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Technology is constantly evolving. Consumers, practitioners, and hospital staffs are incorporating mobile devices and sensors into daily routines like never before. mHIMSS provides members with an overview of current industry trends, emerging and best practices in the mobile arena. The mHIMSS community will share their expertise and experience as they embrace new mobile technologies, incorporate those changes into clinician and patient workflow and practices, and address data exchange issues.

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Ben's Friends – a mobile resource for those with rare diseases April 29, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The online support network is growing fast, and looking for help as it seeks to connect people with one-in-a-thousand conditions to others with the same challenges.  More
Box touts its cloud-based platform as an mHealth resource April 26, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The California company announces app development partnerships with 10 companies, an investment in mobile EHR developer drchrono and compliance with HIPAA and HITECH privacy standards as it moves to build its healthcare business.  More
Cigna announces telehealth partnership with MDLive April 23, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The deal gives members of Cigna's self-insured business plans timely, round-the-clock access to MDLive's telehealth platform for non-emergency medical consultations.  More
Health eVillages announces deal to bring mHealth tools to the Gulf Coast April 23, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The partnership with the Teche Action Board will equip community health professionals in Louisiana with smartphones, tablets and other devices to treat residents of the underserved region, which has been hard hit by Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.  More
10 issues that mobile medical app developers should keep in mind April 18, 2013 |
Yarmela Pavlovic
 Yarmela Pavlovic, part of the Hogan Lovells law firm's Life Sciences practice, takes a look at the key issues facing mHealth advocates as we await the FDA's final draft on mobile medical apps regulations.  More
In the wake of a Boston tragedy, mHealth holds promise April 17, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
Bernie Monegain
 The explosions at this week's Boston Marathon left an indelible imprint on America, and offered a stark reminder of how mHealth could be used to save lives and treat those affected.  More
TEDMED 2013 attendees get a checkup by smartphone April 17, 2013 |
Frank Irving
 A team of medical student-engineers offered attendees a health assessment featuring 10 different screening and diagnostic tests, all collected via smartphone.  More
For LifeCare Health Services, patient registrations are a SNAP April 16, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The New Mexico clinic, which focuses on diabetic patients, is using iPads and software from Seamless Medical Systems and iNTERFACEWARE to make the registration process easier and more efficient.  More
HealthSpot takes its kiosk to Capitol Hill April 16, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The Ohio-based company is displaying its telemedicine station as part of the Consumer Electronics Association's "2013 CES on the Hill" event.  More
A 'disaster doc' offers his take on mHealth's advantages April 15, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 Dr. Dan Diamond, a nationally recognized speaker and member of Medical Teams International, talks about his experiences in disaster zones - and how mHealth tools have helped improve healthcare delivery.  More
AT&T, Autism Speaks look to the public for mHealth solutions April 12, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 A two-day hackathon in San Francisco will uncover the best and brightest of a dozen autism-themed applications submitted through the Autism Speaks Facebook page.  More
Intermountain's NICU telehealth project brings parents closer to their newborns April 10, 2013 |
Erin McCann
 The project, being undertaken at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, will enable parents to keep a constant eye on their hospitalized babies - and improve communications with the attending physicians.  More
Connected health predictive analytics: A long road ahead February 12, 2013 |
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
 We’re spending a lot of time at the Center for Connected Health (CCH) these days thinking about and experimenting with algorithms. It's part of our general interest in micro-segmenting the population and creating unique, engaging health messaging for each individual that will keep them on the path to better health. Healthrageous is working fast and furious on this as well. Of course, we’re not the only ones. A number of other labs and firms are on the same journey. The vision is compelling.  More
 
Your guide to everything mHealth at HIMSS13 February 11, 2013 |
Jonathon Dreyer
 It's the perfect recipe - powerful mobile hardware, well-designed software and solid wireless network connectivity blended together to support everything we want to do - in our consumer lives and our professional ones.  More
 
mHIMSS on the road February 7, 2013 |
David Collins
 The 2013 International CES offered insight into the latest consumer-focused electronics, lots of accelerometers and related devices. Paul Jacobs of mHIMSS 5 Bar member Qualcomm discussed the "Born Mobile" generation.  More
Upcoming mHIMSS community activities February 6, 2013 |
The mHIMSS Workgroups
 The inaugural mHIMSS "Open Mic" Series kicked off on January 25. This first call-in interactive series focused on a topic that got a lot of thoughtful discussion on the mHIMSS List Serve - the use of apps by consumers for self-diagnosis.  More
mHIMSS Legal and Policy Task Force updates February 6, 2013 |
Lee Kim, Esq.
 mHIMSS recently had the opportunity to insert mHealth comments of relevance into the request for comments related to Meaningful Use Stage 3 and Consumer Engagement, to include mention that expanding the umbrella of health information technologies to include other technology aside from EHRs as well as mobile and wireless devices, could advance the role of technology in providing quality care.  More
mHIMSS community updates, January 2013 February 5, 2013 |
The mHIMSS Workgroups
 2013 kicked off with lots of exciting activity for mHIMSS and related mHealth news. And the mHIMSS workgroups have continued to work on a number of key topics within the mHealth space.  More
mHIMSS at HIMSS13 - Your personal tour guide to mHealth opportunities February 5, 2013 |
David Collins
 Less than a month away, HIMSS13 in New Orleans holds lots of exciting mHIMSS activities not to be missed!  More
Policy brief: What’s next for TXT4Tots? February 4, 2013 |
Thomas Martin, MBA
 The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking ideas and information to improve its text-based program. The RFI, found here, seeks input "to meet the needs of parents, caregivers and child advocates, including healthcare providers."  More
Are we there yet? Almost February 1, 2013 |
Alan Portela
 The interoperability challenge has plagued hospitals and health systems for longer than any of us care to admit. The topic still elicits eye-rolls and cringes from everyone from healthcare reporters to CIOs - and who can blame them? The industry has largely over-promised and under-delivered when it comes to vendors "playing nice in the sandbox," integrating systems and making data across the continuum available in a simple and cost-effective way.  More
The 5 pitfalls of designing a medical app January 31, 2013 |
David Lee Scher, MD
 As someone who does not design apps, I will offer a perspective that covers topics raised by different stakeholders concerning medical app development which might be of interest.  More
Critical mass January 28, 2013 |
Matthew Grob
 Have we reached the point where mobile health has achieved critical mass - where it is so ingrained in our psyche that it’s not as new or as exciting anymore? Maybe. Maybe not.  More
Cardiac patients will benefit from digital health technologies January 25, 2013 |
David Lee Scher, MD
 Cardiovascular disease - specifically, sudden cardiac death - is the number one killer in the U.S. and most westernized countries.  More