Mobile Health news and information

The digital age has made what was was once obscure visible. In ways we never could before, we can quantify the world—make it knowable to us, comprehensible to us—by gathering data and identifying patterns and generally converting experience into information.
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Happtique, the for-profit mobile healthcare applications marketplace developed by GNYHA Ventures, the group purchasing arm of the Greater New York Hospital Association, has released its first set of testing and certification criteria for mobile healthcare apps, the company has announced.
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Kareo named Dr. Tom Giannulli as the cloud-based medical office software and services provider's first chief medical information officer. The announcement coincided with the launch of the company's just-released electronic health record.
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At least twice a week, Susan Rodder straps on an arm cuff and connects to her iPhone for a quick blood pressure check.
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Athenahealth, Watertown, Mass., has received federal antitrust clearance to acquire mobile application developer Epocrates for $293 million through cash and existing credit lines.
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The Federal Trade Commission on Friday reaffirmed its previous support for informed consent as a cornerstone to privacy protection in the Wild West of mobile information technology.
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Fitness technology has become a major presence at CES, as dozens of companies present health and fitness products ranging from watches that measure a person's pulse to sensors that track the user's sleep patterns. But it's an open question whether consumers will embrace these technologies.
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A bill to expand Medicare and Medicaid coverage of telehealth services that was introduced in the waning days of the last Congress will be reintroduced in the new Congress.
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Glimmers of facts, figures, innovation and needs are converging on the year 2013, and the result promises to be an inflection point for digital health.
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When he's on duty at Enloe Medical Center, Dr. Kevin Brown is literally attached at the hip to his mobile device. He favors the iPad, and it's so beneficial to him that he fastens it to his belt with carabiner clips.
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