Category: apps
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Future success of telemedicine hinges on human interaction
Technology in healthcare–including telemedicine systems–while important to clinical care, is often developed only to support existing processes. In order for healthcare organizations to get the full potential out of IT systems, they must view development as integral and include it from the get-go. read more …read more
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Managing the mHealth medical practice: What are the workflow implications?
While FierceMobileHealthcare recently has reported on a slew of mobile mHealth pilot and beta programs, what hasn’t hit headlines just yet is how such tools will impact day-to-day workflow for providers. read more …read more
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Apps aim to help Medicaid patients improve health and wellness
Two free text messaging services aim to help Medicaid patients take an active role in their wellness and health management. The adult service, called Txt4health, offered by UnitedHealthcare Community… read more …read more
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UnitedHealth Group’s Stephen Hemsley: Telemedicine innovation begins with fundamentals
Consumers will be the most important factor in how the healthcare industry evolves and how organizations use health information technology, UnitedHealth Group President and CEO Stephen Hemsley said Monday at the American Telemedicine Association’s annual meeting in Baltimore. read more …read more
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Little privacy protection for personal health data culled from fitness-tracking apps
Privacy protections aren’t keeping up with fitness-tracking apps and devices that collect personal health information and the developers who store and sell the lucrative data, The Washington Post reports. read more …read more
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What are the four dimensions critical to effective mHealth?
People, places, payment and purpose are four critical dimensions necessary for mobile healthcare to attain its full potential, states a new Deloitte study, and mHealth strategies that take a one-size-fits-all are not a good approach. read more …read more
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Study: Smartphone devices, apps may not be best mobile BP tools
Smartphone device add-ons, apps and online videos offering blood pressure reading information and measurement capability may not be accurate or trustworthy, two new studies reveal presented at the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Hypertension reveal. read more …read more
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Where does mHealth fit into the Internet of Things?
Mobile healthcare devices and apps will play a starring role in the Internet of Things given expectations on emerging monitoring and sensor technologies that will be used to track everything from fitness achievements to surgical rehab. read more …read more
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Study: 82 Percent of Young Adults Prefer Telehealth to In-Person Visits
A new study from MDLive, a Sunrise, Fla.-based telehealth software provider, has found that 82 percent of young adults age 18 to 34 who have a doctor say having a consultation with their physician via a mobile device is the best option for them. A new study from MDLive, a Sunrise, Fla.-based telehealth software provider,…
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Why hospitals must change the way they view mHealth
Most of us are familiar with mobile health apps like Fitbit, Jawbone and MyFitnessPal, which help people track their activity levels and count calories. However, these are just the tip of the iceberg. read more …read more