Eric Wicklund

A UCLA study offers concrete proof that quick treatment for people suffering from a stroke can improve their chances of survival. That type of treatment is available via telemedicine.

The program, which doles out grants of up to $500,000 for education, training and healthcare services in rural areas, has funded 1,400 projects since 2002.

The 9th Annual Games for Health conference, held this week in Boston, offered some unique and exciting concepts for tackling global healthcare issues.

With the release of Re-Mission 2, HopeLab is continuing its work of empowering young cancer patients to fight their disease.

SundaySky and Jiff have unveiled new digital health products designed to help payers and self-insured employers better connect with their members and employees.

mHealthNews.com launches on June 27 to offer expanded, in-depth coverage of the ever-changing mHealth industry, while mHIMSS.org/mobilehealthit will continue to be the destination for the HIMSS Mobile Community.

The two-day conference, kicking off on Thursday, offers a full agenda of issues, from state efforts to legislate telemedicine to federal initiatives to fund new projects, improve cybersecurity and regulate mobile medical apps.

Gaming enthusiasts with an eye on mHealth will be meeting in Boston this week for Games for Health 2013, a decidedly different health IT conference now in its ninth year.

AirStrip CEO Alan Portela will make his case for better mobile medical app security during testimony this Thursday before the House Committee on Small Business' Subcommittee on Health and Technology.

In a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Bradley Merrill Thompson, counsel for the mHealth Regulatory Coalition, asks the FDA to issue its final document on the regulation of mobile medical apps "as soon as reasonably" possible.