Media Coverage

1. mHealth Congress: Getting underserved communities up to health IT speed (August 1 2012 - CMIO Magazine)

Underserved communities are not benefiting as much as others from the digitization of healthcare, but initiatives are in place to spread health IT and mobile health tools have the potential to bring previously uninitiated individuals into the healthcare system, according to panelists at the 4th annual mHealth World Congress. more»

2. mHealth Congress: Leveraging mobile technology to create more accountable care (August 1 2012 - CMIO Magazine)

Remote technologies are advancing accountable care. From the emergency room to the intensive care unit to a patient’s home, more»

3. mHealth Congress: Providers share experiences with mobile EHR deployment (July 31 2012 - CMIO Magazine )

Mobile devices offer providers the opportunity to keep patient health information in their pockets at all times, but organizations should expect challenges if they decide on mobile deployment. more»

4. mHealth Congress: Payers build consumer engagement with mHealth tools (July 31 2012 - CMIO Magazine )

Payers are taking the lead when it comes to achieving consumer engagement with mobile health (mHealth) tools. more»

5. mHealth Congress: Initiatives reap success engaging patients with texts (July 30 2012 - CMIO Magazine )

Texting is gaining traction in healthcare. While much of the buzz at the 4th annual mHeatlh World Congress focused on the potential of smartphone applications to engage patients, two presentations told how public health initiatives are having success with the slightly older technology. more»

6. mHealth Congress: Joslin goes virtual for diabetes management (July 30 2012 - CMIO Magazine )

The Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston has been able to demonstrably improve patient outcomes with its diabetes management model, but with a finite set of resources, how can the center move beyond the approximately 250,000 patients that it and its more than 40 affiliates currently treat? more»

7. Strategy, governance and process not sexy, but keys to managing mobile health (July 29 2012 - Examiner.com)

Disclaiming that these ideas may not be “sexy”, William Morris, Vice Chairman of Clinical Informatics at the Cleveland Clinic, said that transitioning to mobile technology will require organizations develop an overall strategy, maintain governance, as well as manage the process. more»

8. mHealth Congress: Social media, games provide ‘digital fireplace’ for health community (July 27 2012 - CMIO Magazine)

To tap into the potential of social media for advancing health, providers and developers need to go where the people are and must change their thinking to a person-centered model of engagement. more»

9. mHealth Congress: As smartphone adoption grows, patient engagement must adjust (July 27 2012 - CMIO Magazine)

The growth in smart phone adoption and a shift to a mobile, social media based model of consumer engagement means rethinking how and when patient engagement can occur, according to a panel discussion on July 26 at the 4th Annual mHealth World Congress. more»

10. mHealth World Congress: Become a mHealth innovator to better patient care (July 26 2012 - CMIO Magazine )

Successful mHealth innovation projects start with an idea to enhance patient care, move from idea to development with clinician assistance and end with a practical tool that makes clinicians’ jobs easier. more»

11. mHealth Congress: Some mobile apps unduly burdened by regulation (July 25 2012 - CMIO Magazine )

Institutions responsible for regulating mobile health (mHealth) products are hustling to keep up with the pace of technological innovation. more»

12. World Congress hosts 3 mHealth, telemedicine events in Boston (July 25 2012 - mHIMSS)

Telemedicine, mobile healthcare and mHealth entrepreneurs are intersecting - quite literally - this week in Boston. more»