Category: eHealth
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Study: Mobile apps for diabetes self-monitoring lack necessary features
A pilot study on whether mobile apps can help diabetics better monitor and track vision changes reveals more work needs to be done in incorporating mHealth technology into diabetic patient care, and… read more …read more
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Study: Convergence, new business models and growth ahead for the mHealth market
The mobile healthcare market is gaining greater interest from toolmakers, municipalities, health payers and service providers as well as consumers, and expanding into new territory way beyond health… read more …read more
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What mHealth app makers need to consider before development
When embarking on mobile app innovations, developers and clinicians need to delve into the root cause and the healthcare ecosystem and avoid a Band-Aid solution, says Stacey Chang, association… read more …read more
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Majority of consumers will share health data, embrace wearable mHealth devices
Consumers are more than willing to share personal data–especially if done anonymously–for mHealth purposes, a new survey from Mavosky Health/Kelton finds. Poll results reveal 90 percent of… read more …read more
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Report: mHealth apps primed to hit mainstream this year
The year 2014 will be the year mHealth apps hit the mainstream and become as ubiquitous as mobile games, personal time management software and retail shopping apps, according to a new report from… read more …read more
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How patients and providers are getting innovative with social media
By Kent Bottles Although some physicians and hospital leaders utilize social media platforms, many healthcare executives still express considerable skepticism. As a physician who uses various social… read more …read more
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Growth of elderly population to fuel patient monitoring market growth
A growing elderly population and the increasing portability of medical equipment will help the global patient monitoring devices market to surpass $22 billion by 2018, according to a report published this month by MarketsandMarkets. read more …read more
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Functionality vital to success of health IT, Cleveland Clinic CIO says
Cleveland Clinic CIO C. Martin Harris believes that technology in healthcare must have functionality and the ability to truly interact with patients for it to have any value. read more …read more
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Boston Children’s targeted in cyberattack
Boston Children’s Hospital has come under multiple attacks over the Easter holiday after the activist hacker group Anonymous took up the cause of a girl placed in state custody. The website of the residential care facility where the girl was taken, the Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, has also come under attack. read more…
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ATA: State policies hinder telemedicine
The American Telemedicine Association has suggested some changes to the Federation of State Medical Board’s (FSMB) proposed regulation of telemedicine. Among the suggestions: Don’t make remote consults more cumbersome than in-person treatment and allow docs to practice across state lines. read more …read more