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Increased big data access could help lower health costs

Continued efforts to use big data in healthcare and make it more widely accessible could play a significant role in lowering overall costs, the authors of a new report published this week argue. The

Clinical apps featured in Amazon's new Android app store

Mega-sized online retailer Amazon launched an online app store last week, starting off with 3,800 apps--all for Android devices only. Of the total, 121 are health-focused, with 42 directly aimed at

M-health might take a lesson from a more tawdry industry

I've written plenty about mobile technology being a disruption to the status quo in healthcare and I produced a FierceHealthIT special report on disruptive forces in health IT not too long ago. But

Amazon Kindle shows promise as low-cost means of accessing medical literature

The iPad may be garnering all the headlines, but don't count out Amazon's Kindle just yet. Just like Apple's blockbuster device seems to be more than a tablet computer, the Kindle is more than just

Wireless health researcher: Mobile connectivity will transform care

We here at Fierce have been saying it for some time: Most of the noise around healthcare reform is related to cost and access, while the innovations that could really fix the system are seemingly