Mobile Health news and information

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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HealthStream has purchased Baptist Leadership Group, the consulting practice of Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Health Care.
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Doctor visits were given away at this year's Minnesota State Fair as freely as backpacks and yardsticks. Not on a stick, mind you, but online. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota handed out about 4,000 vouchers for e-visits with doctors through a website called Online Care Anywhere.
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HHS has more than a mobile strategy. It also has 33 mobile apps to back up its plan, and recently sent out an e-mail to tout them.
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Many healthcare industry observers say that mobile health (mHealth), telehealth and other eHealth initiatives are on the verge of changing the care delivery model. While the industry has been seemingly reluctant to use electronic health record software, and reimbursement and regulatory hurdles...
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