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For hospitals, there's no app for that December 28, 2011 Hospitals are usually eager to embrace the latest medical technology, but the road to deploying tablet computers has been bumpy. More Healthline ranks its top 10 mobile, online health searches in 2011 December 29, 2011 The San Francisco-based health information provider says people used mobile devices to search for information on sensitive topics, like sexually transmitted diseases and mental health issues. More The telehealth year in review December 29, 2011 It is hard to imagine a more interesting time in the healthcare industry than today. The realm is undergoing unprecedented change, and all segments are converging on a common set of goals to leverage innovation and technology to provide quality care, improved outcomes, and cost-efficiency. More 'Concierge medicine' for the masses December 30, 2011 Douglas Smith, MD, CMO for Miami, Fla.-based telemedicine provider Consult A Doctor, explains how mobile health technology is changing the way people can receive healthcare for non-life-threatening issues. More MedSleuth seeks to make medical histories a BREEZE with web-based platform January 03, 2012 The San Francisco-based company offers a mobile platform for collecting patient information prior to the medical visit, thus helping doctors and nurses to avoid becoming 'very expensive scribes.' More Georgia's 'Strong4Life' campaign is harsh, but necessary - now it's time to get mHealth involved by 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 The top three barriers to telehealth adoption by 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

Design Tenet: Going Mobile Trends in Mobile Medicine: Smartphone Apps for Physicians mHealth for Development, The Opportunity of Mobile Technology for Healthcare in the Developing World The Institute for Health Technology Transformation's 2012 EPCS Leadership Symposium Apr 17 - Apr 18 The World Congress Inaugural New England eHealth Innovation Conference Mar 15 - Mar 15 First Annual Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center Summit Mar 15 - Mar 16

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