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NewsKaiser Permanente debuts EHR mobile app
Kaiser Permanent today launched a mobile app giving more than 9 million patients access to their online medical records. The healthcare giant created a mobile-optimized version of its member website, Read more...
UCSF group builds wireless diaphragm for pre-term labor alerts
Developers at the University of California, San Francisco, just won a Wireless Innovation Award in a national tech competition sponsored by Vodafone, and a $250,000 prize to fund further development Read more...
VA turns to smartphones to treat PTSD
The Department of Veterans Affairs has created a new smartphone app called PTSD Coach to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Developed in partnership with the Department of Defense, the new Read more...
New mom/baby app born from Imagine Cup
Yet another app is emerging as a possible real-world competitor, and the Imagine Cup hasn't even held its final contest yet. The latest app to catch the industry's eye: momEcare, created by Shawn Read more...
Clinical apps featured in Amazon's new Android app store
Mega-sized online retailer Amazon launched an online app store last week, starting off with 3,800 apps--all for Android devices only. Of the total, 121 are health-focused, with 42 directly aimed at Read more...
Lens-free smartphone microscope built from $1.50 chip
As UCLA researchers test a low-cost, lens-free microscope, a team of scientists at nearby California Institute of Technology have developed a similar device from a $1.50 digital camera sensor that Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: HHS, IOM ask private sector to create apps from government data storehouses
HHS and the Institute of Medicine are joining forces to share public-health data in hopes of spurring development of smartphone apps, social media and other IT tools for health improvement. The two Read more...
iPad may not be portable enough to be physician phone replacement
After several weeks of fawning over the iPad, we're starting to see a few critiques from the healthcare sector of Apple's hot, new product. While the device may be revolutionary in terms of Read more...
CHCF: Smartphone growth heralds new phase of health IT adoption
The economy may have stumbled for the past couple of years, but the market for smartphones did not. Consumer ownership of smartphones soared from 15 percent in October 2006 to 42 percent in December Read more...
Novartis embraces 'smart pills' as some worry about intrusion
Last week, Novartis reportedly became the largest drug company to embrace "smart pills" by agreeing to pay California start-up firm Proteus Biomedical $24 million to acquire exclusive licenses and Read more...
| Press ReleasesAmcom Mobile Connect is Now Available for Cisco Wireless IP Phones and Cius TabletsThis popular smartphone and tablet messaging solution now enables hospitals to send staff encrypted critical communications on Cisco wireless IP phones and Cius tabletsAdditional features such as Read more >> U-M Launches New Smartphone App For Prospective Medical StudentsFirst-ever program makes checking admission status even easier ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Michigan Medical School has launched M.D.Stat+, a free Read more >> Aetna Launches New Mobile Health Care Tools for Doctors-- Clinical information in doctors’ hands at the point of care can help drive lower costs and better health outcomes -- TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Doctors participating in Aetna’s Florida network Read more >> New Mobile App for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and DiabetesCOOPER CITY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A free smartphone app, TrackMyShots, is now available to help ease the log-keeping of patients with multiple sclerosis, diabetes and other conditions requiring Read more >> 90% of Americans Would Rather Lose Their Wallet Than These Cherished DevicesPHILADELPHIA, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Smoketip, an American Electronic Cigarette company, released the results of a survey about personal electronics. "We were trying to understand how attached Read more >> |
