mhealth

The Four Cs: A Call to Action for Digital Health Tools

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The United States spends more of their GDP on healthcare than any other developed nation, and yet it produces some of the poorest outcomes — notably in the field of maternal and infant health. The advent of digital health has presented the opportunity for a paradigm shift in the delivery of care, and support from investors and policy-makers shows that as far as they’re concerned, digital health is not a new frontier for healthcare, but the current playing field. A staggering $14.6B in funding
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Analysis: How Digital Health Solutions Are Disrupting Care Delivery in Hospitals

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Rainer Herzog, Vice President at Research2GuidanceNew stakeholders are entering the hospital arena, contesting the hospitals’ traditional role and freedom to provide care to the community. The newcomers’ focus is on digital care delivery processes and on a digitally enabled patient experience. Hospitals will have to start now to prepare their organizations for the coming change. Creating digital partner ecosystems is one prominent way to approach this task.    Hospital stays can be frightening,
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20 Promising Canadian Digital Health Companies to Watch

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“A company’s odds of success are better the closer they can get to their market,” argues Stephen Hurwitz, a thought leader in the Canadian venture capital industry, recognizing that the proximity to a VC-tech hub can help the success rate of Canadian startups. A socialized healthcare system, Canada’s market is fragmented by province and type of care – most primary and emergency care is free for residents whereas specialty care, prescription drugs, long-term and in-home care amongst others,
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Qualcomm’s Mobile Ultrasound Project Wins GSMA mHealth Award

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This week during Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, the Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative and Trice Imaging won the GSMA Global Mobile award for Best Innovation in Mobile Health for their Mobile Ultrasound Patrol project in Morocco. The Mobile Ultrasound Patrol project in Morocco demonstrates the power of advanced wireless technology in addressing maternal health. Through this project, Qualcomm Wireless Reach and Trice Imaging, in conjunction with support from the Moroccan Ministère de
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Smart & Safe: Consumer Technology in the Healthcare Enterprise

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Contributed by Carl Cresswell, CTO at Clinithink on consumer technology in the healthcare enterprise In recent years, the technology landscape has been dominated by innovations aimed  at consumers.   Instant Messaging (IM), Voice Over IP (VOIP), smartphones and social networking have become universally available and transformed the way many of us communicate with friends, family and even colleagues.  The result is a growing expectation among the “tech savvy” that such technology is not only
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How to Leverage BYOD to Support Meaningful Use w/ Tom Murphy

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How to effectively leverage BYOD to support Meaningful Use and SSO interview/podcast with Tom Murphy, Chief Marketing Officer at Bradford Networks  In part 2, Tom discusses the following: Steps for healthcare organizations to make BYOD a priority How to leverage BYOD to support Meaningful Use Single Sign On Technology in BYOD Future of BYOD LISTEN BELOW OR CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HIT Consultant: Now with healthcare organizations facing competing priorities of Meaningful Use and
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