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Verizon, Nantworks team to funnel cancer info to docs' smartphones
Verizon and health conglomerate Nantworks want to get "big data" down to individual end-users, specifically doctors. So they've teamed up to create a series of wireless health projects, including a
Highmark, Verizon collaborate on new HIE
Pennsylvania insurer Highmark and telecom giant Verizon are creating a massive new health information exchange, the two companies announced this week. Once complete, the Highmark HIE will cover much
Cable companies looking to break into the hospital market
A commentary from FierceEnterpriseCommunications editor Jim O'Neill examines how cable companies are trying to horn in on the telehealth market currently controlled by telecommunications companies.
Verizon, Health Evolution Partners team to push health IT innovation
Health Evolution Partners (HEP), the healthcare investment company launched by former National Coordinator for Health IT David Brailer, M.D., entered into a partnership with Verizon Connected
Small physician practices are targets of hackers, too
While data security breaches at big healthcare organizations capture most of the media attention, small medical practices are actually more vulnerable to data losses and theft, according to a Kroll
Sprint enters remote health business
The remote patient monitoring space just got a little more crowded. Sprint announced late last week it is launching a new gateway/hub product with veteran home monitoring company Ideal Life, of
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,"
Qualcomm makes big splash into mobile health, remote monitoring
There has long been a gap in remote patient monitoring. The market is crammed with dozens of monitoring devices, apps, and systems that collect and transmit patient biometrics. But in most cases,
Verizon expands health fraud prevention to payers, government
Verizon is offering private health insurers and government agencies involved in healthcare the same fraud prevention solution that it has already piloted for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid
Verizon, Duke team up on telehealth, mobile engagement
Verizon and Duke University will be working together for the next few years on a variety of mHealth projects, including telehealth, mobile patient engagement and remote patient monitoring. The
