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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
M-health offers great potential if someone's willing to fix the system
As high-level executives of healthcare companies, telecommunications firms and multinational nongovernmental organizations were on stage at the Washington Convention Center predicting wonderful
Smartphone apps push m-health market, but payment issues persist
It's time for a reality check with a little bit of the type of prognostication that necessitated this reality check. "mHealth solutions have been discussed since the end of the 90s," German mobile
Cleveland Clinic doc calls high-tech home care 'inevitable'
Welcome to the age of high-tech house calls, courtesy of wireless technology. "In my Cleveland Clinic practice, I work in my patients' homes, using a cellular broadband connection to the same
Transition to a mobile, connected health system bumpy
You don't often see the words "diabetes" and "elegant" in the same sentence--unless, of course, you're talking about smartphones. "If you have diabetes, asthma or heart disease, there's almost
Google Health isn't dead, but it may as well be until EMR adoption picks up
I have a love-hate relationship with Google. Google is my go-to site for Internet search. And like many others, I've been known to waste time on YouTube. I'm a regular user of Gmail, Google News,
Qualcomm: We meet with wireless healthcare device makers daily
Qualcomm, the San Diego-based chipmaker for mobile phones, already is a big player in mobile healthcare. And it seems to be getting bigger. "We meet with one medical device company a day," Qualcomm
Vendor Practice Fusion: Consumers want fast access to their medical records
Maybe consumers are more savvy about health information than many pundits give them credit for. Of all their concerns about medical records, the most prevalent is being able to access their own
EMRs can't fulfill potential unless patients have access to their own data
Here's the $25 billion (give or take a few billion) question: "Is HITECH working?" That's the title of a multi-part series by Vince Kuraitis, Dr. David Kibbe and Dave deBronkart, a.k.a. "e-Patient
Consultant recommends patient involvement, but EMRs should change the parameters
Consultants love to put out lists and commentary related to something in the news, in hopes that some reporter will pick up on their opinions and include them in news stories. Mission accomplished,
