Happtique Lets Doctors Prescribe Apps

Happtique, a mobile health app store aimed at healthcare professionals, will launch a trial of mRx, which it touts as the first program to enable physicians to prescribe mHealth apps to patients.

Happtique officials say more physician-to-patient services will improve compliance and health outcomes, and that Happtique's patent-pending technology will help physicians in all specialties to prescribe apps to patients.

Healthcare IT News

iClickCare App Gets Nod of Approval from Steve Wozniak

At the American Telemedicine Association’s annual meeting in California on May 1, keynote speaker and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak praised mobile health (mHealth) applications.  In particular, he cited iClickCare as an application that would play a significant role in the future of telemedicine.

EHR Intelligence

mHealth Ready for the Big Time

Mobile health, or mHealth, is poised to explode over the next decade, says Chad Udell, managing director of Float Mobile Learning, a mobile learning consulting, strategy and research firm based in Morton, Illinois.

Healthcare Payer News

Canadian Program Puts Medical Info in Patients' Hands

Researchers at the University of Alberta have launched a $1.3-million study – funded by Telus and dubbed the Living Laboratory Community – to develop and commercialize innovative healthcare technologies, including the implementation, monitoring and analysis of a new electronic medical-record platform.

Financial Post

Privacy Concerns Plague Mobile Health Apps

As smartphone users have grown more comfortable forking over information about their bank accounts and physical whereabouts to mobile applications, a growing group of app developers are betting health-related data will be next.

Washington Post

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