Mobile – Page 5 – Healthy Skeptic

Nov 03 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Three Steps to Reach the Wireless Patient

Nov 02 2010

Pew Mobile Health Survey

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

The Pew Internet project puts out its latest survey on mobile technology being used for health purposes. The survey indicates growing use of health apps and health information search capabilities,…

Read More

Oct 25 2010

Pew Research Center

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

Pew Research Center: The Pew Internet Project’s latest survey of American adults, conducted in association with the California HealthCare Foundation, finds that 85% use a cell phone.

Oct 25 2010

nextgov.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

People who use mobile phones to look up medical information or to run applications for managing their health tend to be younger, browner, city dwellers.

Oct 21 2010

NPR

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

This new survey, by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, found that just 9 percent of mobile phone owners use phone apps that help them track or manage their health.

Oct 20 2010

Pew Institute

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

Pew Institute: A new report finds that people are starting to use their cellphones to access health information

Oct 13 2010

ATT

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

AT&T and WellDoc, a healthcare company that develops technology solutions to improve the lives of people with chronic diseases, today announced a strategic alliance

Oct 01 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A care management Virtual Health Coach, however, would combine the best of mHealth applications, like a do-it-yourself online symptom advisor, nurse advice line and care management program within a single, full-featured smart phone app.

Sep 18 2010

2010 Potpourri XXXIV

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

On the menu for this week's potpourri--savings from wellness efforts for a large employer; drug reimbursement for Medicaid programs; using remote monitoring in a health plan context; the FDA's regulatory…

Read More

Sep 15 2010

Mobile Health Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Not much is hotter in health care than wireless/mobile functionality and how it may affect many aspects of care delivery and health management. A PWC report looks at trends, opportunities…

Read More

Sep 08 2010

eweek.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Food and Drug Administration is looking into whether smartphone apps that allow patients to monitor their vital signs wirelessly should earn FDA approval before implementation.

Aug 31 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a radio-frequency identification tool that tracks instruments and sponges during surgical procedures.

Jul 22 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

GE’s health-care unit has asked the FCC to allow devices that transmit patients’ vital signs to share the 2360MHz to 2400MHz range of the electromagnetic spectrum, now used by Chicago-based Boeing to test the safety of planes

Jun 25 2010

The FDA and Mobile Health

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

An FDA lawyer posts an excellent summary of potential issues in regard to FDA's regulation of mobile health devices and services. He suggests that industry adopt a proactive approach of…

Read More

Apr 12 2010

mobihealthnews

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

HHS and the ONC awarded a $15 million grant to “investigate, evaluate, and prototype approaches to achieving an ‘iPhone-like’ health information technology platform model.”

© 2025 Healthy Skeptic.