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Consumers, not hospitals, will drive remote monitoring market
While remote monitoring is growing in popularity among hospitals nationwide, it's shortly going to become a consumer-focused market, according to a new report from IMS Research.
Mobile app aids migraine sufferers
Health Union just launched its new Migraine Meter, a free mobile app for managing and monitoring migraines, and hooked up with Migraine.com, a popular online community for migraine sufferers. The...
Reaching mHealth's Holy Grail: Behavior change
Health apps continue to hit the market in droves, promising your patients faster weight loss, reduced blood pressure, improved cardiac health. But the true Holy Grail of mobile health--getting...
Tablet use continues to increase among docs
Physician use of tablets has grown more than 75 percent in the past year, according to new findings from Manhattan Research published last week. The research company studied the mobile habits of more than 3,000 physicians in the first quarter of 2012, and compared those findings to the same period of 2011.
Nurses use gaming, apps to reach patients
University of Pennsylvania nursing students, as part of a year-long online challenge, have created a series of games to improve patient health. Penn just selected four winners in the challenge,
New app helps treat OCD symptoms
A new app, Live OCD Free, that aims to help treat the debilitating symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The new app, created by physician Kristen Mulcahy at the Cognitive Behavioral Institute
States would be wise to emulate New York health accelerator model
It was exciting to see the creation this week of the New York Digital Health Accelerator in New York. The New York State Department of Health, the New York City Investment Fund and the New York
Verizon, Nantworks team to funnel cancer info to docs' smartphones
Verizon and health conglomerate Nantworks want to get "big data" down to individual end-users, specifically doctors. So they've teamed up to create a series of wireless health projects, including a
Speech recognition's potential in mHealth continues to grow
Last fall , I noted how reliable speech recognition would be key to turning smartphones and tablets from basic record viewers into true tools for physician workflow. Without good keyboard options,
Report: Mobile keeps upping data-breach risk
Mobile technology continues to put patient records at risk, according to the latest findings from HIMSS and research firm Kroll Advisory Solutions. More patient information is on highly mobile--and
