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One federal agency suggesting ways that another federal agency might better do its job is commonplace in Washington D.C., but it’s of particular interest for this editor when the topic is mobile health. Within the FCC’s 360 page National Broadband…

Sprint’s wireless health efforts include clinician offerings, patient tools, ambulatory care connectivity and home health solutions, Sprint’s VP of Industry Solutions Tim Donahue told MobiHealthNews in a recent interview.
“For telecoms, the focus used to be all about the healthcare…

This week MobiHealthNews had a chance to discuss wireless health trends and activities at the West Wireless Health Institute with the Institute’s new CEO Don Casey. We asked Casey to list five things the WWHI will accomplish in 2010, to…

Within the healthcare chapter of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan, which the agency published this morning, the FCC recommended that it work together with the FDA to clarify regulatory requirements and the approval processes for converged communications and health care…

Verizon Wireless looks to enable point of care apps for mobile: “To give patients the best care possible, healthcare organizations must run efficiently, and real-time wireless communication is a powerful tool for meeting that challenge,” John Maschenic, director of healthcare…

World Economic Forum turned attention to wireless health: At the World Economic Forum last month, a number of wireless health start-ups were among the speakers. One was Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs whose team has uploaded this video about the wireless…

Wireless health services aim to improve care, but they also seek to reduce overall healthcare spending, which a recent study by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reports is increasing. The study shows that healthcare spending increased by…

By Bradley Merrill Thompson, MBA, JD
(I would like to thank Dr. Deepak Ayyagari of Sharp Laboratories of America and Dane Stout of the Anson Group for their comments on a draft. The views expressed, right or wrong, are only…

For many years I avoided the Consumer Electronics Show. Too big, I was told. Too much noise — not enough news. With my focus on the wireless industry at the time, this advice was mostly true — for many years…

The wireless association CTIA put together a series of video interviews and presentations focused on wireless health for their Wonder of Wireless (WoW) series. The wireless health focused segment includes an interview with MedApps, an interview with CTIA President Steve…