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The HCV Care & Guidance App Offers Assistance with Direct-Acting Antivirals for Clinicians

8 days ago by Amit Patel, MD

App Review

Review of the HCV Care & Guidance App from Projects in Knowledge, made as a point-of-care resource to assist NP’s and PA’s with Hepatitis C Management

Android App unveiled by Kaiser Permanente gives patients mobile access to their electronic medical records

8 days ago by iMedicalApps Team

mHealth

Kaiser Permanente unveiled an Android app and mobile-optimized website which patients can access medical information free on their mobile devices

Updates to Surgical Intern Survival Guide improve its utility and functionality

12 days ago by Rajat Kumar

App Review

An app that can be utilized by interns and medical students alike, to help ease the transition into the world of surgery

Mobile health apps certification program launched by Happtique

12 days ago by iMedicalApps Team

mHealth

Happtique, an online mobile health application marketplace, has announced it will develop a certification program to vet mobile applications for doctors, nurses and patients. The organization created the program based on feedback from providers and hospitals, Corey Ackerman, Happtique president, told eWEEK. Happtique will evaluate which applications are appropriate for clinical use and those that are outdated or poorly built. The program will be funded by charges levied on app developers. According to Happtique representatives, evaluation criteria will include functionality, usability and [Read more]

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

Dec 29, 2011 by Satish Misra, MD

Commentary Featured

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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]

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

Dec 09, 2011 by Satish Misra, MD

Featured mHealth

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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

Dec 09, 2011 by Satish Misra, MD

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

Dec 08, 2011 by Satish Misra, MD

Featured mHealth

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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 Satish Misra, MD

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

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

Dec 07, 2011 by Satish Misra, MD

Featured mHealth

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

UK patients able to get health advice via free iPhone medical app, review of NHS Direct app

Dec 06, 2011 by Amit Patel, MD

App Review Featured

The UK’s National Health Service releases an iPhone app giving residents access to a symptom checker with follow-up recommendations, location services, and more.

Going from a need to an app – an interview with the creators of ACS Trials

Nov 28, 2011 by Amit Patel, MD

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