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Wireless technologies are revolutionizing the way mobile financial services (MFS) are delivered. When coupled with mobile health care, MFS has the potential to facilitate efficient payment for care, extend the reach of care into the home and remote places where under-served populations live throughout the world. MFS allows for payments by phone for populations, lessening the banking digital divide by providing those who traditionally had no bank accounts access to funds and potentially, a new array of healthcare services. mPayments delivered in this manner can significantly improve administrative efficiencies, provide real time information on delivered services that informs both insurance schemes and overall policy and support usability and accessibility – making it easier for people groups to enroll and use healthcare services. As a result, investment is being made to demonstrate the positive attributes of the convergence of MFS and mHealth, including government funded programs, private and venture capital programs, foundations and other investment sources.

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Mobile health app market in growth mode January 10, 2012 | Bernie Monegain The mHealth market earned revenues of $230 million in 2010 and is estimated to reach $392 million in 2015, according to a new report from research firm Frost & Sullivan.  More
 
TriageLogic helps NC health system answer after-hours medical questions December 27, 2011 | Eric Wicklund The "Nurse Triage on Call" service gives Southeastern Regional Physicians Services a resource to curb unnecessary visits to the doctor's office or the ER.  More
 
MobileCause looks to help non-profits add mobile tools to their fundraising efforts December 20, 2011 | Eric Wicklund Company CEO Douglas Plank says hospitals and healthcare systems are starting to contact him to ask about adopting mobile programs to their regular fundraising avenues.  More
Aetna's acquisition of iTriage app bolsters mHealth platform for consumers and providers December 19, 2011 | Eric Wicklund The deal helps the Connecticut-based insurance giant build a mobile technology platform that enables real-time communication between consumers, physicians and payers. For iTriage, it's proof that an ACO will only succeed if the consumer is engaged and informed.  More
Smartphone Technology: The answer for improved, cost-effective patient management December 8, 2011 | Robert S. Oscar Robert S. Oscar, the CEO of RxEOB, explains how smartphones will affect the PBM market  More
mHIMSS Venture Fair seeks the best and brightest entrepreneurs December 7, 2011 | Diana Manos The mHIMSS Mobile Health Venture Fair, held during Tuesday's mHealth Summit, enabled start-ups and potential companies to pitch their mHealth ideas to investors and experts.  More
Lower cost draws healthcare to videoconferencing market March 28, 2011 | Bernie Monegain Reduced prices and improved quality are boosting the adoption of telemedicine videoconferencing systems, according to a new Frost & Sullivan report titled Visual Collaboration Applications in Healthcare.  More
OnCallData launches e-prescribing, reconciliation apps for smartphones March 11, 2011 | Mike Miliard InstantDx/OnCallData has released updated mobile applications for the iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices that will provide physicians, hospitals and emergency rooms functionality to complement its new state-of-the-art portal.It is the latest development for a pioneer firm that launched the first true two-way electronic connection to pharmacies, the first regional e-prescribing initiative (in Rhode Island) and the first electronic-prescribing system certified by Surescripts, say company executives.  More
CIOs 'enchanted' by cloud, but lack metrics to justify investment March 10, 2011 | Molly Merrill Although most CIOs are anticipating making significant investment in private and public cloud technologies over the next 12 months, they currently report they are not tracking the "fundamental metrics" required to make the case for ROI.  More
Study 'undeniably proves' telestroke care saves lives and money October 4, 2011 | Molly Merrill Telestroke technology, which links remote community hospitals with stroke neurologists in large centers, can provide the same level of care as having all parties in the same room, according to a new study.The report was presented Oct. 4 at the Canadian Stroke Congress.It found that rural patients examined with the aid of telestroke technoloy received an important stroke drug, tPA, at the same rate as patients treated in specialized urban centers, says Thomas Jeerakathil, a neurologist at the University of Alberta Hospital.  More
Growth in global telehealth forecast at more than $1B September 19, 2011 | Bernie Monegain The world market for telehealth is set to exceed $1 billion by 2016 and could jump to $6 billion in 2020, according to a new report from InMedica, the medical electronics market research group within IMS Research.  More
11 health IT startups go for the money August 25, 2011 | Bernie Monegain Morgenthaler Ventures, a venture capital firm, has named 11 finalists in the firm's nationwide contest to find the most promising health IT startups looking for seed and Series-A funding. The 11 company founders will present in front of leading venture capitalists, angel investors and entrepreneurs at a gathering dedicated to health IT innovation on Sept. 22 in Mountain View, Calif. The event is invitation only.  More
The top three barriers to telehealth adoption January 4, 2012 | Andrew R. Watson, MD Twenty years ago, telehealth was on the cusp of revolutionizing care delivery. Back then, substantial barriers existed – technological, cultural and financial – yet most industry visionaries were confident that telehealth would be adopted sooner, rather than later.  More
Independa secures more funding for its Angela telehealth platform September 23, 2011 | Eric Wicklund The San Diego-based developer of an interactive telecare platform for seniors living at home has secured more venture capital funding.  More
Budget concerns force closure of mobile clinic for Maine veterans September 6, 2011 | Eric Wicklund The impending closure of a mobile health clinic for veterans in rural Maine provides a stark reminder that the best intentions sometimes run up against the cost barrier.  More
$100,000 to fuel three of Inova's mobility efforts June 2, 2011 | John Farrell Inova Health System, a Falls Church, Va.-based healthcare provider that serves more than a million people each year, is set to fund three key initiatives at its Telemedicine Institute's Mobility Programs, thanks to a $100,000 gift from Atlanta-based AirWatch.  More
Telemonitoring adds to quality of life while cutting costs January 25, 2011 | John Farrell I spend a lot of time talking to, and writing about, mobile technology developers of all stripes. Usually, it isn't long before the conversation shifts to how the latest gadget or mHealth app will help reduce healthcare costs, particularly among those affected by chronic illness.  More
iPad as a revenue builder for docs December 7, 2010 | John Farrell Could the iPad help physicians offset reimbursement cuts and shrinking influence over patients by enabling them to diversify into the weight loss management business SymTrimics, an El Segundo, Calif.-based tech startup, believes so-and it's rolling out a program aimed at helping docs establish their own weight loss programs, aided by the Internet and an iPad app designed to help them monitor and educate patients.  More
RFID delivers ROI for Massachusetts General Hospital November 4, 2010 | John Farrell Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is paying off for Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). In 2009, MGH fully implemented an RFID-enabled supply automation system to store, track and manage medical devices and supplies used for neuro interventional procedures in its IR division within the Department of Radiology.  More
Marketing deal to extend AirStrip OB reach August 31, 2010 | John Farrell A collaboration between Alere Health and mobile medical software developer AirStrip Technologies should go a long way towards extending the reach of AirStrip OB software. Beginning Sept. 1, the new marketing agreement calls for Alere, through its Women & Children's Health division, to begin offering AirStrip OB to its healthcare provider client base in the U.S.  More
Proof of cost effectiveness needed to spur U.K. telehealth uptake August 9, 2010 | John Farrell Telehealth may have succeeded in capturing the imagination of the healthcare industry here in the U.S.--spawning a host of partnership efforts, joint ventures and other initiatives in recent months--but across the pond, lingering questions about the technology's cost effectiveness have given rise to an identifiable chasm between the early adoption and wider uptake of technologies.  More
Software appliance to help trim MDM costs August 5, 2010 | John Farrell AirWatch has expanded the delivery options for its enterprise-wide Mobile Device and WLAN Management (MDM) software with its recent introduction of the AirWatch software appliance. By offering mobile device management preloaded on a dedicated software appliance, the Atlanta-based MDM provider aims to supply customers in healthcare and other industries with three choices: software deployed behind the corporate firewall, Software as a Service (SaaS), or a software appliance.  More
Mobile devices, online communities and cost-cutting April 2, 2010 | John Farrell Healthcare systems around the world have been scrambling to come up with ways to leverage mobile technologies in order to reduce healthcare costs, especially those stemming from chronic disease management.  More
MPoC solution drives hospices efficiency gains March 18, 2010 | John Farrell The second oldest hospice in Louisiana is crediting its implementation of a home healthcare application that runs on cell phones, BlackBerrys and other devices with recent improvements to its information sharing and documentation at the point of care.  More
Video: Dan Lubin: 2011 mHealth Summit January 13, 2012 | mHIMSS Watch a discussion with Dan Lubin, of Radius Ventures LLC, at the 2011 mHealth Summit, held in Washington D.C.  More
Dan Lubin: 2011 mHealth Summit January 13, 2012 | mHIMSS   More
A Health Plan perspective on mobile: A framework for your mobile strategy November 16, 2011 | mHIMSS Health Plans face interesting challenges, particularly around brand and messaging. Their customers are diverse with differing needs. Upcoming changes in the healthcare marketplace, such as insurance exchanges, require them to further enhance their brand presence in consumer minds.  More
Prairie North Health Region: IT Department Delivers Cost Savings and Improved Services with Virtualization September 6, 2011 | mHIMSS Prairie North Health Region is located in the northwest part of central Saskatchewan, and covers 29,951 square kilometers (11,564 square miles), an area a bit larger than the U.S. state of Vermont. By using virtualization, the IT department of the Prairie North Health Region has consolidated its server environment, reducing its hardware and power costs. And now, Prairie North has embarked on another virtualization initiative. It is leveraging a desktop virtualization solution to lower costs while improving the performance and availability of its desktop computing services—as well as those of neighboring regions.  More
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital: A Community Healthcare Network Reduces IT Administration Burdens and Accelerates Patient Care September 6, 2011 | mHIMSS McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services from its main hospital in Oxford, Ohio and through a network of satellite facilities. The largest of these, Ross Medical Center, offers imaging services, lab tests, physical therapy and rehabilitation, and is southern Ohio‘s only certified Category 1 urgent care center. The IT team at Ross has virtualized 90 percent of their +86 servers and replaced more than half of their aging desktop PCs with low-cost thin clients - achieving dramatic cost savings while improving the productivity of clinicians and IT administrators alike.  More
Norman Regional Health Systems: How they Simplified Administration while Providing Practitioners with Better Access to Patient Data September 6, 2011 | mHIMSS Norman Regional Health System, a multi-campus hospital serving south central Oklahoma, built the Norman Regional HealthPlex, a 152-bed, state-of- the-art specialty hospital. They wanted to make sure everything about it was cutting-edge, including the desktop environment. As part of this vision, Norman Regional Health selected a virtualization solutions to provide doctors, nurses, and other staff with ready access to clinical applications, such as Meditech, or to imaging servers with X-rays, MRIs, and other medical images. Norman now has a scalable, flexible desktop environment that simplifies administration while providing health practitioners with better access to applications and patient data.  More
Video Presentations from The 2011 mHealth Summit, December 5 - 7 2011 January 18, 2012 | mHIMSS This webpage hosts all of the video presentations from the The 2011 mHealth Summit, December 5 - 7 2011.  More
New Medical-Billing System Provides Precision November 17, 2011 | mHIMSS Health insurers, doctors and hospitals are bracing for chaos as they prepare to adopt a new federally mandated format for medical billing.  More
Definitions of mHealth January 5, 2012 | mHIMSS A collection of mHealth definitions from key healthcare organizations.  More
Glossary of Terms February 6, 2012 | mHIMSS   More
mHealth: FROM SMART PHONES TO SMART SYSTEMS January 31, 2012 | mHIMSS Click on the book cover to preview a chapter from the new book mHealth: FROM SMART PHONES TO SMART SYSTEMS  More
Mobile Enterprise: Wireless Solutions from the C-Suite to the Field, (mobileenterprise.edgl.com) November 23, 2011 | mHIMSS Wireless and Mobile whitepaper library  More