Eric Wicklund
Practice Fusion's pending acquisition of Ringadoc puts the EHR provider at the forefront of the mHealth movement, with an integrated platform that connects consumers and providers at any time and place.
A recently introduced bill would push telehealth services to rural counties and expand Medicare reimbursement to include several outpatient services, including physical therapy.
A wildly successful crowdfunding campaign indicates the time may be right for providers to jump on board.
In its latest draft guidance, the agency announces a plan to steer clear of strict governance of a number of devices, including stethoscopes, hearing aids and exercise apps.
Even though most doctors and nurses already have smartphones, pagers and paper prevail in clinical settings. It’s costing the industry billions of dollars and individual hospitals millions annually.
IBM is joining forces with a Mexico-based healthcare publisher to launch score of clinical decision support apps to healthcare providers throughout Central and South America.
Physicians and physical therapists are seeing a wave of new products designed to connect them with their patients at home (or elsewhere) to make sure they're following doctor's orders.
A New York hospital's decision to open a workshop in a local tech accelerator is proof that providers aren't just waiting around for the mHealth market to come to them.
California Direct joins the growing list of organizations using the app to enable secure transmission of medical records from the provider to the patient via mobile device.
The CancerRx apps offer doctors (and their patients) up-to-date information on cancer therapies and treatments, including news on the ever-advancing field of genetic and molecular diagnostics.