of a scam that has its roots in mHealth. More

mHealth Summit Call for Presentations
The 2013 mHealth Summit is the premier international forum connecting the mobile health ecosystem for mHealth research, education, thought leadership, exhibits and action-provoking panel discussions. More

Post-discharge plans get an mHealth boost
Vree Health's TransitionAdvantage program is being launched in Montana and Connecticut, in an effort to show that the mHealth solution can work in both rural and urban settings. More

mHIMSS Case Study: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The key findings are focused on current and future projects which integrate mobile and wireless devices into the care delivery setting.The framework provided is based on the mHIMSS Roadmap which highlights six key areas of focus. More

DocbookMD, Medweb unveil secure messaging platform for physicians
Unveiled at the ATA conference in Austin, Texas, Docbook Gateway offers clinicians a HIPAA-compliant platform to communicate and share images, x-rays and other reports. More

Apps to Aid Healthcare Delivery in Disparate Communities: A Guide from mHIMSS
Mobile devices and smartphones are increasingly being leveraged as a platform for patient engagement. These devices continue to show promise in reducing barriers to care worldwide and here in the United States. More

2012 mHIMSS Mobile Technology Survey Results from HIMSS Analytics!
This ongoing study provides information on a multitude of aspects related to mobile and wireless technology in health care organizations including general use of mobile technology, access to patient data, means for securing... More

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by Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Director, Center for Connected Health
This past week, Google held its annual developers conference, Google I/O. One of the more... More

by Eric Wicklund, Editor, mHIMSS
As the mHealth world anxiously awaits the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's final ruling on... More

by Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Director, Center for Connected Health
I've been in the healthcare delivery business now for 30 years and I can confidently say we... More

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May 24, 2013
Forbes

This article is part of an online debate series on mobile health by the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Johnson & Johnson, the mHealth Alliance, Impatient Optimists and Forbes.com. Dr. Alain Labrique is the founding director of the Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative, a multi-disciplinary consortium registering over 82 faculty projects and 150 students engaged in mHealth innovation and research across the Johns Hopkins system.More

May 24, 2013
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In a move that may reflect a growing interest by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in asserting its regulatory muscle in the mobile health app space, the regulator recently sent a letter to mobile app maker Biosense Technologies Pvt Ltd. indicating that it needs 510(k) clearance for its urinalysis diagnostic, uChek Urine analyzer.More

May 23, 2013
Business Spectator

The current political hoo-ha about how much bandwidth Australians might need in the coming years threatens some of the most important applications of a robust, high-capacity national broadband network. Arguably one of the most critical of these applications is telehealth.More

May 22, 2013
Government Technology

Through a program developed in Palm Bay, Fla., the police department and the Trauma Center at Health First/Holmes Regional Medical Center in nearby Melbourne, Fla., partnered to test tactical telemedicine (Tac-Tel). When SWAT officers are sent into high-risk situations involving trauma injuries, they can use technology to communicate virtually with trauma surgeons in the event they are the first to respond. More

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December 12, 2011
Healthcare IT News

Startups and tech giants alike comprise the 300 exhibitors at the 2011 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. This video from Day One features three companies that are using mHealth in unique ways.More

November 27, 2011
Rubbermaid Healthcare

A video from Rubbermaid Healthcare explores how telemedicine is used to improve healthcare in rural Georgia More

November 27, 2011

In a video from Mobile Asia Congress 2011, Jeanine Vos of the GSMA delves into the future of mHealth More

November 27, 2011
TEDxDirigo

Dr. Rafael Grossman, a trauma surgeon at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, ME, explains how his department is at the forefront of teletrauma medicine during the Sept. 10, 2011 TEDxDirigo conference in Portland, Me More