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Announced Monday morning at HIMSS13, the partnership brings together one of the largest sources of consumer-oriented health information and the developer of the landmark 2net platform, which links more than 200 medical devices and solutions.

HIMSS13 kicked off Sunday with several workshops and special sessions, one of which tackled one of mHealth's most promising and problematic issues: Healthcare apps.

Once considered a fad or passing fancy, mobile healthcare is now part and parcel of the 2013 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition agenda. Here's just a sample of what awaits the HIMSS conference attendee.

The survey indicates doctors are expecting that voice-enabled virtual assistants will help them improve communications with patients, better manage their workflows and improve the accuracy of information in the electronic health record.

In an interview with Government Health IT's Mary Mosquera, the CEO of San Diego-based Humetrix explains how her company's mobile app enables consumers to easily download and exchange their medical information across different platforms from a number of mobile devices.