2011 mHealth Summit

A remarkable two dollar smartphone attachment that can measure eyesight #mHS11

Dec 15, 2011 by
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eyeNETRA has developed a $2 smartphone attachment that will bring optical diagnostics for refractive errors, including nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and presbyopia, to billions around the world currently without access due to prohibitive costs.

HealthTap raises $11.5M in Series A Funding to grow their interactive health network #mhs11

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Dec 13, 2011 by
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HealthTap announces at the mHealth Summit they have raised $11.5M in Series A funding from group including Google Chairman Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors to scale their interactive doctor-patient social network.

Qualcomm announces major breakthrough for connected medical devices #mHS11

Dec 12, 2011 by
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One of the major announcements at this week’s mHealth Summit was made by Qualcomm who introduced a new platform for wirelessly connecting medical devices and declared it open for business. The 2net platform allows any medical device to connect with cloud servers, freeing manufacturers from the complexities of wireless communication.

Ginger.io co-founder explains his vision for a human “check engine light” #mHS11

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Dec 12, 2011 by
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Brian Edwards had a chance to speak with Ginger.io co-founder and chief architect Anmol Madan, PhD, at the mHealth Summit regarding his company’s intriguing claims to be able to infer health conditions based on the passive collection and analysis of an individuals cell phone usage, what he calls the “human check engine light”.

Grandma Wins “Apps Against Abuse” Tech Challenge #mHS11

Dec 10, 2011 by
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[Ed. We are thrilled to publish this guest post by Dr. Val Jones,  CEO, Better Health. You can find the original here.] By: Val Jones, MD There aren’t too many grandmothers developing mobile health apps these days, but I met a charming one (Jill Campbell) at the mHealth Summit last week. Jill is a 60 year-old woman from Texas who has been actively concerned for the safety of herself and her daughter over the years. “I first started thinking about a personal alarm [Read more]

The patient’s dilemma: big companies won’t allow disruptive innovation in health care #mhs11

Dec 09, 2011 by
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During one of the mHealth Summit’s final “super sessions”, entitled The New Wireless Paradigm in the Medical Device Industry, Tom Watlington, CEO of San Diego-based startup Sotera Wireless, stuns a crowd full of mHealth enthusiasts when he calls out the big boys (Phillips, Medtronic, SAP) for intentionally stifling innovation directly to their faces. Bravo Mr Watlington.

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

Dec 08, 2011 by
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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

Dec 08, 2011 by
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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

Dec 07, 2011 by
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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

Dec 07, 2011 by
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Insights from innovators and leaders in remote monitoring, from the mHealth Summit.

Business Model Challenges for the Deployment of mHealth Solutions: The Provider Perspective #mhs11

Dec 07, 2011 by
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Providers come together at the mHealth Summit to discuss the business models supporting the use of mobile technology in the management and delivery of patient care.

ResolutionMD iPad radiology viewer live demonstration at mHealth Summit #mHS11

Dec 06, 2011 by
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Calgary Scientific, makers of ResolutionMD, are here at the mHealth Summit and were kind enought to give the imedicalapps team a live demonstration of the app, including some of its marqee features.