Mobile Health news and information

An emerging digital revolution in medicine is underway. Beyond consumer-driven apps that count calories or encourage exercise, mobile technology is beginning to significantly change how doctors practice medicine.
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At a UPMC lab in Pittsburgh, you won't find technicians analyzing blood samples, human tissue or medical X-rays. They are busy working on ways the company can use technology for patient care.
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Mobile dermatology applications may help people learn about UV rays or keep tabs on their moles, but they are not a substitute for seeing a doctor, researchers said Wednesday.
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The American College of Physicians released a Web-based clinical decision support tool for internal medicine physicians known as ACP Smart Medicine.
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Dr. Steven Kalkanis, director of the Center for Cancer Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, wanted to make life easier on people who are searching for answers after being diagnosed with cancer. A new app can help users learn about treatment options, map appointment locations by GPS, schedule...
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There are more than 200 mobile healthcare applications co-branded with healthcare organizations available on the two main online app marketplaces, Google Play and the Apple App Store, a new research report shows.
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Kenda West, a former health IT executive at Johns Hopkins Medicine, joined clinical communications company Voalte as COO.
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The federally initiated Blue Button movement for patient data sharing was front and center at the Consumer Health IT Summit that kicked off National Health IT Week in Washington on Monday.
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The potential blessings of smartphones and tablets carry with them the potential curse of health information insecurity, but there is no ducking the challenges of both, according to a multi-industry survey of IT leaders.
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Ohio doctor Mrunal Shah recently shipped four boxes of medical texts to developing countries because he can’t recall the last time he cracked a book rather than tapping for information on his iPad. While that’s good news for Apple, the shift has also been a boon for academic journal...
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