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iSonea launches clinical trial to assess effectiveness of its acoustic asthma monitoring device

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Mar 30, 2012 by
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Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects people of all ages. While traditionally, spirometry has been used to study children and adults with asthma, pediatric patients were typically too young to participate. iSonea, a company that develops acoustic respiratory monitoring devices, has recently found a solution to this problem and announced the launch of a post-market study using their WheezoMeter monitoring technology. The study, called Wheeze Rate Correlation and found on clinicaltrails.org is planned for two locations in California.

ASPR launches big data challenge #nowtrending2012

Mar 29, 2012 by
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The DHHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announces the Now Trending Challenge for public health data mining on twitter.

Healthcare Delivery Institute launches with $4m, initial focus on mHealth & diabetes

Mar 29, 2012 by
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has established the Healthcare Delivery Institute (HDI) with a plan to bring together engineering, science, and business to help solve the problem of delivering high quality healthcare for an aging population. It has approximately $4 million in current funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Veteran Administration’s New England Healthcare System. HDI’s areas of expertise include developing mobile and wireless smart applications to support patient care, studying the adoption and impact of health IT systems, [Read more]

Nurses create mobile apps using drag and drop interface

Mar 28, 2012 by
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Recently, Northern Devon Healthcare Trust adopted a policy and a platform that allowed non-technical employees to design their own mobile apps. The software is from British software provider NDL. The company’s awiMX toolkit is designed to allow non-technical staff to create mobile applications using a drag-and-drop interface.

Specially Designed Video Game May Help Young Cancer Patients in More Ways Than One

Mar 26, 2012 by
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A new study shows that a video game called Re-Mission may positively influence cancer patientsÕ motivation and ability to learn about their disease.

New health and wellness startup incubator WellTech launches in New York

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Mar 26, 2012 by
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Welltech Funding launches as the first startup incubator focused exclusively on health and wellness startups.

Recent report on tele-health suggests it may soon become part of day-to-day practice

Mar 23, 2012 by
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A recent report by BCC Research outlines some interesting trends in the telemedicine and telehealth market. Telehealth, as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services, is the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration. While still an emerging market, with the advent of reliable and cheap video conferencing technologies the global telemedicine market grew from $9.8 billion in 2010 to $11.6 billion in 2011 and will almost triple to $27.3 billion in 2016.

ONC’s Privacy and Security Mobile Device Project takes aim at security gaps with mobile devices in healthcare

Mar 22, 2012 by
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The Privacy & Security Mobile Device project will work toward educating healthcare providers on the finer points of securing and protecting health information on mobile devices.

Suicidal? Don’t ask Siri for help

Mar 21, 2012 by
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Discussion of Siri, the voice assistant on the iPhone 4S, and how it deals with mental health issues, such as suicide prevention.

Health Datapalooza will feature apps built on massive data available at HealthData.gov

Mar 21, 2012 by
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The Health Datapalooza 2012 will showcase will feature the best and brightest applications using data from government and other sources. Innovators will present their technologies and will be judged “American Idol”style by the audience comprised of consumers, health care professionals, and community leaders. But time is quickly running out to submit your health app to be considered for inclusion in the event, which will be held June 5-6 at the Washington Convention Center. The deadline to submit your app for [Read more]

The best of iMedicalApps, the first installment of March

Mar 16, 2012 by
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March is here, and that means nicer weather along with March Madness! Because we know you have busy lives (along with a lot of basketball to watch) we have condensed for you our top, favorite posts of March thus far. For this installment, we discuss everything from the new iPad to ways you can take an idea for a healthcare app and turn it into a reality. We also look at ways social media is influencing various aspects of patient care.