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Apple patent to measure consumer mood released
Satish Misra MD contributed to this article In a recently released patent, Apple has outlined a new strategy to make advertising increasingly personalized in a rather unusual way. Content advertisers have always known that the secret to selling is to know your audience. Apple has taken this strategy a step further by proposing a system […]
Important tips for doctors with medical app ideas
iMedicalApps attended the Health:Refactored conference where the key messages shared by leaders from Microsoft, Allscripts, FDA are discussed
Qualcomm Life announces winners of the 2Net SDK challenge
Telsano Health is announced as the winner of the Qualcomm 2Net SDK Challenge, which called upon developers to create apps which aggregate and visualize data captured via devices in the 2Net ecosystem.
The best of iMedicalApps – the digital textbook, prescription apps, and more
Greetings valued readers! This is the second installment of our bi-monthly summaries of our favorite posts (difficult to choose) as well as the posts we feel were best received by you, our readers. Our increase in the amount of information that we give to you means that you may not always have time to read everything we post in a given month. We are proud to be able to provide you quality app reviews and the latest mHealth news, so without further delay, here are our second round of favorite posts for February:
NFC technology will make upcoming smartphones powerful health devices, Gentag CEO John Peeters
Gentag CEO John Peeters explains how Gentag is pioneering the future of body computing with zero power NFC sensors that are essentially disposable.
Rock Health incubator seeks applicants for its second class of mobile health startups
Rock Health (@Rock_Health) has opened applications for a second class of companies to join its San Francisco-based incubator. The program begins in the middle of January and concludes with demo day in the middle of June. Selected applicants will each receive: $20K startup grant Expert medical support from Mayo Clinic, Harvard, UCSF and Cincinnati Children’s […]
Microsoft researching how Windows Phone 7 series and XBox 360 can be used in the hospital
In a recent Microsoft forum on health care technology, researchers made clear the company is hoping to have a larger presence in the healthcare arena using the Windows Phone 7 series platform and the Xbox 360. They are also experimenting with connecting these products to HealthVault, their personal health records platform. The “dream” is that […]
Microsoft Potentially Moving to Major Healthcare Partnership Related to Electronic Medical Records – Apple and Google Beware!
As healthcare systems and individual practices rush to adopt electronic medical records, health information technology companies have experienced unprecedented growth – Eclipsys’ net income grew by 140% to nearly $100 million in 2008. With billions of dollars allocated to electronic health records in the 2009 stimulus package, the health information technology sector is likely to […]