Standards, Interoperability, Data Exchange

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Isolated IT environments have been the historical norm among clinical practices and hospital settings. Those days are quickly disappearing in the clinical environment. Mobile platforms are being rapidly adopted and have the ability to communicate with traditional devices such as stethoscopes and blood pressure cuffs as an integrated part of the IT environment. To properly support this communication, mobile devices must support standards for information exchange which serve as the building blocks for the seamless and secure exchange of health information. The standards section is the source for all things DICOM, LOINC, IEEE, SNOWMED CT, etc. related to mobile and wireless use, including some standards you may never have considered.

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ATA's first-ever venture fair features innovation - and a few words of caution May 6, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The Sunday morning session brings together entrepreneurs and venture capital experts to see the latest in telemedicine ideas and discuss the positives and pitfalls of VC funding.  More
ATA kicks off its annual meeting with a call for Mercy May 6, 2013 |
Mike Miliard
 The American Telemedicine Association highlights the Missouri-based healthcare network in Sunday's opening plenary to kick off the 18th Annual International Meeting and Trade Show.  More
Applying mobile health strategies to drive greater patient engagement and provider accountability. May 3, 2013 |
David C. Bjork
 In this contributed commentary, Telcare President David Bjork identifies the value of mHealth in the patient-provider dynamic and explores how this can be used to shape the future of healthcare.  More
ATA to hold its first venture fair May 3, 2013 |
Jeff Rowe
 The American Telemedicine Association will gather inventors and investors for the first-ever event on Sunday, helping to kick off the ATA's 18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show.  More
Continua Alliance launches presence in Latin America May 3, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The Oregon-based standards group, now established in Europe and several other emerging nations, has unveiled a Brazil Work Group to bring plug-and-play connectivity guidelines to South and Central America.  More
Wheeler named to succeed Genachowski at FCC May 2, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 President Obama selects Thomas Wheeler, a venture capitalist with ties to the mHealth Alliance, to take over the Federal Communications Commission's five-member governing board.  More
LyfeChannel wins HHS mobile app challenge May 1, 2013 |
Erin McCann
 The California-ased company wins the $50,000 grand prize for its myfamily app, which is designed to help family members better manage an entire family's health by using healthfinder.gov content.  More
The ATA gets ready to celebrate in Austin May 1, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The organization will kick off its 18th annual International Meeting and Trade Show this weekend with a packed schedule that is expected to draw 6,000 telemedicine, telehealth and mHealth advocates.  More
mHealth mergers: BodyMedia, FitPal find new owners April 30, 2013 |
Eric Wicklund
 The two companies, well known for developing mobile sensors that collect and assess health and fitness data, are scooped up in a one-day mHealth acquisition frenzy.  More
Four ways that real-time data will change healthcare April 30, 2013 |
Derek Newell
 In this contributed commentary, Jiff CEO Derek Newell discusses how access to real-time data -- through mHealth devices -- will dramatically transform healthcare delivery.  More
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
Reflections on 3 years of progress in connected health April 11, 2013 |
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
 It has been three years since the cHealth blog entered the blogosphere, and it's been a lot of fun. I recently looked back to see if there are highlights or trends in my posts and/or if my thinking or communication had changed dramatically in three years. Although not dramatic, if you look at these writings over time, you can see a meaningful shift in thinking. With that background in mind, here is an attempt to stitch together a narrative of the last three years worth of posts.  More
 
The future role of research in mHealth April 10, 2013 |
Thomas Martin, MBA
 The recent story "mHealth's model: Moving from statistics to sustainability" caught my attention this week. As a young researcher who has just embarked on data collection, I can somewhat relate.  More
 
Five imperatives of patient-centric healthcare April 4, 2013 |
David Lee Scher, MD
 In previous posts I discussed how patient-centric care differs from patent-centered care and how patient empowerment must precede patient engagement. I would like now to delve into what I consider critical elements of patient-centric care. They all involve technology to various extents.  More
Remote patient monitoring, part 3: The ideal RPM system April 1, 2013 |
David Lee Scher, MD
 Remote patient monitoring may serve patients who are in the post-acute care phase of recovery from a hospitalization as well as those with chronic diseases.  More
My wish list: FDA mobile medical app regulation March 29, 2013 |
Alan Portela
 The House Energy and Commerce Committee's recent questions to FDA are seeking much-needed clarification of the agency's policy of regulating certain mobile medical apps as medical devices. I'm very pleased to see the FDA responding to attempts to clarify the "gray area" of the guidance it issued in July 2011.  More
Energy and Commerce hearing: Key takeaways and what wasn’t discussed. March 27, 2013 |
Thomas Martin, MBA
 Last week's Energy and Commerce hearings provided insight into the attention the mHealth space is garnering on Capitol Hill. The major topics included the impact of mHealth on healthcare cost, interoperability of EHRs, the role of FDA in maintaining patient safety and the applicability of the medical device excise tax on tablets and smartphones.  More
Industry-wide standards can influence innovation March 26, 2013 |
David Collins
 Does the mHealth industry need regulation, or just guidance?  More
Remote patient monitoring, part 2: Operational models March 26, 2013 |
David Lee Scher, MD
 In a previous post, I discussed some generalities of remote patient monitoring (RPM).  The current value of the RPM market is estimated at $10.6B. There are diverse clinical and non-clinical environments in which RPM might be used.   More
Five fallacies of remote patient monitoring March 19, 2013 |
David Lee Scher, MD
 As defined in Wikipedia, remote patient monitoring (RPM) is “a technology to enable monitoring of patients outside of conventional clinical settings (e.g. in the home), which may increase access to care and decrease healthcare delivery costs.”  More
Energy and Commerce calls for hearings on mHealth March 13, 2013 |
Thomas Martin, MBA
 The subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Health and Oversight and Investigations will hear testimony on the role of mHealth devices in the nation's healthcare delivery system.  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
A Privacy Framework for Mobile Health and Home-Care Systems December 7, 2011 |
Intel
 In this paper, we consider the challenge of preserving patient privacy in the context of mobile healthcare and home-care systems, that is, the use of mobile computing and communications technologies in the delivery of healthcare or the provision of at-home medical care and assisted living.  More
Policy and regulation for Innovation in Mobile Health December 1, 2011 |
GSMA
 mHealth provides many opportunities for changing lives, and there is many considerations in terms of policies, regulation, and innovation, read one of GSMA Development Fund & PA Consulting’s whitepapers on this topic and join them in Cape Town on May 29 – June 1st www.mobilehealthsummit.org  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
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
Mobile medical apps guidance: what's good for the US is good for the EU November 18, 2011 |
Scrip Regulatory Affairs
 As published in the October 2011 issue of Scrip Regulatory Affairs and on www.scripregulatoryaffairs.com on 14 October 2011.  More
A Call for Clarity: Open Questions on the Scope of FDA Regulation of mHealth November 17, 2011 |
mHealth Regulatory Coalition
 The mHealth Regulatory Coalition (referred to subsequently as the Coalition) is comprised of industry representatives that manufacture and distribute the fundamental hardware and software used in mHealth* systems, healthcare providers who use mHealth technologies to improve healthcare delivery, and non‐profit organizations that advocate on behalf of patients and providers for the use of mHealth in the United States.  More