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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...
West Wireless CMO: Opting for money-saving mobile technologies is a matter of priorities
Everyone with an inkling of knowledge about healthcare policy knows that the current system of episodic "sick care" is unsustainable. "There's a bleak future that's in front of us unless something... Read more...
'Smart' Band-Aids signal new possibilities for remote monitoring
"Smart" Band-Aids that can detect vital signs and alert healthcare professionals when there's an abnormal reading may be new, but they represent more than a decade of advances in the field of remote... Read more...
Use remote monitoring for prevention, says West Wireless and Scripps leader Topol
For all we've written about the West Wireless Health Institute and related institutions and activities in the San Diego area, we haven't had much lately about Dr. Eric Topol, who co-founded the... Read more...
West Wireless gets additional $25M, partners with Mexico's Slim, welcomes Chopra
The West Wireless Healthcare Institute got a triple-barreled injection of momentum last week, including its first international partnership. The Gary and Mary West Foundation on Thursday pledged... Read more...
Leaders in San Diego m-health community discuss wireless innovation, roadblocks
Readers of FierceMobileHealthcare understand how wireless and mobile technologies have the potential to revolutionize healthcare. Now, the wider business community is starting to figure that out. "I... Read more...
New coalition to offer FDA guidance on regulation of mobile smartphone apps
As the FDA ponders whether to regulate mobile health apps as medical devices, industry stakeholders are coming together to develop a guidance document on the scope of what they perceive the federal... Read more...
West Wireless lands $20M grant for engineering research, inks deal with GE
The founders of the West Wireless Health Institute have given another $20 million to the year-old institution to beef up biomedical engineering research. "The institute's leadership team is in place,... Read more...
Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance meeting highlights fast-evolving field
With all the growth in and buzz surrounding mobile healthcare, m-health still is very much an immature industry. In a September 2009 survey of mobile healthcare companies by Edina, Minn.-based... Read more...
West Wireless hires J&J veteran as CMO
The leadership team at the West Wireless Health Institute is quickly shaping up. Last month, the organization hired its first CEO, Donald Casey. Monday, the La Jolla, Calif.-based not-for-profit... Read more...
