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With Shellshock poised to roil the nation's health system, regulators are scrambling to make sure providers know what to do to protect their devices -- and the data on them.

The president of Mercy Virtual, soon to be based in a brand-new, telehealth-specific building near Mercy's St. Louis base, has some concerns with how mobile healthcare is being deployed for short-term benefits. But his long-term outlook is definitely rosy.

Only 1 in 4 U.S. adults tracks their fitness with a mobile device, but new research suggests doctors and payers could push that number much higher if they started supporting the technology. Should they?

A letter signed by a dozen influential groups urges a Congressional panel to make telehealth and remote patient monitoring a cornerstone of the healthcare landscape of the future.