Eric Wicklund
Last week's mHealth + Telehealth World 2013 conference in Boston produced a number of interesting sessions, comments and concepts. Here are just a few.
Patient engagement took center stage during the second day of the World Congress on mHealth and Telehealth, with several panelists and speakers focusing on taking "healthcare" out of the mHealth equation.
The hospital announced a partnership with OneHealth Solutions, a California-based developer of behavior management programs, to launch an online and mobile peer support platform for its primary care patients.
As the World Congress on mHealth and Telehealth convenes in Boston this week, industry experts describe a broadening view of connected healthcare.
The Oregon-based non-profit, which seeks to institute global standards for digital health connectivity, is partnering with a Singapore conglomerate to launch its latest work group, two months after launching a similar group to cover Central and South America.
The competition called on app developers to create a mobile tool that would help nurses at the point of care to recognize and prevent pressure ulcers, or to work with patients to treat them.
The pilot, in which 1,000 caregivers of injured Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are given iPads pre-loaded with healthcare apps, is one of several under way to determine how to best use mHealth tools and services at home.
The San Diego-based program's first-ever director will be working closely with Eric Topol in evaluating breakthrough mobile health devices and apps.
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation is lobbying the FCC to save some of its extra 'Gigabit Wi-Fi' spectrum for healthcare providers, saying they need bandwidth that won't be subject to interruptions due to extra traffic.
The two states enact legislation that will give residents more opportunities to use telehealth, while mandating that private insurers provide reimbursement to providers along the same lines as they would for in-person consultations.