Category: apps
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Study: Global mHealth Market Poised for More Growth
The global mHealth market is expected to reach $49.1 billion by 2020, according to a new study by the San Francisco-based Grand View Research. The global mHealth market is expected to reach $49.1 billion by 2020, according to a new study by the San Francisco-based Grand View Research. According to the research, monitoring services are…
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mHealth market scales to new heights
Over the next six years, the global mHealth market will continue to make a mark in a serious way, with the industry poised to exceed $49.1 billion by 2020, according to a new market report. According to research conducted by San Francisco-based market analysis and consulting firm Grand View Research, monitoring services are projected to…
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Tom Daschle, with group of former Senators, focuses on telehealth rules
About eight months ago, Daschle, now a senior policy adviser at the law firm DLA Piper, shifted his focus to “telehealth” -; a system in which health-care providers examine and treat patients virtually. …read more
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Mobile monitoring tools can cut diabetes management costs in half
Mobile monitoring of diabetic employees can save more than $3,000 a year in healthcare costs, half of the average annual medical insurance cost for workers diagnosed with diabetes, according to recently published research. read more …read more
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mHealth market growth powered by mobile monitoring services
Mobile monitoring services are a major factor spurring growth in the mHealth market, an industry that is expected to hit projected revenue of more than $49 billion within six years, according to a new report. read more …read more
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Debate on mobile app regulatory oversight heats up
The mHealth Regulatory Coalition says a proposed law to eliminate oversight by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on mobile healthcare software poses serious risks to patients and that Congress must play a key role in ensuring FDA guidance on mobile applications. read more …read more
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HIMSS Analytics: More organizations offer apps for patient use
The number of organizations that offer patients and consumers mobile apps increased 13 percent in the last year, according to the results of the 3rd Annual HIMSS Analytics Mobile Survey. read more …read more
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HIMSS Survey: Providers Making mHealth Progress
Providers are using mobile devices to view patient information, but they are still early in their adoption and implementation of mHealth, according to a HIMSS Analytics survey published at the HIMSS 2014 conference. Providers are using mobile devices to view patient information, but they are still early in their adoption and implementation of mHealth, according…
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Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud
On Monday at HIMSS, I signed my new book, Life as a Heathcare CIO for 300 folks at HIMSS. During the rest of the day I met with numerous companies, leaders, and fellow IT professionals. The theme I heard frequently was the need for care management/population health applications based on data acquisition, normalization, mining, and…
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Physicians split on use of mHealth apps
A poll of 1,500 physicians across the country finds that 37 percent have prescribed a mobile medical application to their patients, according to QuantiaMD, a social learning network for physicians. read more …read more