Mobile Health News

Sending supportive text messages to moms-to-be, both during and after birth, can improve patients' prenatal and postpartum care, according to a study conducted by Partners Health in Boston, and just Read more...

Remote patient monitoring with smartphone connectivity is set to skyrocket in the next few years, according to the latest study by British research firm Juniper Research. The study projects that by Read more...

It was kind of a crazy idea at the time: In early 2011 San Diego-based Palomar Pomerado Health set about building its own smartphone app to allow physicians access to its electronic health record. Read more...

iPad electronic health record vendor drchrono has officially made it past "startup" status. The company just netted another $2.8 million in funding from Internet investor Yuri Milner, more than four Read more...

The Veteran Health Administration is continuing its move to tablet-based clinical practice with new emergency room triage software the agency says will debut in August. As part of its VA Employee Read more...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just launched its first-ever app specifically enabled for iPads, CDC officials said today. The new app, called the CDC Mobile iPad Application, is Read more...

iPads are just as good as LCD monitors when it comes to diagnosing tuberculosis, according to a follow-up study recently conducted by the University of Maryland. The original study, which took place Read more...

In a bit of a surprise move, the mHealth Regulatory Coalition has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to revamp and republish its proposed guidance for mobile medical apps--but as a second Read more...

West Wireless Health Institute will conduct a year-long study of its experimental remote fetal monitoring device, Sense4Baby. West Wireless is partnering with the Carlos Slim Health Institute in Read more...

Be on the lookout for mobile app developers trying to find a way into your enterprise without your knowledge or consent. A recent article at CIO.com sounded the alarm on this practice, saying Read more...

Stepping into what it sees as a gap in the mobile device management market, AT&T has launched a new tablet-specific management service for healthcare, AT&T Managed Tablets. The product Read more...

Kaiser Permanent today launched a mobile app giving more than 9 million patients access to their online medical records. The healthcare giant created a mobile-optimized version of its member website, Read more...

As fast as the tidal wave of mHealth innovations is rising, so too are the complaints about its potential ill effects. Security breaches, distracted doctors, patients gaining access to information Read more...

Physicians may love mobile devices, but their mobile devices might not love them back. A recent study from InfoWorld found that the ergonomics of mobile device--and particularly touchscreen--usage Read more...

Unlike most remote monitoring sensors that are stuck on the skin with woven mesh, bandages or adhesive textiles, tech company Valencell has come up with a sensor that patients just might wear all the Read more...