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Lists, lists and more lists: two more publications pick their favorite healthcare smartphone apps
Everybody loves lists. The two most popular stories in the 15-month history of FierceMobileHealthcare haven't actually been stories, but our slideshows of 15 free healthcare apps for the iPhone and... Read more...
Smartphone apps can perpetuate poor work processes
Fans of smartphone healthcare apps, it's time for a little buzzkill. "Access to health information at the touch of a finger represents a technological advance leading to efficient healthcare service... Read more...
Mobile technologies will enable patient-centered care, PwC report says
Rising healthcare costs and prevalence of chronic disease are not merely American problems; they are affecting the delivery of care worldwide. The crunch, says a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report,... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Ways mobile computing is changing medicine
We're not big fans of sites that exist solely for search-engine optimization, but occasionally one will have an interesting blog post that's completely unrelated to the site's domain name. Such is... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: NLM launches Mobile MedlinePlus
The National Library of Medicine has unveiled a mobile version of MedlinePlus, one of the most popular sites on the Internet for professional and consumer health information. Available in English or... Read more...
EMR veteran puts dynamic OTC search on smartphone
We don't often write about consumer-facing products, but we thought this one was significant, because it comes to us from Charlie Koo, founder and original CEO of electronic medical records vendor... Read more...
