Ephraim Schwartz

By testing online tools to gather patient information, Kaiser Permanente is hoping its doctors will be able to make the most of patient encounters.

High per-capita costs and the reality that an overwhelming majority of remote monitoring is being conducted over analog lines will steer U.S. healthcare toward services that product better treatment outcomes, reduced readmissions and higher patient satisfaction.

More mHealth apps coming to market seek to help doctors access the right medical information at the point of care. Here's our look at 10 such mobile programs.

Giving patients medical devices and software to track breathing signs holds the promise of healthier patients and populations and substantial savings.

Payers, providers and pharmaceutical companies can put the aggregate data to use with the ultimate goal of keeping seniors living independently and longer.

Two offerings enable customization that once took piles of money and chunks of time to accomplish. Spanning the care continuum, these services now can streamline coordination.

Early-stage mHealth companies are bringing apps and services to market that ease transitions-in-care and provide a sizable ROI to providers.

Two emerging companies are looking to deliver EBM information from a variety of sources to doctors and patients at the point of care.

Vendors are pulling together patient data from apps and devices, then delivering that information to payers, pharmaceuticals and providers – and coordinating care across the continuum to ideally improve outcomes.

Ayogo and Get Real Health are separately looking to improve outcomes and reduce costs by getting patients to take a more proactive role in treatment regimens.