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NewsVerizon enables high-tech ID module for mobile devices
Verizon announced this week that it has pushed its Universal Identity Services - Healthcare product out to smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. Through the system, doctors can use their Read more...
Tonic tries to take on the wellness world
A new smartphone app, Tonic, wants to be everything to everyone, at least when it comes to wellness tracking and support. Unlike many new apps that focus on one condition or a wellness goal, Tonic Read more...
mHealth Summit: Cell phones help address maternal, child health
This week, FierceMobileHealthcare is at the mHealth Summit, a high-level, international, somewhat academic meeting of the minds in Washington, D.C. Last week, conference organizers, including the Read more...
AT&T to market WellDoc mobile diabetes app
In August, WellDoc, a Baltimore-based developer of disease management technology, became one of the first companies to receive FDA approval for a mobile healthcare product, an analytics system for Read more...
U.S. lags behind in mobile health adoption
Regular readers of FierceMobileHealthcare should be familiar with the idea that basic applications like text messaging or even voice communications can be awfully effective in low-income parts of the Read more...
Mobile health companies need to prove value
A couple of debates keep raging in mobile healthcare, and a recent, widely publicized report from PricewaterhouseCoopers has helped to fan the flames. First off, what exactly is mobile healthcare? To Read more...
Patients 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...
Mobile is 'new frontier' of health information
A decade ago, Susannah Fox, the healthcare guru for the Pew Internet and American Life Project, wrote about a "revolution" in online healthcare. "Ten years later, I am ready to declare the access Read more...
FDA approval of mobile diabetes tracker may herald era of 'personal health management'
Two weeks ago, we reported that WellDoc had received FDA approval to sell DiabetesManager, a remote monitoring system for patients with Type 2 diabetes. We didn't think too much of it, burying the Read more...
'Smart' Band-Aids signal new possibilities for remote monitoring
"Smart" Band-Aids that can detect vital signs and alert healthcare professionals when there's an abnormal reading may be new, but they represent more than a decade of advances in the field of remote Read more...
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