Eric Wicklund, Editor, mHIMSS

A few random thoughts about last week's conference and exhibition while gazing out at the snowdrifts in Maine. More

Too short for a story, too good to be forgotten, here are a few (mostly) digital health-related observations from last week's 2013 International CES event and the two-day Digital Health Summit in Las Vegas. More

Why are physicians - especially those in single or smaller practices - hesitant to embrace mHealth, even as they and their patients are acquiring smartphones and tablets in record numbers? More

The 4th Annual mHealth Summit is only two months away, and early indications are that this year's event will be bigger, more diverse and more appealing to the healthcare provider community More

The world has gotten bit smaller for mHealth advocates. Healthcare providers and other interested parties who want to see how mHealth is developing in places outside the United States now have an online resource to track market data in developing countries. More

The report, issued on May 16 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, found that people with more education and higher incomes suffer from fewer chronic diseases and live longer. Conversely, the report indicates those who are less educated and poorer have fewer chances to live healthy lifestyles and more often engage in unhealthy habits like smoking, avoiding exercise and eating unhealthy foods. More

By the end of the year, it’s projected that there will be more medical devices on our planet than people. One look at a doctor’s belt (or a teenager’s bookbag or purse, for that matter) should bear that out. More

My son Andrew is 15 years old, which places him squarely in the ever-confusing, ever-shifting universe of the teenager. He is also a type 1 diabetic – has been since he was five years old. At a time in life when he is constantly trying to test and define his limits, then, being forced to check his blood sugar several times a day and administer doses of insulin doesn’t exactly square with his ideas of personal freedom. More

The campaign, backed by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, uses overweight children to urge Georgians to "stop sugar-coating the problem" and tackle the growing epidemic of juvenile obesity head-on. More