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NewsQualcomm: 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... Read more...
Inventor of single-electrode wireless EEG monitor named to MIT innovators list
If you read FierceMobileHealthcare regularly, you know about our fascination with the mobile healthcare community in and around San Diego. (This time next week, your intrepid editor will be on a... Read more...
West Wireless CMO: Opting for money-saving mobile technologies is a matter of priorities
Everyone with an inkling of knowledge about healthcare policy knows that the current system of episodic "sick care" is unsustainable. "There's a bleak future that's in front of us unless something... Read more...
ATA's Linkous warns of m-health 'hype cycle,' tempers talk of 'revolution'
Lest anyone think mobile healthcare will singlehandedly transform healthcare, American Telemedicine Association President Jonathan Linkous delivers a little reality check. "The wide-spread media... Read more...
Qualcomm, Cambridge Consultants partner on Continua-certified cellular device
Wireless telecommunications equipment maker Qualcomm continues its foray into mobile healthcare by joining with British technology developer Cambridge Consultants to create a standard wireless... 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...
Leaders in San Diego m-health community discuss wireless innovation, roadblocks
Readers of FierceMobileHealthcare understand how wireless and mobile technologies have the potential to revolutionize healthcare. Now, the wider business community is starting to figure that out. "I... 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...
Amazon Kindle shows promise as low-cost means of accessing medical literature
The iPad may be garnering all the headlines, but don't count out Amazon's Kindle just yet. Just like Apple's blockbuster device seems to be more than a tablet computer, the Kindle is more than just... 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...
| Press ReleasesHealthPartners announces plans to enhance mobile communicationsMINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HealthPartners 1.3 million mobile subscribers will soon receive enhanced services, thanks to an agreement with Diversinet Corp., a leading innovator of secure mobile Read more >> Globaltel Media CEO Named Trustee of Rady Children's Hospital IT Task ForceRobert Sanchez to Help Advance Use of Technology to Improve Patient CareSAN DIEGO, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Globaltel Media today announced that its CEO Robert Sanchez has been appointed to the Rady Read more >> |
