mHealth Initiative news from FierceMobileHealthcare
NewsPatients don't want to pay for remote health monitoring
Old habits--and mindsets--die hard. The attitude of American consumers toward remote health monitoring devices is the same as it is for all kinds of other healthcare products and services: I want it, Read more...
Health industry wants 'clarity' on m-health regulation
The healthcare industry needs "guidance and clarity" from the federal government on how potential regulation of wireless medical technologies will affect cost, quality and access to care for patients Read more...
Smartphone boom changes physicians' relationship with technology
Smartphones clearly have changed the dynamic of physicians' relationship with technology, and that's creating a bit of a conundrum for hospital IT departments. "Five to 10 years ago they were saying, Read more...
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...
Radiology, surgical systems shrinking, becoming more mobile, Waegemann says
Mobile healthcare clearly is booming. Just look at all the m-health conferences that are popping up around the globe. Obviously, we can't be at them all, but, fortunately, others can be. One such Read more...
New coalition to offer FDA guidance on regulation of mobile smartphone apps
As the FDA ponders whether to regulate mobile health apps as medical devices, industry stakeholders are coming together to develop a guidance document on the scope of what they perceive the federal Read more...
Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance meeting highlights fast-evolving field
With all the growth in and buzz surrounding mobile healthcare, m-health still is very much an immature industry. In a September 2009 survey of mobile healthcare companies by Edina, Minn.-based Read more...
Mobile apps popular at the point of care, but there's plenty more to come
Smartphones are so popular in medicine now that some health professionals "don't know how colleagues manage without them," C. Peter Waegemann, vice president of development for the Boston-based Read more...
Wireless healthcare will be a key part of national broadband strategy, FCC says
The Federal Communications Commission is readying a national broadband strategy that will include policies meant to encourage greater usage of wireless devices and applications in healthcare, a Read more...
Waegemann sees huge potential, but much fragmentation in mobile health
Yet another sign that the field of mobile healthcare is maturing was last year's decision by Peter Waegemann to shut down the Medical Records Institute and related TEPR (Toward an Electronic Patient Read more...
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