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VA blazing its own trail when it comes to government mHealth

May 13, 2013 | By
Say what you want about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and its bloated bureaucracy. One fact that cannot be disputed is that the VA continues to be a national leader in health IT. Case in...

mHealth: Taking it with the good, the bad and the ugly

May 7, 2013 | By
I love movies, especially westerns. And, one of my favorites is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which I think is the perfect way to describe where we are at today with mHealth. First, let's...

Nationwide public safety broadband network faces tough challenges

April 30, 2013 | By
By all accounts, first responder emergency communications at the Boston Marathon performed well in response to the terrorist attack. However, the lack of interoperable public safety communications...

After Boston: Disaster response in the age of smartphones

April 23, 2013 | By
Watching the horrific images of the bombing attacks at the Boston Marathon last week, like many, I sat transfixed on my television screen and more than anything was struck by the heroism and...

Welcome, Mr. Quinn, I don't believe we've been introduced

April 16, 2013 | By
I'm amazed at how quietly the Federal Communications Commission recently selected the agency's first Director of Health Care Initiatives, Matthew Quinn. To say that it was without fanfare...

Seeing the future of mHealth through many different crystal balls

April 8, 2013 | By
Lately, the mobile healthcare industry seems preoccupied with trying to forecast its future. With the widespread proliferation of smartphones and the launch of thousands of new mHealth apps,...

Eric Topol is mHealth's reigning ambassador

April 2, 2013 | By
Every fledgling industry needs a roving ambassador and the emerging mobile healthcare market is no different. Thankfully, Eric Topol, renowned cardiologist, chief academic officer of Scripps Health...

Talk of Affordable Care Act, taxes detract from constructive mHealth hearings

March 26, 2013 | By
When the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced plans earlier this month for its subcommittees to hold three days of hearings on mobile healthcare, it seemed like a promising development,...

Three days of reckoning for mHealth regulations

March 19, 2013 | By

Today begins the first of three days of hearings held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to consider the weighty issue of how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should regulate mobile medical applications. It is a central question that has far-reaching consequences for a mobile healthcare industry still trying to get off the ground.

Regulatory front is biggest potential drag on mHealth

March 12, 2013 | By
It's been said that medicine is a science, healing is an art, and healthcare is a business. While we can all agree that promoting better health, healing the sick and curing disease is a noble...
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