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Verizon grant helps bring mHealth to San Diego's neediest communities April 29, 2013 |

Bernie Monegain

The La Maestra Community Health Centers has used a Verizon Foundation grant to equip a van with the latest in mHealth technology, helping to bring medical and dental services to children and their families who might not have regular access to healthcare. More

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

New HHS workgroup features several mHealth advocates April 22, 2013 |

Bernie Monegain

The group, unveiled last week by the HHS and FCC, will focus on patient safety and innovation in health IT and report to the Health IT Policy Committee. 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

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

What does the ideal hospital mHealth strategy look like? March 12, 2013 |

David Lee Scher, MD

Most hospital IT administrators are presently dealing with implementation of Stage 2 of Meaningful Use as well as planning for conversion to ICD-10 coding. Among the more advanced institutions, the topic of the day is development of a mobile strategy. The vast majority of physicians and nurses are using smartphones for professional purposes, mostly for reference purposes. I will discuss what I see as the most useful ways in which mobile health tools can improve processes and care. More

Taking a quick look back at HIMSS13 March 12, 2013 |

Eric Wicklund

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

Mental hygiene March 3, 2013 |

Matthew Grob

Behavioral health is not usually the first thing I think of when I hear the word "hygiene." More

The mHIMSS rearview mirror - February 2013 March 3, 2013 |

David Collins

Ever wonder where the time goes? It's already March, and HIMSS13 is finally here. So what was new and cool from the world of mHIMSS in February? More

Patient engagement does not mean patient empowerment March 1, 2013 |

David Lee Scher, MD

The term "patient engagement" is everywhere now. It's part of the vernacular in advocacy circles, government, health technology companies and payers. It used to signal a new healthcare ecosystem in which the patient is more of a spotlighted consumer - where reimbursement hinges on patient satisfaction, where the shortage of physicians dictates new care paradigms and where the cost of healthcare must decrease as well as be redirected to wellness and home care from the more expensive treatments of preventable chronic diseases and institutional care. More

mHIMSS will be keeping busy in March March 1, 2013 |

The mHIMSS Workgroups

March will be a busy month for the corporate and individual members of mHIMSS. With HIMSS13 kicking off the month, a large focus at the beginning of the month will be on how the health IT industry further integrates mobile into healthcare. More

Will ACOs fail? February 26, 2013 |

Joseph C. Kvedar, MD

The cHealth Blog is coming up on its third anniversary, and during that time I've taken my share of potshots at organized medicine. Most implementations of connected health are in some way disruptive to the status quo, so I can't help but point out those opportunities and barriers. More

An app to help cure the nation's debt crisis? February 26, 2013 |

Bettina Experton

While President Barack Obama and Congress struggle to avoid immense automatic budget cuts set to take effect March 1, a simpler solution to our nation’s debt crisis is literally at our fingertips. More

Digital health: Are we patients or consumers? February 22, 2013 |

Thomas Martin, MBA

Years ago, using the word "consumer" to describe a patient in the healthcare setting would have labeled you a healthcare heretic quite quickly. To refer to patients as consumers highlighted the commercial aspect of healthcare often avoided, until recently, in general discourse surrounding healthcare. After attending the Digital Health Summit at the 2013 International CES this past January in Las Vegas, it's clear that one of the big questions in healthcare is no longer "Are we patients or consumers?" but rather "When do the roles change, if at all?" More

Privacy and security: Easy to say, tough to do February 19, 2013 |

Mark D. Combs

In today's highly regulated world of healthcare, privacy and security have certainly been placed front and center on the agenda of almost all of the country’s healthcare providers, organizations, insurance companies and anyone else who comes into contact with protected health information. And while it may be on the collective agenda, talk is cheap. More

Five ways of achieving patient engagement, Part 2: WITH technology February 15, 2013 |

David Lee Scher, MD

In my previous post I discussed what I believe to be the most important paths to patient engagement without technology. I would like to now discuss how technology can promote patient engagement. More

Five ways of achieving patient engagement, Part 1: WITHOUT technology February 14, 2013 |

David Lee Scher, MD

If one looks at communications revolving around healthcare these days, whether emanating from political, healthcare economics, clinical or technology spaces, the term "patient engagement" is invariably found as one of the cornerstones of the conversation. This is no more evident than in the digital health technology space. One would think that patient engagement is only possible by hitching a wagon to the technology horse. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Technology Track // The Impact of Cloud Computing and Online Solutions on mHealth April 2, 2012 |

Foundation for NIH

Taking mHealth solutions to scale is an inevitable consequence of successful deployments. As public and private entities seek ways to optimize mHealth to help control costs and improve access to tools, information, and resources, they are are exploring the promise of cloud computing services. Organizations in highly regulated sectors such as healthcare must be prioritize security and other cloud issues when considering cloud computing solutions and online storage tools. This session approaches the mHealth cloud computing from a variety of perspectives including defining need, deployment, and evaluation. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Technology Track // Framing U.S. mHealth Development: How-to Align Function, Business, Policy, and Regulation April 2, 2012 |

Foundation for NIH

U.S. development and deployment of mHealth requires consideration of factors from the perspective of a range of diverse stakeholders. As mHealth policy and regulation evolves, new business models are emerging. Since the state-of-art of U.S. mHealth deployments is constantly evolving, oftentimes insight for successful private-sector models can be gained from public sector implementations that have addressed policy and regulatory considerations. This session showcases a variety of lessons learned from public-private mHealth deployments. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Technology Track // The Benefits of Low Power, Short Range Wireless Health April 2, 2012 |

Foundation for NIH

Discussions around the promise of near-field communications have increased significantly over the past year as developers seek to demonstrate value of simplified transactions and data exchanges. But how practical are the implementations of this short-range modality in healthcare? Cutting through the veneer of recent hype, this session will showcase recent demonstrations and lessons learned from recent NFC deployments in healthcare. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Technology Track // Workflow Solutions For Use Inside Care Facilities April 2, 2012 |

Foundation for NIH

Rarely does an implementation of a novel technology occur in care delivery without disruption to existing workflows. Achieving successful deployment in complex clinical settings requires nuanced attention to a variety of organizational stakeholder needs. This session features examples of changes in clinical and administrative workflow and their implications on organizational diffusion and resource allocation. As mHealth deployments in enterprise settings become ubiquitous a constant eye on workflow impact – and setting appropriate expectations – will be required. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Technology Track // Passive, Non-Invasive, Engaging: Technology Solutions for Managing Chronic Disease April 2, 2012 |

Foundation for NIH

Healthcare providers and health IT professionals are well aware of the need to focus on chronic disease management which consumes over three-quarters of all health care spending. mHealth development in this area has been intense, reflected both in the scope of strategic partnerships among vendors and the range of devices, apps and other solutions coming to market. Federal funding for mHealth research has also been equally intense. This session features a range of mHealth solutions – from research to development to deployment in chronic disease areas. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Technology Track // Encouraging Care Organizations and Payers to Become mHealth Testbeds April 2, 2012 |

Foundation for NIH

A difficult milestone for mHealth developers to reach is the validation of technology in a live setting. Developers typically need a care setting confirm the technology’s value proposition and business model, as well as to refine and improve functionality. Additionally, care organizations may find it challenging to appropriately screen and vet early stage technologies for testbed opportunities. This session offers a panel of speakers discussing the need and strategies for developing relationships leading to successful mHealth testbed opportunities. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Technology Track // Deployment Case Studies for the mHealth Field Worker April 2, 2012 |

Foundation for NIH

Achieving the promise of mobile health technologies requires a strong understanding of the new ways of working with new technologies and operational models. mHealth will significantly change productivity and offer service advantages for field- based workers in healthcare, supporting the daily activities of field workers, ranging from physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals working outside the primary care environment. Key mHealth field worker case studies are presented in this session. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Technology Track // Leveraging mHealth at the Point of Care April 2, 2012 |

Foundation for NIH

Changing clinical workflow and altering the availability of data will be the two dramatic changes caused by bringing mHealth to the point of care. While point-of-care diagnostics and support tools will clearly improve the accessibility of clinical information, care providers will need to focus on training and communication, especially as tools become more widely available in the field. This session will showcase how various mHealth technologies have altered care provision at the point of care. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // EHealth: Exploring Innovation and Collaboration in The Americas March 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

The purpose of this panel is to present two innovative and collaborative initiatives, destined to address the issues of inequities in health, in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Health disparities between groups with different levels of underlying social advantage are the product of the action of factors know as the social determinants of health, which include, among many others, poverty, gender and ethnicity. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // Wireless Health Channel’s — The Invisible Hand March 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

This panel discusses approaches to utilize marketing in connecting consumers to mHealth platforms. The panel specifically discusses B2B strategies across industry specific solutions. More

Practical Policy and Business Implications of Implementing Mobile Health Solutions Across the Biomedical Domain March 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Practical Policy and Business Implications of Implementing Mobile Health Solutions Across the Biomedical Domain including use case scenario's and best practices for implementation. More

mHealth Summit 2011 - Special Session // mHealth Alliance: Evidence Matters: Perspectives across the mHealth Landscape... March 20, 2012 |

mHIMSS

Evidence Matters: Perspectives across the mHealth Landscape on Priorities, Gaps, and Common Goals for Strengthening the Evidence Base needed to support mHealth initiatives. More

Toward an mHealth Ecosystem: Extending Access, Remote Connectivity and Engagement January 9, 2012 |

mHIMSS

According to the CDC and NIH, over 50 percent of the factors related to personal health can be traced to lifestyle choices, while only 10 percent is related to the medical care system. This finding illustrates a stark truth: the US healthcare system in its current incarnation, a system of facility based, episodic care, is insufficient to the task of improving population health. More

Ten Predictions for 2012 on Smartphones in Hospitals January 3, 2012 |

Amcom Software

With emerging capabilities far beyond phone calls, email, and even access to medical apps, smartphones have kicked off a communications revolution. Given this changing environment, we assembled a roundtable of industry and technology experts to compile this list of what 2012 will mean for smartphone use in hospitals. More

Trends in Mobile Medicine: Smartphone Apps for Physicians December 28, 2011 |

FirstWord Dossier

For physicians, the point-of-care has shifted from a clinical setting to anywhere the physician accesses data. Yet some hospitals are slower to embrace the technology citing cost and security concerns when integrated with patient electronic health records (EHRs). This is changing. More

Enabling Collaborative Healthcare Delivery: Care Coordination Strategies with 21st Century Technology December 15, 2011 |

Intel

This paper, based on a roundtable session featuring John Mattison of Kaiser Permanente, identifies the building blocks of care coordination and the innovative technologies being deployed to support continuity of care by visionary health systems and the healthcare IT vendor community. More

Where Information and Care Meet: Secure Mobile Healthcare Solutions that Drive Care Coordination December 15, 2011 |

Intel

This paper, based on a roundtable session featuring Liz Johnson of Tenet Healthcare Corp., examines how leading hospitals and health systems in the country are implementing mobile point of care, sharing best practices and lessons learned, to deliver real-time, high-quality care anywhere. More

The Healthcare IT Innovation Imperative: Harnessing the Power of Technology for 21st Century Care Models December 15, 2011 |

Intel

This paper, based on a roundtable session moderated by Eric Dishman, highlights how the private and public sectors in the U.S. and Europe are unleashing the power of data in innovative ways to improve the quality of care while making the system more efficient and cost-effective. More

Unique Challenges of Health Care Networks and the Value of Wireless November 29, 2011 |

BridgeWave Communications

Medical applications are among the most demanding users of network capacity, real-time performance, mission-critical reliability, and data security. Hospitals and medical centers are accelerating the pace of accessing and storing patient records via EMRs. Considering that data centers storing these records are often not connected to the main hospital, or medical office building, all this adds up to an explosion of information straining existing network infrastructure. More

Cutting Through the Hype: Evaluating Tablet PCs for Point-of-Care Productivity November 29, 2011 |

Motion Computing

Tablet PCs are more popular than ever. They're mobile, powerful and proven to help clinicians enhance productivity and efficiency. However, with more tablet PCs available than ever before, how do you choose the right tablet PC for your workflow? More

Providing Wireless Technology for Healthcare Transformation November 29, 2011 |

Verizon

The U.S. healthcare industry is undergoing a game-changing transformation in the way it delivers care. The “meaningful use” requirements under the HITECH Act, the new payment and delivery reform model under the PPACA and the consumer movement are all converging to help create a system that improves the quality of care and clinical outcomes, drives workflow efficiencies, and reduces and manages cost. Forward-thinking healthcare providers, payers and suppliers are taking up the challenge and looking to health IT to enable the new delivery system. Healthcare stakeholders are embracing mobility technology as a viable solution. More

Defining an EMR and HIE Strategy for Medical Imaging November 29, 2011 |

AGFA Healthcare

Healthcare organizations are seeking to deliver a robust EMR that’s accessible from multiple points of care. It’s what your patient and medical communities are loudly demanding - with the goal of gaining increased access to patient medical records, and enhanced capabilities with the records themselves. One vital component of an EMR is often overlooked: feature-rich, easy access to integrated, patient-centric, archived medical imaging records. More

Using mHealth to Work Smarter: Increasing Efficiency for Clinicians and Health Workers November 22, 2011 |

Intel

Successful mHealth deployment should include matching the right mobile device to the user’s tasks and workflow requirements. More

National Broadband Plan: Ch. 10 on Healthcare November 17, 2011 |

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Broadband is not a panacea. However, there is a developing set of broadband-enabled solutions that can play an important role in the transformation required to address these issues. These solutions, usually grouped under the name health information technology (IT), offer the potential to improve health care outcomes while simultaneously controlling costs and extending the reach of the limited pool of health care professionals. More

Health Care Professionals & Mobile Health IT