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Social Media is not only a tool used by the mHIMSS community members to communicate information and ideas on what’s hot in mobile and wireless technology, it is also a valuable tool for health organization communication. As mobile and social media technologies evolve hospitals and health systems have unprecedented opportunities to engage with their patients in real-time meaningful ways. This section will review new social media tactics and features such as geo-location and their impact on the healthcare ecosystem.

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Vitals takes its doctor-rating service to mobile devices August 8, 2012 |
Eric Wicklund
 The New York-based developer of online physician information and ratings resources has launched an app that allows users to locate physicians and specialists away from home, as well as check their credentials and store insurance information.  More
Officials: Text4health program is proving its value in New Orleans July 31, 2012 |
Eric Wicklund
 Officials in one of the three Beacon Communities to launch the federal diabetes-based text messaging program last January say it's reaching its target population, and the messages are being received and understood.   More
 
mHealth's goals: More integration, more 'fun' stuff, and better relationships July 27, 2012 |
Eric Wicklund
 Speakers at Thursday's sessions of the mHealth World Congress offered the opinion that mHealth will only succeed if it affects behavioral changes, intersects with consumers' fun activities and gives physicians the chance to reconnect with their patients and prove their value.  More
World Congress hosts 3 mHealth, telemedicine events in Boston July 25, 2012 |
Eric Wicklund
 mHealth and telemedicine experts will mingle with entrepreneurs this week as three separate - but intertwined - conferences take place at the Collonade Hotel in Boston, all under the auspices of the World Congress.  More
Doximity looks to add the 'missing piece' to physician communications July 2, 2012 |
Jeff Tangney
 Doximity CEO Jeff Tangney explains how his company's new iRounds feature allows physicians to confer with each other without the threat of a HIPAA violation.  More
ATA launches telemedicine, mHealth video contest June 29, 2012 |
Eric Wicklund
 The national organization will be handing out cash prizes for six short videos that "promote the value and importance of telemedicine, mHealth and remote monitoring to patients, the public and healthcare administrators."  More
Supreme Court rules in favor of ACA June 26, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
Eric Wicklund
 The Supreme Court has upheld most of President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare reform act, including the requirement that all Americans obtain health insurance or pay a penalty.  More
Twitter recap: FDA regulation of mHealth June 13, 2012 |
mHIMSS
 iMedical Apps hosted a Twitter chat last week regarding the FDA regulation of mobile health technology. Participants discussed the pros and cons of regulation with regard to patient care, app development issues and the necessity of government regulation of mHealth. View a summary of the chat here.  More
Mobile Commons, NCI launch text messaging program aimed at young smokers May 21, 2012 |
Eric Wicklund
 The collaboration is the latest in the five-year-old, New York-based messaging company's effort to develop a national mobile messaging healthcare platform, and coincides with the launch of Mobile Commons for Health.  More
Twitter recap: mHealth, apps and devices for physicians May 18, 2012 |
Kelly Mehler
 At the Connecting Healthcare + Social Media Conference on Friday, Felasfa Wodajo, senior & mHealth Editor of iMedicalApps.com, surveyed some of the recent developments in mHealth, which make a large amount of clinical information available very easily.  More
CTeL takes telehealth advocacy to the next level with its first commercial April 30, 2012 |
Eric Wicklund
 The Robert J. Waters Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law (CTeL), considered the "go-to" source for legal and regulatory advice on telehealth and telemedicine matters, is looking to raise its profile with its first-ever commercial, being unveiled Monday at the ATA conference in San Jose.  More
mHIMSS Virtual Forum offers tips on developing a mobile strategy April 27, 2012 |
Eric Wicklund
 The daylong event, which drew roughly 1,000 attendees, offered best practices, warnings about the challenges of protecting health data and advice on how to manage all mobile devices in the healthcare setting.  More
Personalized prevention, Part III: Applying the model to obesity April 3, 2012 |
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
 Weight loss (or gain) = calories in minus calories out. Simple, right?  More
 
Personalized prevention, part II - the psychology of engagement March 14, 2012 |
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
 I don't spend much time on Facebook. It's not that I'm antisocial, but on a given day if I get through my email inbox by 10 PM, I feel good about myself. That leaves little time for social networking. I haven't played Angry Birds or Farmville for the same reason. I just have other priorities. I grew up in a family of plain-spoken, simple Vermonters. My dad was a kind and gentle man, but when he raised his voice we all took notice. And, because of his 'kinder-gentler' side and plain-spoken character, my brother and I took him quite seriously and felt it was wise to comply with his wishes. Also, my folks both had a deep sense of the value of good health and strove to achieve a healthy lifestyle.  More
 
mHIMSS is proud to announce the release of the mHIMSS app February 22, 2012 |
The mHIMSS Workgroups
 mHIMSS is proud to announce the release of the mHIMSS app, which is available on Android and iOS marketplaces.  More
Pharma looks to mobile strategies to effectively reach prescribers February 17, 2012 |
Sanjay Pingle
 It is well documented that the pharma industry is facing many challenges in 2012. Drug makers are losing exclusive patents on drugs that have matured, causing unexpected losses of revenue in the billions of dollars. As a result, companies are cutting costs and significantly reducing their sales force – which in turn creates the new challenge of reaching practices and hospitals with fewer face-to-face office visits.  More
An update from the mHIMSS Workgroups: Looking to HIMSS12 and beyond February 15, 2012 |
The mHIMSS Workgroups
 The mHIMSS community is looking forward to the start of many new things before, during and after HIMSS12.  More
How do we love our mobile devices? Let me count the ways. February 14, 2012 |
Edna Boone, MA, CPHIMS
 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways … 5.6 billion cell phones worldwide  More
The perils of mobile health February 10, 2012 |
Matthew Grob, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
 I promised readers a follow-up to my last entry, “Look Ma, No Wires” but I thought that with the upcoming HIMSS annual conference and the number of people in one place who will be relying on mobile devices while away from the office, it was a good opportunity to make people aware of the perils of using these devices.  More
mHIMSS will offer a full agenda for HIMSS12 January 9, 2012 |
The mHIMSS Workgroups
 Navigating the HIMSS annual conference can be quite a challenge with so many events and topics.  More
Employee makes fun of patient on Facebook January 5, 2012 |
Christina Thielst
 When will our employees learn not to identify patients on Facebook or any other social media site?  More
Georgia's 'Strong4Life' campaign is harsh, but necessary - now it's time to get mHealth involved January 4, 2012 |
Eric Wicklund
 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
An update from the mHIMSS Workgroups December 20, 2011 |
The mHIMSS Workgroups
 The mHIMSS workgroups are comprised of HIMSS members who participate on various workgroups to provide some of the information visitors to the mHIMSS.org website enjoy.  More
Health IT: Standards, Social Media, Micro Screens February 2, 2010 |
Ed Dodds
 This post is an attempt to gather feedback in order to interact with and better inform our readers. First, some background: I became a blogger because I'm a buttinski. My schooling placed an emphasis on organizational communication and most of my day-to-day work has involved using Web-based tools to help firms with internal knowledge management challenges. This has produced an eye toward a systems view to problem solving--and an inkling that folks in certain sectors, for example, healthcare IT, were talking past one another as they were creating solutions.  More