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Text reminders help seniors improve medication adherence
Seniors improved their medication adherence with cell phone text reminders, according to an announcement of a study from CareSpeak Communications. The Front Porch Center for Innovation and...
Study: Pain management apps lack input from medical professionals
Although many pain management applications offer tips, advice and treatments, few of these apps are backed by science or created with input from a medical professional. That is the finding of an...
Happtique CEO resigns amid company refocus, budget cuts
Just a couple months after publishing final standards for its mHealth application certification program with great fanfare, New York-based mobile healthcare provider Happtique has gone through a...
VA blazing its own trail when it comes to government mHealth
Say what you want about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and its bloated bureaucracy. One fact that cannot be disputed is that the VA continues to be a national leader in health IT. Case in...
Veterans Health Administration launches mobile healthcare initiatives
To better address the medical needs of today's veterans, the Veterans Health Administration has launched a number of mobile healthcare initiatives. Neil Evans, M.D., and Kathleen Frisbee, MPH, Ph.D.c, who co-direct the VHA's Connected Health Office, spoke with FierceMobileHealthcare about the agency's mHealth pilot programs.
12-month study demonstrates efficacy of text4baby program
A year-long evaluation of text4baby, a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health through text messaging, has found the program to be effective, according to an...
AHIMA develops guide to help consumers navigate sea of mHealth apps
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has issued a best practice guide to help consumers understand and make better educated decisions about using the thousands of mobile...
mHealth improves care for urban poor populations
Mobile healthcare technology used to monitor patients in poor urban areas can improve their access to care while reducing costs, concludes a study commissioned by the New Cities Foundation, an...
Worldwide 2013 mHealth market revenues to reach $2 billion
The global mHealth market in 2013 will reach $2 billion, according to a new report from London-based research firm Visiongain. "For the healthcare industry, mobile devices represent a disruptive...
mHealth: Taking it with the good, the bad and the ugly
I love movies, especially westerns. And, one of my favorites is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , which I think is the perfect way to describe where we are at today with mHealth. First, let's...
