West Wireless Health Institute news from FierceMobileHealthcare
NewsWest Wireless to test Sense4Baby in Mexico
West Wireless Health Institute will conduct a year-long study of its experimental remote fetal monitoring device, Sense4Baby. West Wireless is partnering with the Carlos Slim Health Institute in Read more...
Hospitals slow on tablet implementation
The enthusiasm for iPads in healthcare these days is palpable. Hospital CIOs like John Halamka sing the device's praise, while health systems like The Ottawa Hospital and even the Department of Read more...
mHealth moves to accountable care, not just tech, experts say
A change in the culture of healthcare, particularly with regard to reimbursement, will be a major factor in the success of mobile healthcare in care coordination going forward, according to panelists Read more...
Topol tags genomic sequencing, mobile imaging as future of mHealth
In his keynote address at the 2011 mHealth Summit in Washington D.C., this week, West Wireless Health Institute Vice Chair Eric Topol laid out what he sees as the bleeding edge and the next frontier Read more...
Health IT gets a $100M boost from West Wireless founders
The billionaire couple that started the West Wireless Health Institute two years ago--to the tune of $90 million--has done it again. This time they've launched the $100 million West Health Investment Read more...
West Wireless' Smith crusades for sustainability in mobile healthcare
Six months into his role as chief medical and science officer at the San Diego-based West Wireless Health Institute, Dr. Joseph Smith is shepherding the nonprofit's research and clinical-focused 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...
VA challenges mobile device, app developers to improve care
The Veterans Affairs Department, with the help of the West Wireless Health Institute, are asking developers to create an original wireless sensor or application that connects patients with their Read more...
West Wireless hires former FCC health official
Score another one for the West Wireless Healthcare Institute. The La Jolla, Calif.-based organization on Monday announced that it has hired former Federal Communications Commission official Dr. Mohit Read more...
West Wireless CMO: 'We're not giving money away'
The $90 million investment by Gary and Mary West in the West Wireless Healthcare Institute may seem enticing to someone with a startup mobile or wireless healthcare company, but don't get the wrong Read more...
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