Category: apps
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Government involvement key to scaling mHealth projects
Partnerships with government are critical to scaling up mHealth projects, according to mobile health implementers cited in a Devex.com article. The key, they say, is to engage with government early… read more …read more
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Research on the Value of Mobile Health: An Expert at Scripps Looks Forward
Steven Steinhubl, M.D. is director of digital medicine at the Scripps Translational Science Institute, and a practicing cardiologist at the integrated Scripps Health system. He will be presenting on the topic of mHealth-enabled care management later this month in San Diego. Steven Steinhubl, M.D. is director of digital medicine at the Scripps Translational Science Institute,…
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Telehealth ‘parity’ continues to make inroads via state legislation
Individual states continue to press forward with telehealth legislation, as evidenced by recent news out of Montana and a forthcoming effort in Florida. read more …read more
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Health kiosks may be full of privacy risks; Teleradiology comes to India;
News From Around the Web > An investigation by The California Report finds that self-service health kiosks at grocery stores and pharmacies may be full of privacy risks for consumers. SoloHealth,… read more …read more
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A CIO Guide to Electronic Mobile Device Policy and Secure Texting
The following is a guest blog post by Cliff McClintick, chief operating officer of Doc Halo. Doc Halo provides secure, HIPAA-compliant secure-texting and messaging solutions to the healthcare industry. He is a former chief information officer of an inpatient hospital and has expertise in HIPAA compliance and security, clinical informatics and Meaningful Use. He has…
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Bill for expanded military telemedicine coverage passed
A bill to expand telemedicine coverage for members of the military was passed as part of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, which President Obama signed last week. Under the Transitional… read more …read more
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Study: Cancer-Focused mHealth Apps not Useful or Safe
A recent study by researchers at the University Health Network in Toronto found that consumer-based, cancer-focused mobile applications are effectively not useful nor are they safe. A recent study by researchers at the University Health Network in Toronto found that consumer-based, cancer-focused mobile applications are effectively not useful nor are they safe. The researchers wanted…
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China poised for mHealth explosion
Mobile healthcare holds great promise for the world’s most populous country. By 2017, China, which is home to more than 1.3 billion people, is predicted to be the second largest mHealth market… read more …read more
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2014: Déjà vu for mHealth
As we ring in the New Year, mobile healthcare stands at a crossroads of unprecedented transition and opportunity. Never before has technology provided such tremendous potential to radically… read more …read more
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Why telemedicine is natural for ‘next generation’ of docs
Telemedicine offers a way to ease the physician shortage and it’s a natural method of communication for a new generation of doctors, Stanford medical student Akhilesh Pathipati writes this week in The Sacramento Bee. read more …read more