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NewsArmy tests mobile EMR, patient tracking apps on iPhone, Android
The U.S. Army is testing EMR, medical supply-chain and patient-tracking applications on a variety of mobile devices for possible deployment in combat zones, a Pentagon publication reports. The Army's Read more...
Air Force medevac planes deliver mobile health on a grand scale
Call it mobile health on a grand scale. Healthcare experts generally recommend against patient transfers whenever possible, but not the U.S. military when treating trauma cases in combat zones. Read more...
DoD telehealth center releases app for mental health; BlackBerry PlayBook SDK features imaging app;
> The National Center for Telehealth and Technology, one of the military's Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, has developed a free smartphone app Read more...
Telehealth holds promise for alleviating primary care crunch
The current shortage of primary care physicians in America may only get worse when health insurance reform brings some 32 million newly insured patients into the mix by 2014. Some, including Read more...
Army testing text reminders to wounded warriors, video messages to diabetics
The U.S. Army is ramping up its use of mobile technologies, including a secure, text-based service to send health suggestions, appointment reminders and other information to wounded warriors, an Read more...
Sotera gets $11M investment, while AllOne Mobile may be gone
This week brings news of one m-health company on the rise and one apparently on the way out. Sotera Wireless, a San Diego-based maker of patient monitoring technology, has landed a third series of Read more...
U.S. Army tests telemedicine at remote outposts in Germany
The U.S. Army's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany serves as kind of a hub for care for American service personnel in Europe and often is the destination of choice for wounded warriors Read more...
VA's telehealth budget may double, but strategic questions linger
The Department of Veterans Affairs, which already cares for 35,000 patients remotely via home telehealth technologies, would get $163 million for home telehealth programs under the Obama Read more...
Army wants to add behavioral health to Joint Telemedicine Network
The U.S. Army's surgeon general wants to employ the Army's Joint Telemedicine Network, now in use in Afghanistan and Iraq, to deliver much-needed mental health services to deployed soldiers. The 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...
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