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FCC to CMS: Reimburse for mHealth

March 18, 2010

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…

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FCC, FDA to work on effective mHealth regulation

March 16, 2010

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…

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FCC: Mobile Broadband and the Future of Health

March 16, 2010

The FCC published its 360-page National Broadband Plan today and it includes a 25 page chapter on broadband and healthcare. We pulled out one section that focuses on mobile networks and “the Future of Health” that summarizes much of the…

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RWJF grants $2.4M to mobile health projects

March 8, 2010

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Project HealthDesign team has awarded a total of $2.4 million to five research teams that each aim to determine how patient-recorded observations of daily living (ODLs) can be captured and included into clinical care.…

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Analyst: 1M telehealth gateways come 2014

February 16, 2010

The number of gateways used in telehealth applications will increase to more than 1 million in 2014 and to about 3.6 million in 2018, according to a new report from InMedica, a division of IMS Research.
While InMedica does not…

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Shorts: WWHI; Philips; Heart disease

February 8, 2010

Wireless sensors for sleep apnea, caloric intake: At a recent event in San Diego, The West Wireless Health Institute’s Mehran Mehregany told attendees that soon smartphones like the iPhone or Google’s Nexus One would record snoring to detect sleep apnea,…

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FDA clears Corventis for mobile cardiac monitoring

January 19, 2010

Big news for the first startup shepherded by the West Wireless Health Institute: The FDA has greenlit Corventis’ Nuvant system, a mobile cardiac telemetry system. The 510(k) clearance for Nuvant enables Corventis to begin marketing the service in the U.S.…

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Health devices with Bluetooth LE set for 2010

December 17, 2009

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, which develops technical specs and evangelizes Bluetooth technology, announced today the formal launch of Bluetooth Low Energy, a part of the Bluetooth 4.0 specification. Bluetooth Low Energy has already garnered the support of the Continua…

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Apple investigates wireless health sensors

December 14, 2009

While Apple supports the Nike+ activity monitor and has demonstrated a connected blood glucometer made by Lifescan at its iPhone 3G unveiling, its movement toward championing peripheral health devices for the iPhone has been decidedly limited to date. However, a…

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WellAware raises $7.5M in venture capital

December 8, 2009

WellAware Systems, which develops wellness monitoring solutions for senior care providers, secured $7.5 million in venture capital from Valhalla Partners and .406 Ventures.
WellAware’s monitoring system consists of an array of wireless sensors placed throughout the senior’s home — these…

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