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iSoft, Medic4all team to market remote monitoring systems
Just two weeks after HIMSS10 wrapped up in Atlanta, HIMSS is joining with some European partners for the World of Health IT conference over in Barcelona, Spain. The event opened yesterday, so the... Read more...
Mobile system helps caregivers follow childcare protocols in rural Tanzania
Health authorities in Tanzania are embracing smartphones, PDAs and even basic mobile phones to follow international disease-management protocols for young children in hopes of breaking a decades-long... Read more...
Schools receive RWJF grants to develop mobile apps for chronic disease
Three California universities have received research grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study methods of capturing "patient observations of daily living" on mobile and wireless devices... Read more...
Geriatric practice keeps patients at home with wireless monitoring
"How ironic that it was technology that caused home visits by physicians to go away, and now it's technology that makes it possible for us to treat homebound patients," Dr. Tom Cornwell tells the... Read more...
MedApps to test remote monitoring of CHF patients
In an emerging industry like mobile healthcare, the more data demonstrating the efficacy of technology, the better. MedApps, maker of remote patient monitoring devices, will be collecting such data... Read more...
Vodafone wants in on the mobile healthcare action
We've just received word this morning that Britain's Vodafone Group is starting up a mobile healthcare unit at the beginning of 2010 that will work primarily with pharmaceutical companies and... Read more...
Army pilots text messaging to manage health of wounded vets
The U.S. Army is piloting a telehealth program to monitor seriously wounded veterans via cell phones in an effort to increase contact with case managers and perhaps ease their recovery. The program,... Read more...
3M buys stake in mobile app developer
3M has invested nearly $6.5 million for a 10 percent equity stake in Artificial Life, a Los Angeles-based company that develops 3G mobile broadband technology and content, including for healthcare.... Read more...
Hispanics represent a ripe market for mobile healthcare
The booming Hispanic population is a great, untapped market for so many industries. Count mobile healthcare among them. At least that's the theory of mobile booster Jonathan Spalter, a former... Read more...
Report: Mobile is central to patient self-management
As self-management of chronic diseases becomes more prevalent in America, frequent, regular monitoring will grow ever more important. Wireless and mobile technologies likely will be right at the... Read more...
