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Mobile health systems and devices

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Promises for 5G in healthcare are great, but it's still early days

  Analysts offer insight into how 5G works, where it might make the most impact in healthcare and why some of what 5G may offer is more promise than reality.

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  5G healthcare use cases will help justify investment but are elusive

  To invest in the 5G wireless network, healthcare CIOs will need compelling use cases. But since the network won't be ready for years, finding them may be tough.

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  5G impact on healthcare a ways off, but CIOs shouldn't sit idle

  5G could benefit areas of healthcare like telehealth and remote patient monitoring. That reality is still a few years out, but CIOs should start planning for it now.

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Tech panel highlights digital healthcare products, platforms

  From an electronic stethoscope to a voice technology platform, six startups presented their products at the 11th annual mHealth & Telehealth World Summit in Boston.

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  EASE app increases patient-provider communication

  EASE, a mobile healthcare app, can be used to send updates on patients from the OR to their families. Mobile apps like this create more transparency, but also present a challenge for CIOs.

• July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19

  Jefferson Health, NeuroFlow launch mental health platform

  Jefferson Health and NeuroFlow have launched the platform to enable clinicians to survey patients, set reminders and encourage positive behaviors between in-office visits.

• July 08, 2019 08 Jul'19

  SnapMD releases upgraded telemedicine app Virtual Care 2.0

  SnapMD added some new features to the Virtual Care app, such as the software development kit. It also improved existing features, like video functionality.

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  Omron Health incorporates new capabilities for its Alexa skill

  Omron added new capabilities to its Alexa skill through its Omron Health app, such as personalized readings and daily heart health tips, to inspire positive health behavior.

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  Physician burnout eased with homegrown tech

  Kaiser Permanente fights fire with fire by developing digital tools to reduce technology-related physician burnout.

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  Amazon introduces Alexa in healthcare with HIPAA-compliant skills

  Amazon launching HIPAA-compliant skills for Alexa in healthcare expands the realm of service that hospitals and other healthcare organizations can provide their customers at home.

• December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18

  Healthcare in 2019: Forrester tags virtual care as trend to watch

  Virtual care, AI and widespread adoption of the FHIR standard will be major trends in healthcare next year, according to Forrester.

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Consumerization of healthcare loomed large in 2018 stories

  Our top stories for 2018 are linked by one common and significant trend: The consumerization of healthcare continues to shake things up.

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Healthcare APIs get a new trial run for Medicare claims

  Blue Button 2.0 is a new healthcare API aimed at making sense of Medicare claims. Developed by the U.S. Digital Service at HHS, the API is in 500 developer hands so far.

• June 19, 2018 19 Jun'18

  AARP, startups partner to study digital healthcare technology

  Clinicians and groups like AARP view in-home digital technology as the future of healthcare and are studying different technologies to assist patients in the home.

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Google, Fitbit, startups storm into healthcare AI

  Google is moving quickly into healthcare, forging alliances with Fitbit and selling AI services to smaller health IT vendors. Meanwhile, Fitbit is expanding into healthcare.