European Union Blockchain Observatory & Forum says that, while there are tensions and some uncertainty about how to protect data and use blockchain under GDPR, there are still ways to accomplish it.
Mycroft is pitching its new platform as more secure and customizable than voice assistants currently on the market.
The Kansas Health Information Network in Topeka knows that patient empowerment is key to improving population health —and it knows that patients need help to be a part of the process.
That’s why KHIN has found a way to enable patients to receive all of their health information in one location, rather than through the more traditional electronic health record-tethered patient portal, which forces...
It’s hard to reach the young gay Latino population, which is among the most vulnerable for contracting HIV, but Alicia Wilson, executive director of La Clinica del Pueblo, a federally qualified health center in Washington, D.C., has found a way to do just that.
La Clinica, which offers free culturally appropriate health services to the Latino and immigrant communities, has had success using...
Provider engagement and integration of mobile health technologies will continue to increase in 2015, according to Rich Scarfo, director of the annual mHealth Summit and vice president of the Personal Connected Health Alliance.
Scarfo cites advances in technology to support clinical workflow, improved interoperability between patient-generated data and EMRs and the adoption of mobile and connected...
If Paul Porter, MD, director of telemedicine at Rhode Island hospital, has any say, Google Glass will be around for a long time.
The hospital is conducting a pilot using Google Glass in conjunction with Pristine, a healthcare technology communications company that has found a way to stream live audio-video via Google Glass while complying with HIPAA privacy and security regulations.
“We live in a...
Funding for digital health is expected to be almost double what it was in 2013, according to a new study from StartUp Health. And that growth shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
The study found 347 companies raised $5 billion through the third quarter of 2014. In all of 2013, 2.8 billion was raised for digital health.
The topic of digital health in the doctor's office will take center...
People living with chronic conditions usually have their health data collected in the physician’s office every few months – and quite often, only at that time. This type of episodic care doesn't help either the doctor or the patient in between those visits.
True chronic care management requires daily readings, said Scott Flacks, COO of Ideal Life, a Toronto-based provider of customizable wireless...
“The status quo is inadequate and was meant to be broken.”
So reads the tagline of Kyle Samani’s blog. As Pristine's fo-counder and CEO, Samani is among several panelists who will deliver presentations devoted to wearable healthcare at a Tuesday, Dec. 10 session of the mHealth Summit 2014.
MediSafe chief executive Omri Shor is another panelist. “mHealth apps and wearables will play an important...
Time is the ultimate commodity. That’s why physicians and healthcare systems should strive to take a patient’s time into consideration.
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), in fact, warns that patient wait times are “a strong predictor of overall satisfaction,” and central to the care experience component of the triple aim of better individual care leading to healthier populations at...
