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Uber For Health Won't Play Nice...It Will Sideswipe the Industry
People talk "Uber for health care." After all, Uber has been wildly successful, valued over $60b, which makes it bigger than Ford and GM. AirBnB, the Uber of hotels, is worth some $20b. Heck, even the disposable razor industry has its own Uber, with Dollar Shave Club just getting acquired for $1b. Any industry that isn't looking in its rear view mirror for potential Uber-type competitors may find itself disrupted into irrelevancy. And, goodness knows, health care could use some disruption. There are no shortage of candidates for health care Ubers...
USAID Invests In Open-Source Mobile Tech For Water Sanitation Monitoring
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)'s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) initiative just announced its investment in mWater. A non-profit tech startup, mWater has created an app for mobile phone users to instantly test and analyze water quality from local sources and share this information [...]. Read More »
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USAID Invests In Water Venture
The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, has invested $100,000 in mWater, a non-profit tech startup founded by two El Pasoans and a Canadian software developer they met at a hackathon. Read More »
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Using Crowdsourcing to Track the Next Viral Disease Outbreak
Last year's Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people. The pandemic may be diminished, but public health officials think that another major outbreak of infectious disease is fast-approaching, and they’re busy preparing for it. Boston public radio station WGBH recently partnered with The GroundTruth Project and NOVA Next on a series called “Next Outbreak.” As part of the series, they reported on an innovative global online monitoring system called HealthMap, which uses the power of the internet and crowdsourcing to detect and track emerging infectious diseases, and also more common ailments like the flu.
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VA And DoD Hint At iEHR Mobile?
Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs have announced that they will begin working on a mobile app that will integrate data from the electronic health records of both departments and combine them into a single mobile platform for clinicians. Read More »
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VA Awards Contract For Mobile Device Management, Apps Store
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a long-awaited contract to build a system that will manage a stable of mobile devices officials hope will eventually grow to 100,000 handhelds and tablets. Read More »
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VA Awards Firstview Mobile Device Manager Task
The Veterans Affairs Department has awarded a $4.4 million contract for mobile device manager software to Firstview Federal Technology Solutions LLC., a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business in Rockville, Md. The contract award was anticipated to be awarded before Sept. 30, the end of federal fiscal 2012. Read More »
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VA Blazing Its Own Trail When It Comes To Government mHealth
Say what you want about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and its bloated bureaucracy. One fact that cannot be disputed is that the VA continues to be a national leader in health IT. Read More »
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VA Named To The 2013 “Most Wired” Hospitals List
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been named to the 2013 ‘Most Wired’ hospitals list — an event that marks the first time that all VA medical centers nationwide have achieved the honor. Read More »
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VA Pilot Brings Together mHealth And EHRs For Better Care
Through its focus on mobile technology and patient-centric features like the Blue Button Initiative, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has proven itself a leader in the difficult task of getting patients to engage with their providers on a meaningful level. In July, the VA announced the beginning of the Family Caregiver Pilot, which paired seriously wounded veterans and their caregivers with iPads, pre-loaded with a suite of health management tools. Read More »
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VA To Launch Several Health Apps After Year-Long Pilot Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to launch several new mobile apps this fall, according to a report from Federal News Radio...
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VA-DoD Integrated Health App Coming, Says VA Official
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments are working on a mobile application that will complement the integrated electronic health record, said Kathleen Frisbee, director of web and mobile solutions at VA. Read More »
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Veterans Health Administration Launches Mobile Healthcare Initiatives
[...] To better address the medical needs of today's veterans, the VHA has launched a number of mobile healthcare initiatives. Neil Evans, M.D., and Kathleen Frisbee, MPH, Ph.D.c, who co-direct the VHA's Connected Health Office, spoke with FierceMobileHealthcare about the agency's mHealth pilot programs. Read More »
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Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s Shared Hospital Services Corp. Partners With Axial
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA), [...] through its shared services affiliate (VHHA Services), responsible for identifying technology solutions for Virginia's hospitals and health systems, and Axial Exchange, Inc., [...] recently announced that they have partnered to provide VHHA member institutions access to Axial Exchange's interactive health management application. Read More »
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Webinos Project Launches New Dev Portal And App Challenge
The EU-sponsored project Webinos (Secure Web Operating System Application Delivery Environment) recently broadened its spectrum by launching their developer portal, developer.webinos.org. To kickstart it, they also introduced a mobile app competition. Read More »
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