Social Networking news from FierceMobileHealthcare
NewsSermo tries to catch up in the mHealth race
One of the oldest physician social networks, Sermo, has broken its self-imposed exile from the mobile arena. The network just launched its first app, Sermo Mobile, to allow physicians access to the Read more...
Mobile apps on leading edge of 'potentially disruptive era'
Finally, a report on the mobile health industry that doesn't throw around pie-in-the-sky numbers and actually discusses healthcare and something close to the current reality. "We are currently in the Read more...
Transition to a mobile, connected health system bumpy
You don't often see the words "diabetes" and "elegant" in the same sentence--unless, of course, you're talking about smartphones. "If you have diabetes, asthma or heart disease, there's almost Read more...
Foursquare, MTV try GPS and social media to encourage STD testing
Can mobile technology help teens and young adults shake the stigma of getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases? MTV and the people behind social media application Foursquare think so. Read more...
West Wireless offering $10,000 for integrating sensor data into social media
The West Wireless Health Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the California HealthCare Foundation, the Markle Foundation and the University of Wisconsin have announced a total of four new Read more...
VA mobile gets boost from House panel, advances plans for patient Wi-Fi
Wireless and mobile technology represent "the new frontier in health innovations," as well as a great way of increasing access to care for millions of veterans, Rep. Michael F. Michaud (D-Maine) said Read more...
Mobile, wireless technologies help personalize care, change behavior
In "Spotlight" today, we mention Dr. Larry Nathanson's review of the iPad for emergency medicine. That puts FierceMobileHealthcare in the same company as The Economist. That publication is glowing Read more...
Report: Remote monitoring shows great potential in chronic, elder care
Remote patient monitoring is among seven technologies with great potential to improve care of chronic conditions, reduce healthcare costs and maximize the independence of older adults, according to a Read more...
Nike+ tracking tool unleashes the power of 'personal metrics'
One of the overarching themes at the Healthcare Unbound conference I'm at in Seattle is that there is strength in numbers--in more ways than one. As social networking has demonstrated, people are Read more...
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