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Sensors stake their claim for mHealth's future
By mHealthNews | 01:42 pm | March 30, 2015
Wearable mHealth devices depend on sensors to gather physiological data.
An mHealth challenge: Understanding the doctor's orders
By Eric Wicklund | 11:53 am | March 30, 2015
One out of every three Americans has vision or hearing difficulties or is more comfortable with a language other than English. New mHealth tools are designed to help those with low health literacy to better communicate with their doctors.
VA begins clinical trial of mobile app PTSD Coach
By Jonah Comstock | 10:43 am | March 30, 2015
Survey: 97 percent of patients OK docs' using technology during a visit
By Jonah Comstock | 10:35 am | March 30, 2015
Arkansas, Idaho OK telemedicine bills
By Eric Wicklund | 09:57 am | March 30, 2015
Arkansas' bill, which would take effect as soon as it's signed by the governor, allows telemedicine consults only after a doctor and patient have met face-to-face.
FDA clears iPad app for pre-operative surgical planning
By Aditi Pai | 09:09 am | March 30, 2015
How a Supreme Court case about teeth whitening could bolster telemedicine interests
By Jonah Comstock | 07:45 am | March 30, 2015
myHealthPal raises $700K for Parkinson's monitoring app
By Aditi Pai | 07:29 am | March 30, 2015
Meaningful use stage 3: Making mHealth tools a necessity?
By Eric Wicklund | 02:52 pm | March 27, 2015
The newly proposed Stage 3 criteria could give providers the impetus to adopt mobile health technologies.
How one hospital tapped text messaging as a workflow tool
By Eric Wicklund | 11:40 am | March 27, 2015
Beaufort Hospital CIO Ed Ricks has learned a few lessons from his project to replace most of the hospital's pagers with a HIPAA-compliant messaging app two years ago.