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EMR vendors: When it comes to mobile, listen to your customers
If you believe the marketing puffery put out by electronic medical record vendors these days, their applications running on smartphones and tablets are just what the doctor ordered. However, a...
Diabetes apps pose difficulties for older users
Proliferating health apps are everywhere, it seems--even on a trek to Mount Everest. But diabetes-management apps pose particular problems for older users--a group most likely to need them, according to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Mobile health a contender for gold in Russia, Rio and beyond
Apparently the Millennials formed a secret Facebook group and voted: The 2012 London games have officially been re-named the "Social Olympics." (Sorry, but I refuse to call it the "Socialympics.") And maybe they have a point: Twitter reported there were more than 150 million mentions of the Olympics in 16 days.
Defense app aims to help military families cope with mental health issues
The Defense Department has created a mobile app called LifeArmor to help military families develop coping skills and deal with common mental health concerns. LifeArmor takes content from DoD's...
Mobile health solutions: Follow the payers
If you want to get cynical about it, the healthcare insurance industry has the most to gain from getting--and keeping--Americans healthy. For them, engaging members in their own health isn't just the right thing to do. It's a financial imperative.
HIMSS focuses on usability in guide to selecting mobile apps
A new document from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) aims to help small and midsize practices in selecting mobile apps, focusing on usability.
Debate: Can mobile apps achieve what pills can't?
In a pair of point-counterpoint articles at Forbes , contributors Dave Chase and David Shaywitz face off on the question of whether mobile apps could someday be more effective than prescription drugs--a response to Happtique's plans for a platform for physicians to "prescribe" apps to their patients .
InstaCare adds e-detailing product to line of smartphone apps
InstaCare Corp., based in Westlake Village, Calif., has added a new product to its suite of mobile applications for physicians. Known as MD@Detail, the new pharmaceutical e-detailing application will
Apps can't always change patient behavior
It's time for a reality check in mobile healthcare. The myriad smartphone apps for healthcare generally are wonderful, low-cost tools for improving a small part of healthcare. But apps by themselves
Army 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
