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A new Facebook app has been developed with the aim of boosting medication compliance in young transplant patients.The software, developed by UI Children's Hospital physician and members of the hospital's information systems team, is called Iowa MedMinder. The app is customized to each patient's circumstances and creates a pop-up box listing all of the medications to be taken that day. The box will appear on their Facebook page, and the patient clicks on the medications that have been taken. That information is then relayed back to the primary physician.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to offer its physicians commercial cloud-based software-as-a-service collaborative tools to improve communications while also reducing data breaches.Some physicians already use Web-based tools without approval, a situation that heightens the risk for sensitive data disclosure, VA officials have said.

Sony's innovative MD2GO is going to new places.The mobile telemedicine station, a collaboration between Sony and Microsoft that features a remote HD IP camera system and a Windows 7 touch-based user interface on Sony's Silverlight platform, made an appearance this month at the annual meeting of the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) in Dallas.Company executives are touting the MD2GO as a necessary tool in radiology departments and stand-alone teleradiology practices of the future.

Federal officials are challenging software application developers to design new Facebook applications to help people prepare for emergencies and get support from friends and family after an emergency strikes - from personal medical emergencies to natural or man-made disasters.

Rubbermaid Medical Solutions has launched a new Innovation Center and updated testing facility. The center highlights the evolution of medical carts and offers end users an opportunity to see how different EHR solutions can be utilized in a hospital environment.Coupled with a dedicated testing facility, Rubbermaid Medical Solutions is able to test products and technology in a simulated environment as well as in a controlled setting.

Fifteen community groups across California have been awarded more than $5 million through the California e-Health Community Awards to adopt telehealth technology for the rural areas they serve.The awards were announced August 18 by UC Davis Health System and the California Telehealth Network (CTN) and are designed to assist the communities in becoming best-practice examples in the use and integration of technology to improve health and healthcare for local residents. Recipients of the Broadband Adoption Model eHealth Communities Awards: