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Insurers live chat with members through new health app
Health insurers now have a new way to commiunicate with members -- live and almost in person. The new iPhone app created by Warm Health, a healthcare communications and disease management company,
UnitedHealth launching Apple-like cloud service for care coordination
UnitedHealth's Optum unit is launching a new healthcare cloud-computing platform , which stores information and applications on remote servers accessed through a secure Internet connection, to help
UnitedHealth partners with mobile health IT companies
UnitedHealth, which has outlined a clear strategy for mobile health , announced Monday that it's partnering with three mobile health information technology (IT) companies. However, the insurance giant
Interview: UnitedHealth's IT strategy listens to the mobile consumer
UnitedHealth Group has been exploring the health technology market for remedies to healthcare challenges. Leading the charge is Bill Feller (pictured), vice president of innovation and R&D and
Hospitals are not exempt from FDA app regulation, legal experts warn
Hospital CIOs need to be careful about the apps they're creating, FDA experts warn. Brad Thompson, an FDA attorney with EpsteinBeckerGreen in Washington, D.C., was emphatic in comments at the World
IBM reveals untapped mobile users of the future
There's a huge group of mobile users that you may be overlooking as you develop your hospital's mobile strategy. They're "information seekers," and they will be the largest cohort of mobile
New tool helps hospitals ID patients with smartphones
Creating an app or other mobile technology is only the first step for hospitals hoping to engage their patients on their mobile devices. The second--and just-as-tough--task is to figure out which
Compuware software analyzes hospital apps' market readiness
Are you one of the hundreds of hospitals rushing to develop your own hospital app? Compuware just debuted a new tool to help vet your app's performance. The software analyzes apps and gives
Verizon Wireless debuts cost-conscious pharmacy app
Verizon Wireless is taking a big step into the mHealth market, and it's a bit of an unusual one. Partnering with its own pharmacy benefits vendor, Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based Medco Health Solutions,
Smartphone users prefer texts for health reminders
The largest majority of smartphone users (41 percent) want to receive health reminders via text message, a new study of smartphone users finds. An equal number would choose a message delivered
