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Taking the Pulse of Mobile Healthcare
It’s as if someone barked “D.C. STAT!” over the loudspeaker and all the available physicians, scientists, researchers, technologists, business leaders, policy-makers and philanthropists came running...
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PCAST Says Crank Up the EHR Pacemaker
In a report released Wednesday, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) says it wants to bring U.S. doctors and hospitals on par with America’s Slurpee vendors. “There is...
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Intel & GE Form Senior Healthcare Venture
Aging and illness go together like cruise ships and shuffle board–where you find the first, you will always find the latter. Adapting to a large aging population and the issues of senior living and...
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Web Excess or Apathy Could Spell Trouble
A newly released study from researchers in Switzerland comes to the provocative conclusion that there is a correlation between teenage depression and heavy Internet usage. Okay, that’s not so...
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Telemedicine on Par with In-person Visits
It won’t replace the ER anytime soon, and would likely not make a very compelling television series, but telemedicine is offering a little digital drama of its own at a hospital in Barcelona. A...
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Is Facebook a Total Bummer?
Add a new syndrome to the list of adolescent angst: “Facebook depression.” That’s what can happen when tweens or teens measure themselves against their Facebook friends and comes up short. Gee,...
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Cyber Safety: A Pragmatic Prescription
As if pediatricians didn’t have enough on their plates caring for their young patients and trying to guide parents in their efforts to keep their kids healthy and safe, now they have social media and...
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Handheld Health: A New Digital Literacy
Digital medical apps are going to revolutionize healthcare. If you don’t believe me, just ask the growing cadre of developers and investors that sees med apps as the next big thing. According to...
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Digital Health Companies Feeling Robust
International CES, the annual gathering of consumer electronics manufacturers, retailers and distributors, is a reliable barometer for technology trends. What you see at CES in January is predictive...
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Skin Cancer App Study Sends a Warning
A recent study by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center underscores the potential danger of using consumer apps as medical diagnostic tools. Researches examined four popular apps designed to...
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