Eric Wicklund

Or could telehealth be a "sleeping economic giant" for communities that learn to view medical services as drivers of development?

A medical center reports the Practice Unite app has improved discharge rates and response times, reduced delays in the ER and kept patients from looking for another hospital or doctor outside the system.

A two-year-old startup believes it can, by creating a virtual sandbox that separates and secures enterprise apps on the device.

The innovative service ensures that doctors are seeing the right patients - and offering their expert opinions when those patients are too far away to visit.

LeapFrog's new wristband, developed specifically for kids, could be an important step forward in the effort to combat childhood obesity - but will kids, their parents and the healthcare community catch on?

Telecom advocates have asked ONC Chief Karen DeSalvo, MD to make sure the voluntary 2015 meaningful use guidelines require EHRs to allow for mHealth, including the use of patient-generated data.

A recent survey by the Teleperformance Group questions whether U.S. payers are doing all they can to meet their members' mHealth needs.

mHealth devices and systems that would help people with life-threatening or debilitating diseases or conditions - and for which no technology currently exists to help them - would get quicker scrutiny, under the plan.

The Webby Awards give health and fitness apps their own category this year, with five finalists and another 11 honored nominees.

If a trial slated to happen in Africa is successful, the product could be used to scan for a number of infectious diseases, like TB and HIV, and target drug-resistant strains before they spread.