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Diabetes Device Connects Wirelessly to iPhone
Written by Richard MacManus / March 19, 2009 12:33 AM / 10 Comments
One of the most pleasing Web trends we're seeing in 2009 is the increasing penetration of web apps into the real world. Web applications for healthcare is one example. We Continue reading »


IBM Announces Web-Based Radiology Theatre
Written by Richard MacManus / March 17, 2009 7:30 PM / 8 Comments
IBM has announced an online "radiology theatre" product, currently at the prototype stage, which allows teams of medical experts to "simultaneously discuss and review patients' medical test data using a Continue reading »


Mobile Phones to Serve as Doctors in Developing Countries
Written by Sarah Perez / February 20, 2009 7:31 AM / 14 Comments
"There are 2.2 billion mobile phones in the developing world, 305 million computers but only 11 million hospital beds," said Terry Kramer, strategy director at British operator Vodafone at the Continue reading »


Social Media Saves Lives: Salmonella Outbreak Pushes HHS, FDA, CDC to Get Social
Written by Rick Turoczy / February 16, 2009 11:00 PM / 9 Comments
Following the recent peanut-butter-borne Salmonella outbreak, the United States Department of Health and Human Services - specifically the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Continue reading »


IBM, Google Health Aim to Blow Medical Records Wide Open
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 5, 2009 2:32 PM / 21 Comments
IBM, Google Health and a consortium of medical device makers and other companies announced today that they have created a software platform that will allow medical data from at-home devices Continue reading »


Personal Health Records: Lots of Interest, but Few Users
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 15, 2009 12:38 PM / 14 Comments
According to Manhattan Research, a healthcare market research company, personal health records (PHR) are slowly becoming more popular in the U.S., but concerns about privacy and a lack of understanding, Continue reading »


Video Game Helps Patients Stick to Meds
Written by Lidija Davis / December 14, 2008 6:31 PM / 2 Comments
Two years ago, HopeLab released Re-Mission, a shoot 'em up game with a difference in an attempt to help cancer afflicted teenagers stick to their medication. This past August, clinical Continue reading »


MyMedLab: Are You Qualified to Interpret Your Lab Tests?
Written by Richard MacManus / November 26, 2008 3:00 PM / 5 Comments
On Monday we reviewed the state of health 2.0 and it was also the topic of this week's RWW Live, our live podcast show. At the end of the podcast, Continue reading »


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