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No stopping Sprint's 4G push
Date: Sep 03, 2010
Now that Sprint has built a wireless 4G network into some 48 markets and counting, dozens of federal agencies have jumped on the bandwagon, certifying Sprint 4G devices for use on the Sprint network.
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RFID system finds support
Date: Sep 02, 2010
Pittsburgh-based ClearCount Medical Solutions has capped its latest round of funding at $5 million, which should go a long way towards driving market penetration and R&D for the SmartSponge and SmartWand systems. These solutions for hospital patient safety applications use radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology and chips embedded in sponges to enable surgeons and nurses to detect and count sponges during operations.
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Sutter Health banks on mobile app
Date: Sep 01, 2010
The second largest healthcare system in Northern California has tapped the iTriage mobile app in a move to keep local patients supplied with data about doctors and nearby hospitals. Sutter Health, which spans 24 hospitals and a network of 4,700 physicians, hopes its patients will turn to the free download to view information such as a doctor's board certification or practice specialty, hours and office addresses, languages spoken, medical training and degrees, affiliations and referral networks, whether he or she accepts new patients, and what health plans are accepted.
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Marketing deal to extend AirStrip OB reach
Date: Aug 31, 2010
A collaboration between Alere Health and mobile medical software developer AirStrip Technologies should go a long way towards extending the reach of AirStrip OB software. Beginning Sept. 1, the new marketing agreement calls for Alere, through its Women & Children's Health division, to begin offering AirStrip OB to its healthcare provider client base in the U.S.
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The numbers favor 'mPHRs'
Date: Aug 30, 2010
With 50 percent of consumers saying they want a personal monitoring device prompting them to make improvements in their health, could a marriage between mobile devices and personal health records completely change the way health care is delivered in the United States? It can and it will, according to a brief issued by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
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Maine to expand health IT efforts
Date: Aug 27, 2010
With a $6.6 million grant in hand from the federal government, the state of Maine is planning to improve its health IT system. The news coincides with other reports lauding the state for inroads it has made with implementing the "patient-centered medical home."
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mHealth goes mainstream
Date: Aug 26, 2010
With domestic sales of related wireless devices, mobile apps and consumer services set to hit $600 million this year--and possibly surpass the $1.3 billion mark in 2011--tech giants like Qualcomm and AT&T are looking to healthcare for their piece of the consumers-on-the-go-and-at-home action.
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iPhone app promises docs complete control over communications
Date: Aug 25, 2010
With roughly one in three American physicians toting an iPhone around, it was just a matter of time until a mobile app emerged promising to let them contact colleagues, change their call schedules, and protect caller ID on patient calls.
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Telehealth funding continues
Date: Aug 24, 2010
The feds have allocated $32 million in FY2010 funds to pay for increased access to healthcare for people living in rural America. Of that amount, more than $2 million will be used for the Telehealth Network Grant Program, which is intended to help communities build the capacity to develop telehealth programs and networks.
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Personal health management system adds mobile apps
Date: Aug 23, 2010
The maker and distributor of the MedFlash Personal Health Management System plans to kick off September with the release of the system's first mobile Web app. Called MedFlash Mobile, officials at Palm City, Fla.-based Connectyx are saying the first phase of this new enhancement will deliver emergency information to MedFlash members through the existing Web browser on their mobile phones.
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RFID system finds support
Pittsburgh-based ClearCount Medical Solutions has capped its latest round of funding at $5 million, which should go a long way towards driving market penetration and R&D for the SmartSponge and SmartWand systems. These solutions for hospital patient safety applications use radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology and chips embedded in sponges to enable surgeons and nurses to detect and count sponges during operations. Read More
Date: Sep 02, 2010
Sutter Health banks on mobile app
The second largest healthcare system in Northern California has tapped the iTriage mobile app in a move to keep local patients supplied with data about doctors and nearby hospitals. Sutter Health, which spans 24 hospitals and a network of 4,700 physicians, hopes its patients will turn to the free download to view information such as a doctor's board certification or practice specialty, hours and office addresses, languages spoken, medical training and degrees, affiliations and referral networks, whether he or she accepts new patients, and what health plans are accepted. Read More
Date: Sep 01, 2010
Marketing deal to extend AirStrip OB reach
A collaboration between Alere Health and mobile medical software developer AirStrip Technologies should go a long way towards extending the reach of AirStrip OB software. Beginning Sept. 1, the new marketing agreement calls for Alere, through its Women & Children's Health division, to begin offering AirStrip OB to its healthcare provider client base in the U.S. Read More
Date: Aug 31, 2010
The numbers favor 'mPHRs'
With 50 percent of consumers saying they want a personal monitoring device prompting them to make improvements in their health, could a marriage between mobile devices and personal health records completely change the way health care is delivered in the United States? It can and it will, according to a brief issued by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Read More
Date: Aug 30, 2010
Pittsburgh-based ClearCount Medical Solutions has capped its latest round of funding at $5 million, which should go a long way towards driving market penetration and R&D for the SmartSponge and SmartWand systems. These solutions for hospital patient safety applications use radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology and chips embedded in sponges to enable surgeons and nurses to detect and count sponges during operations. Read More
Date: Sep 02, 2010
Sutter Health banks on mobile app
The second largest healthcare system in Northern California has tapped the iTriage mobile app in a move to keep local patients supplied with data about doctors and nearby hospitals. Sutter Health, which spans 24 hospitals and a network of 4,700 physicians, hopes its patients will turn to the free download to view information such as a doctor's board certification or practice specialty, hours and office addresses, languages spoken, medical training and degrees, affiliations and referral networks, whether he or she accepts new patients, and what health plans are accepted. Read More
Date: Sep 01, 2010
Marketing deal to extend AirStrip OB reach
A collaboration between Alere Health and mobile medical software developer AirStrip Technologies should go a long way towards extending the reach of AirStrip OB software. Beginning Sept. 1, the new marketing agreement calls for Alere, through its Women & Children's Health division, to begin offering AirStrip OB to its healthcare provider client base in the U.S. Read More
Date: Aug 31, 2010
The numbers favor 'mPHRs'
With 50 percent of consumers saying they want a personal monitoring device prompting them to make improvements in their health, could a marriage between mobile devices and personal health records completely change the way health care is delivered in the United States? It can and it will, according to a brief issued by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Read More
Date: Aug 30, 2010
