BERLIN—Smartphone applications have begun to enable the mHealth industry to successfully monetize their services. The market for mHealth services has now entered the commercialization phase and will reach $ 26 billion globally by 2017, the new "Global M...
Palomar Medical Center is the first hospital in the nation to use a wrist-worn device that continuously monitors a patient’s vital signs to make clinical decisions. The ViSi® Mobile System wirelessly transmits patient data to clinicians’ remote viewi...
Healthcare reform, Accountable Care Organizations, readmissions, and reimbursement rates are just a few of the challenges facing today’s healthcare leaders. Balancing costs and savings potential for new technologies also weighs heavily on their shoulder...
DENVER— DaVita HealthCare Partners announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31. Adjusted net income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners for the quarter ended December 31 was $173.3 million, or $1.68 per share, excluding trans...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Alcavis HDC announced the merger with Italian-based pharmaceutical firm Angelini Pharmaceuticals effective January 1, 2013. Now operating as Angelini Pharma Inc., this newly forged alliance will enable the company to focus on continu...
Researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services have released a new report analyzing key changes to a federal rule implementing modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) r...
By Kate McIntyre
The federal government invested more than $25 billion in health information technology (IT) as a result of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act; yet, little is known about how IT applications improve patient safety a...
As healthcare facilities look to save money, and patients rely increasingly on mobile devices to monitor their conditions, technology is moving out of hospitals and into homes and other nonclinical settings—a trend known as distributed care. But while p...
By Lily Chester
The Special Olympics has pioneered a web-based personal health record aimed at empowering athletes to optimize their own health outcomes by using mobile health technology. At the 2011 Special Olympics World Games in Athens, three thous...
