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Mhealth strategy details for Walgreens announced

05/21/201305/20/2013 John Montgallo

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The announcement was made at a mobile commerce summit in front of a number of major retailers. As the use of smartphones and tablets continues to evolve, so do mhealth services and programs, and in that light, Walgreens has now announced the details of its upcoming mobile strategy. The annual summit was the venue for several announcements, but it was a considerable one for the health industry. This was the third year for the event and Walgreens took the opportunity to let the world know that it is moving at…

Mhealth study in Brazil shows tech can help the poor

05/11/201305/09/2013 L. Green

Researchers have found that this technology can be very helpful to people living in the slums of Rio. A study conducted in Rio de Janeiro has now shown that using mhealth technology for monitoring patients who are living in poor urban neighborhoods can help to increase the access that those individuals have to healthcare services while decreasing the amount of spending required to provide that care. The study was conducted in one of the city’s hillside “favela” slum regions using the latest technology. The New Cities Foundation conducted the research,…

Mhealth program from Verizon to assist needy communities in San Diego

05/02/201305/01/2013 Stephanie Beck

The wireless provider’s goal is to help to reach children who have never had a dentist or doctor. The Verizon Foundation has just announced the progress of a telemedicine grant for La Maestra Community Health Centers in order to boost an mhealth program that is meant to bring children in the neediest communities access to a dentist and a doctor, especially if they have never seen one before. The grant was originally given last fall, and allowed for the purchase of a considerable amount of equipment. The grant was for…

Mhealth program created to assist victims of Deepwater Horizon

04/27/201304/24/2013 Sam Lambert

Three years later, the Louisiana disaster is still contributing to medical conditions in the state. Though there has been three years that have passed since the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the shores of Louisiana, there are many people in the state who are still suffering from medical problems as a result to their exposure to the oil spill, and an mhealth program has been developed in order to assist these individuals. The hope is that this mobile friendly medical program will be helpful to those who were hardest hit. The…

Mhealth still has work to do before it is truly practical in a clinical environment

04/26/201304/23/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

Panelists from a hospital forum have agreed that there is still progress needed before the devices can be integrated. According to a panel at the Hospital Cloud Forum from the Information Management Network last week, doctors still need to be able to find a way to integrate mhealth and the data available through those systems into clinical care. The devices that would be used would be connected to the cloud and would bring physicians and patient data together. Mhealth could provide a very important way to bring the data regarding…