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Health 2.0 Code-a-thon sends IT innovators scrambling
I spent the much of the weekend at a special event preceding this year’s Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco that started last night. This was the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge Code-a-thon . I made a short presentation on Saturday and got asked to be a judge on Sunday.
Accelerator | sxsw.com
The fourth annual SXSW Accelerator will take place March 12-14 at the 2012 SXSW Festival in Austin Texas. A live audience, as well as a panel of expert judges will be discovering advancements in social media, mobile applications, web entertainment, and more. The best part? Product demonstrations by the most ambitious talents in the world with the most creative new ideas to change it. We will catch a glimpse of the industry's future, with a guided tour by our emcees and judges. This competition will be unlike any other.Marketing Medical Devices: EndoGoddess App At Apple Store
Pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Jen Dyer gave up her practice to purse her entrepreneurial dream in the #mhealth space. Her new diabetes app, EndoGoddess , is now available at the Apple store. Dr. Dyer sat with #MedDevice to discuss the innovation for diabetes. Dr.
Why Health IT? Health information technology (health IT) makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care through secure use and sharing of health information. Health IT includes the use of electronic health records (EHRs) instead of paper medical records to maintain people's health information.
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Over the past three years, research firms including InMedica, Juniper, Chilmark, ABI, In-Stat, IDC, and Manhattan have been predicting the future size of and eventual revenues generated by mobile health services. This week MobiHealthNews has compiled its list of ten predictions for the next five years of mobile health — including prognostications for both consumer and enterprise — beginning with one that has already come to pass. 81 percent of physicians using smartphones by 2012 Manhattan Research has repeatedly predicted that by 2012, 81 percent of physicians would own a smartphone.
Ten predictions for the mobile health market | mobihealthnews
10 13 404 Email 4 Share 440 The February 1866 edition of Notes and Queries magazine includes this: “A Pembrokeshire proverb; Eat an apple on going to bed, and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread.” Since then a number of variants of the rhyme have been coined, up to our present-day “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
If “An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away,” can mHealth Apps Bring Patients and Healthcare Folks Together? | Everest Group
A set of tools for building cell-phone apps that collect health-related information aims to change the way health information is stored, shared, and used. The Open mHealth project, developed at UCLA and UCSF, provides technology for health apps that transmit a variety of data to the project's central data warehouse. This data can include information entered by users and also such things as smart-phone GPS- and accelerometer-tracking information. One pilot project, for instance, is studying the diet, stress, movement, and exercise patterns of overweight new mothers. Users have control over what data is captured and get to choose with whom it is shared. Hospitals, health-care providers, and startup companies could design additional apps to draw on the data.
Mobile Health Apps That Share - Technology Review
0 15 21 Email 3 Share 43 mHealth (also written as m-health or mobile health) is a term used for the practice of medical and public health supported by mobile devices. It is fast becoming a top priority for large, complex healthcare organizations seeking to make electronic records, patient information, etc. accessible to a wide range of constituencies via the device or appliance of choice. And its importance is not to be underestimated, as it offers the mobility and flexibility necessary for the user to react instantaneously to the provider, thereby facilitating wellness and avoidance of critical outcomes that require intense and expensive treatments. Many quality applications already exist that create opportunities for physicians and clinicians in their quest to provide efficient quality healthcare.
mHealth Providers Learning It’s All About Competitive Cooperation | Everest Group
Microsoft has added mobile connectivity to its HealthVault personal health record platform, making it easier to develop health apps for its Windows Phone 7 smartphone and increasing competition in the mobile healthcare space. The company has built client libraries for constructing standalone HealthVault applications across all of the most popular phone platforms. The software development kit and samples for the Windows Phone 7 are available now and will be made available for Apple iOS and Google Android within weeks, said Sean Nolan, chief architect for Microsoft's health solutions group in a recent blog post . In an interview, Nolan said it's important to expand HealthVault so that patients can use their mobile phones to track medical test results and blood pressure readings and keep up with doctor visits.
Microsoft Unlocks Mobile Access To HealthVault -- InformationWeek
Mobile Health Apps That Share - Technology Review
A project aims to collect data from apps, potentially enabling new kinds of health research. A set of tools for building cell-phone apps that collect health-related information aims to change the way health information is stored, shared, and used. The Open mHealth project, developed at UCLA and UCSF, provides technology for health apps that transmit a variety of data to the project's central data warehouse. This data can include information entered by users and also such things as smart-phone GPS- and accelerometer-tracking information.
Will health apps save payors money? | mobihealthnews
Some of the largest health insurers are increasing their mobile healthcare presence with patient-focused smartphone applications, reports AmedNews, with apps for physicians soon to follow. The mobile offerings provide a strong customer service tool, strengthen the physician/patient relationship, and save costs, according to insurers. Among the companies with currently available mobile offerings are Humana, UnitedHealthCare, and Blue Cross Blue Shield.6 Questions: Alan Portela, AirStrip
As an ongoing feature for our audience, Mobile Healthcare Today presents a series of short-form Q&As with executives, developers and other influential figures in the mobile healthcare sector, called 6 Questions . Intended to provide a broad overview of emerging trends and technology in the field, 6 Questions presents an exclusive, concise view of the thinking of key thinkers and innovators. Today’s 6 Questions is with Alan Portela, the CEO of AirStrip Technologies . Also a director for Diversinet and CliniComp International, Portela has more than 25 years experience as an information technology strategist and executive. He is the founder of Hybrid Clinical Transformation LLC, which provides consulting services to healthcare companies, and is a lecturer at the University of California Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business.FDA clears Withings iPhone blood pressure cuff | mobihealthnews
Withings announced this week that they’ve received FDA clearance for their iOS-compatible blood pressure monitor, allowing for its immediate availability in the US for a $129.99 retail price. The release marks the first time an FDA-approved BP cuff includes direct connectivity with an iOS device. First announced at CES this year, the monitor runs on three AAA batteries and works in conjuction with an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.Orange Juice – SKD's blog on Intersection of Design, Business and Culture » Creating a Consumer Movement in Wireless Health
One of the biggest opportunities for accelerating the adoption of Wireless Health is the creation of a consumer movement. This is one thing that struck me during this year’s WLSA Convergence Summit. Connected devices, apps and services marketed directly to consumers are allowing people to achieve personal health objectives, whether that involves getting a better night’s sleep ( Zeo Personal Sleep Coach ), managing weight ( Fit Bit or Body Media ), or even conceiving a child ( Duo Fertility ).You see it everywhere, everyday - people using their mobile phones to check email, get directions, shop, and access health information. With the growing sophistication and popularity of mobile phones, you need a site that effectively represents your hospital on the smallest screen. Geonetric implements mobile technology to connect our clients with their patients. Our software easily creates mobile templates. And it recognizes when a visitor is using a mobile device and automatically displays the correct page. Check out these client success stories to learn how Geonetric creates mobile sites that enhance the user experience, offering focused content, easy navigation and fast access to vital information.