Category: mHealth

A telehealth pilot at Phoenix, Arizona-based Banner Health’s reduced costs, hospitalizations and hospital stays, the health system announced this week. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/telehealth-pilot-helps-banner-health-cut-costs-hospitalizations/2015-05-05?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

With its newest venture, Telehealth 2.0, American Well looks to put telehealth services in physicians’ pockets. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/american-well-puts-telehealth-services-physicians-hands/2015-05-04?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

Nearly half (46 percent) healthcare professionals say that they will introduce mobile apps to their practice in the next five year, according to the Plano, Tex.-based Research Now Group. Nearly half (46 percent) healthcare professionals say that they will introduce mobile apps to their practice in the next five year, according to the Plano, Tex.-based…

There is a startling, and greatly disappointing, research report out regarding healthcare insurance companies and mobile app development. In a simple summary, this how the report describes such efforts: Epic fail. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercemobilehealthcare.com/story/payer-lag-mhealth-app-development-must-change/2015-03-23?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

0 I spoke recently with Larry Barnes, vice present and CIO, and Michael McEldowney, director of IT, for Salina Regional Health Center, a small two-hospital system in north-central Kansas. They are proving that fairly sophisticated mobile solutions are not out of reach of community hospitals. Last week I wrote something about clinicians building mobile apps…

Individuals who have contacted their health plan via a mobile app are more satisfied with their plans than those who have not used the technology, according to a survey from J.D. Power, a Westlake Village, Calif.-based information services firm. Individuals who have contacted their health plan via a mobile app are more satisfied with their…

0 Many clinicians are working on developing mobile apps with specific agendas in mind. Some are creating narrowly focused apps that reach across their discipline to solve particular pain points. Others are developing consumer-facing apps tied to specific chronic disease management programs within their health systems. For one of Healthcare Informatics’ 2015 Tech Trend stories,…

Tian Ge Interactive Holdings Limited, the largest “many-to-many” live social communities platform in China, announced that the Company has agreed to invest approximately RMB24 million (~USD$3.8 million) in exchange for approximately 34.47% equity interest in Hangzhou Xi He Technology Co., Ltd., a market leader in providing health management software to hospitals and physical check-up clinics…