Category: mHealth
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Fitness, mHealth device users to reach nearly 100M by 2018
Over the next five years, there will be 96 million users of app-enabled mHealth and mobile-fitness hardware devices, up from 15 million in 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research. read more Source: Fitness, mHealth device users to reach nearly 100M by 2018
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HHS Awards $5.3M to Boost Health IT for Rural Areas
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has announced grants of nearly $5.3 million to expand the rural health IT workforce and to use telehealth to improve mental health services for veterans in rural areas. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has announced grants of nearly $5.3 million to expand…
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New iPhone 5s provides options for mHealth
Last week, Apple unveiled its new iPhone 5 with a “motion coprocessor” chip that should get the attention of health and fitness app developers, according to an article in Medical Device and… read more Source: New iPhone 5s provides options for mHealth
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Initiative seeks to bolster mHealth
The mHealth Alliance has launched a new initiative aimed at strengthening the mobile health capacity of governments, the private sector and NGOs by connecting them directly to free consultations and… read more Source: Initiative seeks to bolster mHealth
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PCORI hands out $114 million in telehealth, research data grants
Collecting data through new sources such as EHRs and engaging minority patients and caregivers in research are among the priorities for a new round of grants from The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. read more Source: PCORI hands out $114 million in telehealth, research data grants
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Meaningful Use And Health IT Innovation
Today I caught an excellent post on HIT Consultant by standards architect Keith Boone (aka @motorcycleguy on Twitter) on how Meaningful Use is affecting health IT. In his article, Boone argues that Meaningful Use requirements are stifling health IT innovation in some instances: When you put an entire industry under the MU pressure cooker, the…
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There’s a healthcare piece to new iPhone
Lost in all the ho-hum reviews of the new iPhone 5S this week is an addition that could boost its value as an mHealth device. read more Source: There’s a healthcare piece to new iPhone
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Telemedicine Initiative Expands Across State Lines
A Middletown, Ct.-based primary care system, Community Health Center Inc., is expanding its telehealth program for underserved patients across state lines to Delaware, the provider announced this week. A Middletown, Ct.-based primary care system, Community Health Center Inc., is expanding its telehealth program for underserved patients across state lines to Delaware, the provider announced this…
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Countdown to final FDA apps guidance has begun
If the FDA is true to its word, then according to my calendar the regulatory agency has 21 days left to fulfill its promise of issuing final guidance on mobile medical applications by the end of… read more Source: Countdown to final FDA apps guidance has begun
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Global mHealth market to reach $20.7B by 2018
A new research report forecasts that the global mHealth market, currently estimated at $6.6 billion, is expected to reach $20.7 billion by 2018 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.5… read more Source: Global mHealth market to reach $20.7B by 2018