Satish Misra, MD

Physicians in Australia set to launch academic journal focused on mHealth

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A group of physicians in Australia look to launch the first journal dedicated to mobile health.

Despite enthusiasm from healthcare providers, hospitals are slow to adopt tablet systems

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Its no secret that healthcare providers are adopting tablets at a rapid pace – one survey found that over 25% of physicians own a tablet and that was nearly nine months ago. This trend, both with tablets and smartphones, has generally been bottom-up; physicians, PA’s, NP’s, nurses, and other healthcare providers are buying consumer devices and bringing them into the clinical world. However, as Eric Yablonka, CIO of University of Chicago Hospitals put it, “This is not ‘nice to have [Read more]

iPhone blood glucose monitor makes big news with FDA clearance, but where does it fit in?

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iBGStar made big news after getting FDA clearance. So now the question is how will it fit in when it comes to real world management of diabetes.

Making sense of the noise, Macaw uses potential of Qualcomm’s 2Net to deliver the total health package #mHS11

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Live demo of Macaw, an app from US Preventative Medicine that uses Qualcomm’s 2Net system to potentially revolutionize how we manage health.

Web-based service allows parents to remotely check in on newborns in ICU

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Nicview provides secure live-streaming video of neonates at St. Jude’s NICU, allowing parents to check in on their kids from anywhere with their mobile device

Physicians in Scotland use iPhone 4 and Skype to remotely manage lung and pleural ultrasound

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In a letter to the editor, Scottish physicians describe a system in which a remotely located expert assists a physician with pulmonary ultrasound using a webcam, iPhone, and Skype.

NYC offering up $50k for an app that uses city’s data trove in a unique way

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New York City has announced a new app challenge aimed at finding innovative ways to use the hundreds of public datasets that it maintains. The app challenge is entitled BigApps 3.0 and is challenging software developers to create apps that use city data to make NYC better. The city collects data on everything from the location of WiFi hotspots to a directory of basketball courts. Much in the same way that retrospective analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative data or [Read more]

M’obiSante mobile ultrasound live demonstration at the mHealth Summit, update on Android support #mHS11

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Live demonstration of the MobiUS device from Nikhil George, chief engineer at Mobisante. We also get an update on their plans to move to Android.

Your car can do a lot more than give you directions, like tell you that you’re having a heart attack #mHS11

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We speak to Gary Strumolo, Ford Global Health & Wellness Research Manager, about the automaker’s plans for making their cars tools for mHealth.

UpToDate releases local version of its iPhone app #mHS11

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UpToDate MobileComplete brings tens of thousands of articles and images to the iPhone, one of the most comprehensive medical resources available.

The nuts and bolts of how to make remote monitoring work #mHS11

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Insights from innovators and leaders in remote monitoring, from the mHealth Summit.

mHealth Summit – Striking insights on remote monitoring for patients with cardiovascular disease #mHS11

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Review of the key points from a mHealth Summit 2011 session, the future of mHealth in cardiovascular disease, with a focus on remote monitoring.