The agency reminded health apps and wearables companies that they must disclose any breach of users’ health information, even if they are not a HIPAA covered entity. Companies that fail to ...
As application functionalities and user bases evolve throughout the future, what remains certain, plain and simple, is that these apps will continue to help people save money on healthcare an...
https://medcitynews.com/2019/08/realistic-expectations-and-exaggerated-drawbacks-of-healthcare-apps/
Drive around any medium or large U.S. city, and you’re likely to see a local health system advertising its emergency department (ED) wait times like convenience stores advertise gas prices....
In an era of value-based care that places an increased emphasis on health outcomes, engaging with patients throughout their journey is critical and these are now possible using telehealth and...
https://medcitynews.com/2018/10/how-to-build-a-lifetime-of-patient-value/
In addition to the 12 healthcare organizations that took part in the pilot and have now integrated the feature into their patient portal, 27 more health systems and companies have enlisted in...
A new report from Research2Guidance on mobile health app developers also found that average development costs have soared over the past few years. The post Which mobile health app busines...
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The Verge, citing the memo, noted that Nokia’s chief strategy officer Kathrin Buvac told employees that “our digital health business has struggled to scale and meet its growth expectatio...
https://medcitynews.com/2018/02/nokia-leaked-memo-no-path-for-digital-health-at-nokia/
The text messaging kerfuffle at CMS reflects the changes in the Joint Commission’s text messaging policy in the past few years. The post CMS quells concerns over rumored text message ban ...
https://medcitynews.com/2017/12/cms-quells-concerns-rumored-text-message-ban-healthcare-providers/
Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, founder and chairman of Butterfly Network, predicted the device’s impact would be not unlike the milestone development of camera phones. The post As ultrasound via ...
Value-based payments, cybersecurity and healthcare reform are among healthcare leaders’ top-of-mind issues for next year, according to the HealthCare Executive Group’s 2018 HCEG Top 10 l...
https://medcitynews.com/2017/10/healthcare-executives-challenges/
Few of the hundreds of mobile apps for cancer survivors were appropriately developed or tested, according to a new study by researchers from the Cancer Prevention Institute of California. T...
https://medcitynews.com/2017/04/most-apps-for-cancer-survivors-suck-heres-how-to-improve-them/
The number of organizations with a documented mobile strategy has been increasing since 2012, but many organizations aren’t evaluating their strategy’s success. The post 65 percent of h...
https://medcitynews.com/2017/04/healthcare-documented-mobile-strategy/
The new Clinical Mobility Solution helps integrate multiple mobile applications into clinician workflows. The post Dimension Data seeks to simplify mobility for clinicians appeared first on Me...
https://medcitynews.com/2017/02/dimension-data-mobility-clinicians/
The agreement bars Aura Labs and founder Ryan Archdeacon from claiming that the Instant Blood Pressure app is as accurate as a traditional blood pressure cuff. The post FTC’s settlement w...
https://medcitynews.com/2016/12/ftc-settlement-with-aura-labs/
One idea behind Xcertia is that if best practice guidelines for mobile health apps are widely adopted, physicians will be more likely to prescribe them. The post One year later, mobile health b...
https://medcitynews.com/2016/12/mobile-health-best-practice-initiative-xcertia/
About 78 percent of survey participants achieved positive ROI from mobile app investments, according to the survey by open source software developer Red Hat. The post Survey: Healthcare organiz...
The partnership will support the development of a mobile application to give users easy access to a diagnostic device to initiate diagnostic tests and view results on their mobile devices. The ...
https://medcitynews.com/2016/11/emocha-partners-with-midiagnostics/
The Federal Trade Commission has issued new guidance to businesses that collect and share consumer health information. The post What you need to know about FTC guidance for collecting consumer ...
https://medcitynews.com/2016/10/ftc-guidance-on-collecting-consumer-health-data/
InvisALERT developed a workflow tool using a wearable to improve the way psychiatric hospital staff monitors patients. The post Startup wants to go beyond pencils to improve patient monitor...
https://medcitynews.com/2016/10/entrepreneur-wants-to-improve-psychiatric-patient-monitoring/
Everybody and their brother would seem to have a digital health app tied to some form of artificial intelligence algorithm. But for a search engine business, it makes sense. The post Search eng...
A mid-year report on digital health investment from StartUp Health calls attention to the growth of digital health investment in areas such as China, India, and Europe. The post Report: Tel...
https://medcitynews.com/2016/07/telemedicine-and-non-us-digital-health-deals/
Teladoc is paying $45 million in cash plus 6.96 million shares of its stock, worth about $110 million at Thursday’s opening price of $15.85. The post Teladoc beefs up consumer engagement by a...
https://medcitynews.com/2016/06/teladoc-consumer-engagement-healthiestyou/
The marketing collaboration will be rolled out on a country by country basis, starting with Germany and Austria, followed by the U.S. The post Roche Diabetes Care inks global deal with mySu...
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The combined company, which is taking the Uniphy Health name, wants to be a “single pane of glass” for physicians, nurses, home care aides and patients to stay engaged with each other. ...
https://medcitynews.com/2016/03/uniphy-health-clinical-communications/
WELL Health’s Messenger service helps healthcare practices send photos, videos, paperwork and pre and post visit instructions to patients, and have group chats with other members of the car...
One big question is who will pay for the technology? Agencies using programs aimed at consumers can build the cost into their home care services, charging consumers more than agencies that didn�...
The two companies also announced that they have integrated the Extension Engage Mobile platform and AirStrip One, both of which have FDA 510(k) clearance. This allows clinicians to view patie...
https://medcitynews.com/2016/02/extension-healthcare-airstrip-one/
The year-long clinical trial will recruit up to 300 English and Spanish-language speakers across three sites in California and Washington state. The post Omada Health clinical trial reflects ne...
https://medcitynews.com/2016/02/omada-health-and-medicaid-patients/
Hospitals are literally torturing doctors in how they text them. The post A digital health dilemma: How healthcare ruins text messaging appeared first on MedCity News .
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Across the various studies, patients went from having a 50 percent rate of following through on medication to a nearly 68 percent rate. The post More clinical evidence that text messaging can h...
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