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Fri, Mar 15 2013
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There has been a painfully slow chess game playing out in Washington DC these past two years over the fate of FDA regulation of mobile medical apps.
Last July I wrote about the largely failed attempt by some members of Congress and companies like Aetna, UnitedHealth, and Verizon Communications to insert...
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No Farzad Mostashari , National Coordinator for Health IT, announced the release of an ONC RFI at HIMSS March 6, entitled "Advancing Interoperability and Health Information Exchange," in order to identify ways in which ONC may accelerate interoperability of EMRs without any additional statutory...
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Verizon announced the election of Walgreens CEO Gregory Wasson to its board of directors, just a week after AT&T added retired Humana CEO Michael McCallister to its board.
Wasson has been Walgreens CEO since 2009, working his way up within the company from pharmacy intern in 1980. Walgreens has been...
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Fri, Feb 8 2013
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Filed under: Uncategorized, AT&T, Humana, Verizon Wireless, mobile operators, Verizon, AT&T ForHealth, Walgreens, M2M, mobile operators healthcare, Internet of Things
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Earlier this month Nant Health, the healthcare company that is a part of Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s tight-lipped NantWorks portfolio of companies, raised $31 million in two rounds of funding, according to SEC filings. Another NantWorks company, NantiD, which appears to be the next generation of...
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Tue, Jan 22 2013
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Filed under: Uncategorized, ACOs, Vitality GlowCaps, venture capital, Verizon, Patrick Soon-Shiong, Blue Shield California, Boston Life Labs, iVisit LookTel, NantiD, NantLife Telehealth
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Be careful what you wish for sure did apply to this year’s mHealth Summit, which was held last week in Washington D.C. Of the some 4,000 in attendance, I was one of the 10% or was it even 1% of those present that have attended all four events in succession. It is with that perspective [...]
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Tue, Dec 4 2012
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Filed under: Nokia, Qualcomm, Food and nutrition, mobile health, HIPPA, mHealth, Verizon, Innovation/innovative companies, Health care & health policy, Exercise & fitness, Medicine: wellness & disease, Michaeli, Patient experience, X Prize, Dr. Peter Tippett
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Although we all applaud the massive push towards electronic health records (EHRs) and the digitization of medical information, there are some very tangible cybercrime data breach threats that exist which could topple the momentum gained by the launch of the Health Information Technology for Economic...
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There are a number of Mobile Personal Emergency Response System (MPERS) on the market today, but many of them are not water resistant. The most recent study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control found that two-thirds of all accidental injuries in the United States occurred in the tub or shower...
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Quick Note: On October 4th, the Mayo Clinic and Preventice will be joining MobiHealthNews for a free online event discussing the imminent and inevitable rise of remote patient monitoring. RPM is without a doubt one of the cornerstones of digital health — don’t miss out — free registration...
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Tue, Sep 18 2012
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I’ve watched with interest for the last 18 months or so as the big mobile phone companies – mainly Verizon and AT&T at this point – have slowly but surely creeped into the healthcare space. read more Read More...
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Tue, Aug 14 2012
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That has to be a question on the minds of Verizon healthcare executives this week.
Verizon just announced plans for a whopping $621 million acquisition of leading machine-to-machine company, Hughes Telematics. The Hughes acquisition is without a doubt focused on adding more cellular-enabled services...
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Tue, Jun 5 2012
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Filed under: Uncategorized, Qualcomm, CES, MPERS, Verizon Wireless, Verizon, mobile personal emergency response system, Hughes Telematics, SureResponse, American Medical Alert, LifeComm
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The long-awaited boom in home-based, wireless health monitoring devices might happen sooner rather than later. In fact, Dr. Andrew Watson, medical director of the UPMC Center for Connected Medicine in Pittsburgh, believes that it will start in the next six to 12 months.
“Right now, the devices...
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Thu, Feb 9 2012
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Filed under: Uncategorized, IBM, Allscripts, Cerner, BlackBerry, Verizon, Nuance Communications, Epic Systems, home health devices, University Pittsburgh Medical Center, Center for Connected Medicine, wireless health monitoring, UPMC
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Northern Arizona’s Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) announced this week a collaboration with Qualcomm, Verizon, the NIH, and Zephyr Technology on a remote monitoring program for some of its patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). The collaboration, called Care Beyond Walls and Wires, will use...
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Verizon and Duke University announced this week a multi-year strategic agreement for research and development on health information technology (HIT) initiatives. The first projects could focus on mobile health applications and consumer health care education.
Verizon will contribute the necessary computing...