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Survey: Smartphones will 'dominate' healthcare by 2015

Smartphones should top hospital CIOs' wish list in the five-year period ahead, according to a survey by market research company research2guidance. A full 78 percent of respondents pointed to

Report: Boomers will shape m-health technology efforts

Already top consumers of healthcare technology, baby boomers, ages 46 to 64, are poised to not only continue that trend, but to shape it--particularly in the field of mobile healthcare, a new report

Traditional healthcare channels expected to take over apps distributions

While online application stores still appear to be the top way to obtain and distribute m-health applications for smartphone use, the stores' dominance could soon be shifting. Instead, traditional

Straube: Shift in thinking needed for policymakers to embrace m-health

Telehealth and health information technology are two of the biggest areas ripe for change given their importance to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. Barry Straube, the center's

AT&T ForHealth services aim to reduce costs, bolster care

Should AT&T's ( NYSE: T ) foray into the healthcare sector--announced yesterday, but covered nearly two weeks ago by FierceHealthIT's Neil Versel--prove successful, what exactly does that mean for

West Wireless' Smith crusades for sustainability in mobile healthcare

Six months into his role as chief medical and science officer at the San Diego-based West Wireless Health Institute, Dr. Joseph Smith is shepherding the nonprofit's research and clinical-focused

Mobile health rising

Mobile health possibilities have been on the horizon for many a year, but this may be the year that they hit their stride, so expect to hear a lot of intense discussion on the subject at TEPR. After

Q&A: TEPR founder Peter Waegemann

We had a chance to talk with Medical Records Institute CEO and TEPR founder Peter Waegemann on a number of issues, including how and why the show plans to expand its audience, and the future of