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NewsSmartphone-powered monitoring to rise to 3 million users by 2016
Remote patient monitoring with smartphone connectivity is set to skyrocket in the next few years, according to the latest study by British research firm Juniper Research. The study projects that by Read more...
Could self-tracking lead to mobile hypochondria?
As fast as the tidal wave of mHealth innovations is rising, so too are the complaints about its potential ill effects. Security breaches, distracted doctors, patients gaining access to information Read more...
Doctors: Beware the hidden dangers of touchscreens
Physicians may love mobile devices, but their mobile devices might not love them back. A recent study from InfoWorld found that the ergonomics of mobile device--and particularly touchscreen--usage Read more...
Ear bud technology offers a unique biometric monitoring option
Unlike most remote monitoring sensors that are stuck on the skin with woven mesh, bandages or adhesive textiles, tech company Valencell has come up with a sensor that patients just might wear all the Read more...
Stressed smartphone users experience 'phantom texts,' study shows; WebMD launches new baby app;
> Becker's Hospital Review recently published an intriguing list of the "7 must-have iPad apps" not for physicians, but for C-level hospital execs. Article > Forget "distracted doctoring," a Read more...
Brits eager to try smart pills for med compliance, cost savings
"Smart" medications look to be gaining traction in the UK. Smart pill creator Proteus just inked a major deal with UK pharmacy company Lloyds Pharmacy. Financial details of the deal weren't Read more...
iPhone/Skype combo delivers reliable ultrasound images
A new study by more than a half-dozen major universities around the world has confirmed that at least two conditions, apnea and pneumothorax, can be identified remotely using an iPhone with an Read more...
MIT app trials smartphone monitoring of hospital patients
Call it a startup made good. Ginger.io, a health monitoring app created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, now has a clinical pilot underway to test its theory that smartphone use patterns Read more...
Hospital sends heart failure patients home with smartphones
Flagstaff [Ariz.] Medical Center is testing out a new smartphone/remote monitoring program to keep congestive heart failure patients out of the hospital. The program, "Care Beyond Walls and Wires," Read more...
Don't ignore mobile technology when training your hospital staff
Hospital CIOs may soon have another use for all of those exciting mobile technologies they're using--tablets, smartphones, healthcare apps, remote patient monitoring, etc.: educating medical staff. Read more...
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